CardView background set using cardBackgroundColor covers shadow

Question

I am trying to set the background colour for MaterialCardView when it is selected. The background colour seems to affect the shadow area as well. This is not so noticeable when the color is solid, it becomes clear when the background color is partly translucent.

I found this question(Card View background color affects shadow color) where the author is ok with a solid color as background but I am not.

Is there a way to apply the background color only inside the card and not affect the shadow region?

I'm not using card view much, but how about adding another layout/view `match_parent` and use it as the background? — Tuan Chau, Jul 25 '21 at 22:24
you can find the same approch in the link I refer to. The problem is the chlidview does not have round edges and looks ugly. — yeshu, Jul 26 '21 at 19:43
No, I changed the design a little which no longer required background color for card view. — yeshu, Mar 25 '22 at 07:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '21 at 17:55

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Use background tint in XML

android:backgroundTint

answered Jul 24 '21 at 17:55

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it also causes the same effect as setting the cardBackgroundColor attribute – yeshu Jul 25 '21 at 18:05

CardView background set using cardBackgroundColor covers shadow

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