Can't use android:background with button from the new material components

Question

I\'m using the new material components com.google.android.material:material with android x but I can\'t set a custom background to the button.

I know that I

Answer 1

In the Material Components Library, the MaterialButton has a default style with insetBottom and insetTop with a value of 6dp.

You can change it using:

If you want to change the background color you can use the app:backgroundTint attribute or you can override some theme attributes from a default style then you can use new materialThemeOverlay attribute.

In your case you can do something like:

Finally starting with the version 1.2.0-alpha06 you can use the android:background attribute in the MaterialButton.