Mastering Shadows in Android

Is it possible to add a drop shadow to a custom shape in Android? After looking through the documentation, I only see a way to apply a text shadow.

Android class to create an outlined text with thick stroke (+ shadow if needed) - TextViewOutline.java.

Create one XML file with shape like rectangle, color and shadow effect for it and set it as background for your linear layout.

Apply a shadow effect · 1. Tap the shape, picture, text box, or any object to add a shadow and choose Format option. · 2. Tap Effects, then Shadow from the list ...

2024年6月27日 — The bounds of a view's background drawable determine the default shape of its shadow. Outlines represent the outer shape of a graphics object ...

2023年3月27日 — When I define Shadow for the Border control (see XAML code below), Android fails to display. It works fine on WinUI.

Light and Shadow are important for us if we want to follow material design guideline in our application development process.

2023年10月9日 — Base drawable class for Material Shapes that handles shadows, elevation, scale and color for a generated path.

Learn to set stroke, fill, drop shadow, and inner shadow, and create blend effects for objects in Adobe XD. Apply a fill color to an object.

2022年5月15日 — Is it possible to make a shadow around View to make it easy to be uniform around the perimeter and a given width, as in the figure below?