How can I design Material for older versions?

Question

How can I design Material for older versions?

I tried adding appcompat_v7 to my project but that didn't change anything unfortunately.

Please help!

Answer 1

It's not automatic. But for starters, you will need appcompat 21. Take a look at this:

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html?m=1

Edit: In the 2015's IO, Matias Duarte revealed the Support Design Library, which eases significantly this task. It's included in the SDK repository.

take a look here: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/05/android-design-support-library.html