Android Shadow Effect on EditText Field.

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I need to add a shadow effect a the one shown in the image, below the blue color edit text field. How should I achieve the following.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 04:50

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You can use a CardView and set its elevation to create a shadow:

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:cardElevation="4dp">

    <!-- Insert desired views here -->

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Note that the CardView extends FrameLayout so it will stack its children if there are more than one. Add a LinearLayout or RelativeLayout inside the CardView and add the views (EditText's in your case) inside one of those for more flexibility.

answered Apr 29 '16 at 04:50

AgileNinja

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When I am using the CardView Object. it say the following class could not be found - android.support.v7.widget.CardView – Aman Agarwal Apr 29 '16 at 06:15
@AmanAgarwal You need to add the design support library to your module's build.gradle, as such: `compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.0'`. Instead of 23.1.0, use version you are using in your project. – AgileNinja Apr 29 '16 at 16:19

Android Shadow Effect on EditText Field.

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