setElevation( ) for LinearLayout before 5.0 devices

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Hi I'm trying to apply a shadow to a linearlayout with the following code

if (<some condition>) layout.setElevation(4);

but this call requires API level 21 to work. How can I apply a shadow to layouts for devices with version < 5.0? Is it possible?

I know this is part of Material Design which is why I just want to know if there is a way to achieve something similar in previous versions, thanks :)

You can follow this thread of SO. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31115531/add-elevation-shadow-on-toolbar-for-pre-lollipop-devices — Chinmoy Debnath, Oct 27 '15 at 06:41
this might help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26728570/android-appcompat-21-elevation — Aditya Vyas-Lakhan, Oct 27 '15 at 06:42
http://blog.grafixartist.com/add-a-toolbar-elevation-on-pre-lollipop/ - this showed me how to use xml to achieve the same. thanks! :) — Mallika Khullar, Oct 27 '15 at 06:53

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 10:13

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Use ViewCompat.setElevation(view, elevation);

answered Feb 22 '16 at 10:13

Evgeni Roitburg

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What API level does this work back since? (are all the methods in ViewCompat from api level 4+ unless specified in the documentation?) – Ed Lee Jan 19 '17 at 01:53
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The code of the call in **androidx.core.view.ViewCompat (1.0.1)** is literally the following: `public static void setElevation(@NonNull View view, float elevation) { if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) { view.setElevation(elevation); } }` So, I doubt it's going to have the desired effect. – Ammar Mohammad Jul 09 '19 at 22:49

setElevation( ) for LinearLayout before 5.0 devices

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