CardView doesn't support TransitionDrawable?

I tried to animate a switch-color on CardView background, but I'm getting this:

Cannot resolve method 'setCardBackgroundColor(android.graphics.drawable.TransitionDrawable)'

If CardView does not support TransitionDrawable, then how can we achieve something like this?

public void setCardBackground(CardView cardView) {
    ColorDrawable[] color = {new ColorDrawable(Color.BLUE), new ColorDrawable(Color.RED)};
    TransitionDrawable trans = new TransitionDrawable(color);
     //cardView.setCardBackgroundColor(trans);
    trans.startTransition(5000);
}

Have you tried View#setBackground()?

public void setCardBackground(CardView cardView) {
    ColorDrawable[] color = {new ColorDrawable(Color.BLUE), new ColorDrawable(Color.RED)};
    TransitionDrawable trans = new TransitionDrawable(color);
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1) {
        cardView.setBackground(trans);
    } else {
        cardView.setBackgroundDrawable(trans);
    }
    trans.startTransition(5000);
}