Floating Action Button no shadow showing

Question

I am trying to get a shadow under my Floating action button but its not showing.

<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
    android:id="@+id/fab"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    android:background="@color/colorAccent"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:scaleX="-1"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_share"
    app:borderWidth="0dp"
    app:elevation="21dp"
    app:fabSize="normal"
    app:itemIconTint="@color/white" />

<Custom View/>

This is how it shows now:

What am i doing wrong?

Edit 1: The suggested fix to add app:borderWidth="0dp" doesn't fix my problem

Edit 2: Problem solved apparently using android:scaleX="-1" removes the shadow

already answered - https://stackoverflow.com/a/30752754/5049244 — Arnold Brown, Sep 19 '17 at 12:01

AskNilesh · Answer 1 · 2017-09-19T12:25:53.903

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you need to just add app:borderWidth="0dp" to your FloatingActionButton

Sample code

<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
    android:id="@+id/fab"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
    android:layout_margin="20dp"
    app:borderWidth="0dp"
    android:background="@color/colorAccent"
    android:clickable="true"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_share"
    app:borderWidth="0dp"
    app:elevation="21dp"
    app:fabSize="normal"
    app:itemIconTint="@color/white" />

and make sure

Check manifest file in Application tag and delete them

android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:largeHeap="true"

But if you need these options then shadows and transformation animations will not work

edited Sep 19 '17 at 12:25

answered Sep 19 '17 at 11:51

AskNilesh

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I already added borderwith to my xml. There is a duplicate now is there something im not seeing? It gives me an error when i copy it into my android studio :( – Flab98 Sep 19 '17 at 12:03
@Flab98 check this https://stackoverflow.com/a/41177054/7666442 – AskNilesh Sep 19 '17 at 12:05
@Flab98 check updated ans – AskNilesh Sep 19 '17 at 12:08
These tags are not in my manifest file – Flab98 Sep 19 '17 at 12:11
Fixed thx for the help – Flab98 Sep 19 '17 at 12:23

Floating Action Button no shadow showing

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