TextView shadow color always white - Android Studio

Question

I wanted to add a shadow to a TextView, but on my phone the shadow color is always white, although it is supposed to be gray. In the layout validator of Android Studio it looks the way it is supposed to.

Here is my xml code:

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvName"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="46dp"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
        android:fontFamily="@font/patrick_hand"
        android:gravity="bottom|center_horizontal"
        android:shadowColor="@color/gray_1"
        android:shadowDx="7"
        android:shadowDy="7"
        android:shadowRadius="5"
        android:text="Name"
        android:textAlignment="gravity"
        android:textColor="@color/white"
        android:textSize="35sp" />

I also tried to set the shadow effect programmatically, which also didn't work.

tvName.setShadowLayer(5, 7, 7, R.color.gray_1);

It has something to do with the dark/light themes, if I turn off darkmode, the shadow is black. But I have the same colors for dark/light theme, so I really don't know what's going on.

I found the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/64999338/19275116 It was because of my device... — not_a_robot, Oct 04 '22 at 17:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '22 at 06:04

to set shadow you can try,

make new xml and use below code,

    <item android:drawable="@android:drawable/dialog_holo_light_frame"/>

    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle">
            <corners android:radius="1dp" />
            <solid android:color="@color/gray_200" />
        </shape>
    </item>

</layer-list>

then, call below code, android:background="@drawable/myrect" .

TextView shadow color always white - Android Studio

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