shadow effect in android color cardview

Question

Want this kind of shadow effect with android card view except for white background with cardview property, neither use with the canvas draw mechanism nor 9 patch image mechanism

want to use only drawable shape or cardview properties. TIA

Answer 1

Add card_view:cardElevation in CardView

like below :

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="@+id/media_card_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
card_view:cardElevation="2dp"

>

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>