First off, I know that this question has been asked before, but it hasn't been answered before. I hope someone can give me an answer.
In my application, I use the Toolbar from Appcompat_v7 (API 21). This is my code:
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
style="@style/DarkActionbarStyle"
android:id="@+id/toolBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="@dimen/actionbar_height" />
And this is the ToolBar style I use:
<style name="DarkActionbarStyle" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.Toolbar">
<item name="android:background">?attr/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="titleTextAppearance">@style/ActionBarTitle</item>
<item name="android:elevation">2dp</item>
<item name="popupTheme">@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light</item>
<item name="theme">@style/ThemeActionBarDark</item>
</style>
<style name="ThemeActionBarDark" parent="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">
<item name="actionBarItemBackground">@drawable/btn_dark_orange</item>
<item name="selectableItemBackground">@drawable/btn_dark_orange</item>
</style>
The problem is, that elevation doesn't work pre-lollipop. So my question is: Is it possible to have a shadow under the ToolBar on pre-lollipop devices?
This worked for me very well:
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/primary"
card_view:cardElevation="4dp"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="0dp">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@color/primary"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize" />
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>