I have an activity which has a constraintLayout
at the top and a FrameLayout
that wraps a LinearLayout
in itself.
How exactly can I disable the shadows that the LinearLayout
has at the top and bottom of itself, for a better user experience?
I tried setting android:elevation="0dp"
inside my LinearLayout
, but nothing changed. What am I doing wrong?
Current code:
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/golden_brown"
tools:context=".MenuActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/frameLayout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:background="@color/white"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/bottomNavigationView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/navigation_drawer_profile"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="@color/white"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="visible" />
</FrameLayout>
<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
android:id="@+id/bottomNavigationView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@drawable/bottom_navbar_fade"
app:itemActiveIndicatorStyle="@null"
app:itemRippleColor="@null"
app:itemHorizontalTranslationEnabled="false"
app:itemIconTint="@color/icon_color_selector"
app:itemTextColor="@color/icon_color_selector"
app:itemTextAppearanceActive="@style/BottomNavigationViewTextStyleActive"
app:itemTextAppearanceInactive="@style/BottomNavigationViewTextStyleInactive"
app:itemIconSize="40dp"
app:labelVisibilityMode="labeled"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:menu="@menu/bottom_nav_menu" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
To my knowledge, a simple LinearLayout should not have shadows.
Please check whether the shadow actually appears in the emulator or a real device, and not only in the XML Editor in Android Studio. The XML Editor sometimes shows shadows around the element that the cursor currently stands above.
There also is a stackoverflow answer that suggests the shadow appears to indicate which orientation
is set to the LinearLayout.