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As. you can see from the image i have a rounded corner shape ..but i want to have a shadow just on the top (there is no where else for it anyway since its covered on the other ends). How can i place a shadow just at the top of this cardView ? here is what i have so far and i've tried using two framelayouts earlier.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/viewRoot"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
android:theme="@style/Theme.MaterialComponents.Light"
android:id="@+id/greenCardView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:cardCornerRadius="16dp"
app:cardElevation="0dp"
android:clipToOutline="true"
android:clipToPadding="true"
android:clipChildren="true"
app:cardPreventCornerOverlap="true"
app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/green">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="@+id/contentContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="@color/transparent"
android:layout_height="54dp"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
i also need the shadow to have no background under it ..so it should not be on a white background, i just want the shadow on top alone on a transparent background.
update: after i udated to 70dp elevation the shadow is only appearing on the bottom :
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notice the shadow is only appearing at the bottom . how can i make shadow just at the top [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/8XC6l.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/egRoB.png
it was how i was attaching the scrollview to the cardview ..i used a space view to attach it a bit lower and it works great now (since i dont have access to negative margins) ..thanks
what i learned is that when you have a scrollview attached to a cardview then you should attach the scrollview a few pixels away from the top so that it does not look cut off when it scrolls.
