How to add shadow on CardView aligned to bottom of parent

Question

I have a CardView aligned bottom to screen, destpite the elevation I want to add more shadow to top of the CardView. I've tried with

  android:shadowColor="#000"   android:shadowDx="0"   android:shadowDy="30"   android:shadowRadius="50" 

But see no changes this is my code:

    <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"         xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"         android:clipToPadding="false"         android:clipChildren="false"          android:orientation="vertical"          android:layout_width="match_parent"          android:layout_height="match_parent">      <!--rest of the code-->       <LinearLayout             android:layout_width="match_parent"             android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"             android:shadowColor="#000"             android:shadowDx="0"             android:shadowDy="30"             android:shadowRadius="50"             android:layout_height="wrap_content">         <android.support.v7.widget.CardView       xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"              android:layout_width="match_parent"              android:layout_height="wrap_content"              android:elevation="8dp"                                       android:divider="@android:color/transparent"              android:dividerHeight="0.0px"              android:clipToPadding="false"              android:clipChildren="false"              app:cardElevation="10dp"              app:cardPreventCornerOverlap="false">            <!--rest of the code-->     </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>     </LinearLayout>      </RelativeLayout> 

Answer 1

Well margin don't help much, so I put padding on main container and remove all those shadow properties because the android:elevation="" is what is doing the job.

Here is some clear code, that is working for this need:

<RelativeLayout    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"         xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"         android:clipToPadding="false"         android:clipChildren="false"         android:orientation="vertical"         android:padding="20dp"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="match_parent">    <!--rest of the code-->    <LinearLayout          android:layout_width="match_parent"          android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"          android:clipToPadding="false"        android:clipChildren="false"          android:layout_height="wrap_content">     <android.support.v7.widget.CardView          android:layout_width="match_parent"          android:layout_height="wrap_content"          android:elevation="8dp"          android:divider="@android:color/transparent"          android:dividerHeight="0.0px"          android:clipToPadding="false"          android:clipChildren="false"          card_view:cardElevation="10dp"          card_view:cardPreventCornerOverlap="false">        <TextView           android:layout_width="match_parent"           android:padding="20dp"           android:layout_height="wrap_content"           android:text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed           do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim            veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo           consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse           cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident,           sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum"         />        </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>   </LinearLayout>  </RelativeLayout> 

And an image on how this looks: