How to set the padding for CardView widget in Android L

Question

I'm using android:paddingLeft and android:paddingTop to set the padding for the new CardView widget but it doesn't work.

I can set the margin for all the controls inside the CardView as a workaround but that's a pain if there are too many controls.

How to set padding for the new cardview widget?

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView     xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"     android:id="@+id/card_view"     android:layout_gravity="center"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="200dp"     android:paddingLeft="20dp"     android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"     android:paddingTop="20dp"     android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"     card_view:cardCornerRadius="2dp">      <TextView         android:id="@+id/info_text"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Hello World!"/> </android.support.v7.widget.CardView> 

Answer 1

CardView should handle this using the contentPadding attributes it comes with:

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView     xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"     android:id="@+id/card_view"     android:layout_gravity="center"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="200dp"     card_view:cardCornerRadius="2dp"     card_view:contentPaddingLeft="20dp"     card_view:contentPaddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"     card_view:contentPaddingTop="20dp"     card_view:contentPaddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">      <TextView         android:id="@+id/info_text"         android:layout_width="match_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:text="Hello World!"/> </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>