How to implement the Material-design Elevation for Pre-lollipop

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You can mimic the elevation on pre-Lollipop with a official method.

I achieve same effect using,

  android:background="@android:drawable/dialog_holo_light_frame"

My tested output:

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reference – https://stackoverflow.com/a/25683148/3879847

Thanks to user @Repo..

Update : If you want change color of this drawable try @Irfan answer below ↓

https://stackoverflow.com/a/40815944/3879847

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