?android:attr/selectableItemBackground not visible enough on a dark background

Question

On Android Lollipop, I\'m using:

android:background=\"?android:attr/selectableItemBackground\"

to have the material animated feedback when I cl

Answer 1

On API 21+ you can set android:theme="@android:style/ThemeOverlay.Material.Dark" on a View or ViewGroup to change all of the theme attributes (text color, ripple color, button color, etc.) to the "dark" versions. If you set it on a ViewGroup, the theme is also applied to all of the child elements during inflation. It's an easy way to have regions of "dark" in an otherwise "light" interface (or vice versa).