Colored Buttons in Android Studio look bigger than original

Question

When you set android:background to another color, the Button appears more bigger. Also, the lines surrounding the Button is gone. Why is this?

When you set color it draws rectangle area by this color but default it can use some drawable or nine patch picture — Denis Sologub, Feb 10 '16 at 00:30
Oh, thanks. I'm using Marshmallow target, must be the Appcompat. — so5user5, Feb 10 '16 at 00:30
Use [shape](http://developer.android.com/intl/ru/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#Shape) to customize background — Denis Sologub, Feb 10 '16 at 00:31
You should be using [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26686433/1676363) if you want to colorize a button but keep all the standard styling/look and feel — ianhanniballake, Feb 10 '16 at 00:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '16 at 00:33

When you set color it draws rectangle area by this color but default it can use some drawable or nine patch picture. Use shape to customize background or override styles. If you need to apply style only for some view you can use xml attribute style.

<style name="MyCoolStyle" parent="base style of view" >
</style>

In layout xml:

<YourView
   style="@style/MyCoolStyle"/>

Colored Buttons in Android Studio look bigger than original

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