Why button does not have material touch feedback?

Question

I am working on android application and using material design.

AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.app.android">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".registration.RegistrationActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
    <item name="android:textViewStyle">@style/RobotoTextViewStyle</item>
    <item name="buttonStyle">@style/RobotoButtonStyle</item>

    <!-- to change back button color to white -->
    <item name="colorControlNormal">@android:color/white</item>
</style>

<style name="RobotoButtonStyle" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Button">
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/lato_medium</item>
</style>

activity_registration.xml

<Button
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingEnd="@dimen/default_view_padding_right"
    android:paddingStart="@dimen/default_view_padding_left"
    android:text="@string/registration_sign_up"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/til_registration_business_state" />

RegistrationActivity.kt

class RegistrationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_registration)
    }
}

Does anyone know why material design background color and feedback color is not setting on button ?

set parent `parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button` – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 15:17 — IntelliJ Amiya, Oct 07 '17 at 15:17

IntelliJ Amiya · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-07T15:47:48.063

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You should use android:theme instead of android:style .

At first Set your Button Parent parent="Base.Widget.AppCompat.Button

Don't

style="@style/RobotoButtonStyle"

Do

android:theme="@style/RobotoButtonStyle"

Courtesy goes to Android Material Design Button Styles .

For a specific button:

If you need to change the style of a specific button, you can define a new style, inheriting one of the parent styles described above. In the example below I just changed the background and font colors:

<style name="AppTheme.Button" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
    <item name="colorButtonNormal">@color/Red</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/White</item>
</style>

Then you just need to apply this new style on the button with:

android:theme="@style/AppTheme.Button"

edited Oct 07 '17 at 15:47

answered Oct 07 '17 at 15:40

IntelliJ Amiya

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I don't want to set theme on specific buttons, I want it for whole app so I have this https://pastebin.com/RGPfSpTg but i dont know why it not setting colorAccent to button – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 15:57
@Nancy Madam , http://manuel-ohlendorf.de/blog/2015/09/03/material-design-buttons-with-appcompat/ – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:08
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@Nancy Set the parent style for your button to `parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored"` – Niraj Niroula Oct 07 '17 at 16:09
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@Journey Isn't already there `` i know I am missing silly thing :( – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 16:10
I guess sloppy mistake coming . – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:11
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@IntelliJAmiya your solution is working `@color/button_normal` it sets color but I want color with font too and it should be for entire app, I dont want to set on specific buttons. – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 16:15
I understand your problem . – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:15
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@IntelliJAmiya thank you so much uff my mind is not working i think :P my bad – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 16:18
@Nancy Mam, Whats the way ? Share us – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:19
Just added `` and `@style/AppTheme.Button` – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 16:20
@Nancy Mam , I already told you sloppy mistake coming ..Hahahaha. by the by Happy coding . – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:21
can we set button height also in styles.xml ? – N Sharma Oct 07 '17 at 16:38
@Nancy `20dp` – IntelliJ Amiya Oct 07 '17 at 16:40

Niraj Niroula · Answer 2 · 2017-10-07T16:24:45.410

(Works with the Support Library v7)
Ok, simply replace

<style name="RobotoButtonStyle" parent="android:Widget.Holo.Button">
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/lato_medium</item>
</style>

with

<style name="RobotoButtonStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
    <item name="colorButtonNormal">@color/Accent</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/White</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/lato_medium</item>
</style>

Because, you already have set <item name="buttonStyle">@style/RobotoButtonStyle</item> in your AppTheme and from your Manifest the application is using the AppTheme which means every buttons in your application now takes the RobotoButtonStyle.

Why button does not have material touch feedback?

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