Android: with RippleEffect & StateListAnimator

Question

I have a layout, that includes another layout:

Answer 1

Based on the thread Does Android XML Layout's 'include' Tag Really Work? and LayoutInflater.java it seems tag only supports android:id, layout_* and android:visibility attributes. So your code to set background and stateListAnimator have no effect.

To fix the below issue with @Stepane's code :

your method enables the ripple effect properly, however the SLA isn't fired. I cannot see any elevation taking place

If the inflated view is transparent, then the elevation is not visible, you have to set viewOutline or use some non-transparent color for the view to see the shadow.

An extract from ViewOutlineProvider documentation:

Interface by which a View builds its Outline, used for shadow casting and clipping.

To set the outlineProvider you can make use of View#setOutlineProvider (ViewOutlineProvider provider) method or you can set via android:outlineProvider xml tag.

Updated Code:

LinearLayout root =(LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.container);
StateListAnimator sla = AnimatorInflater.loadStateListAnimator(this, R.animator.lift_up);
root.setStateListAnimator(sla);
root.setClickable(true);
root.setOutlineProvider(ViewOutlineProvider.PADDED_BOUNDS);
root.setBackground(ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, R.drawable.ripple_effect));

ripple_effect.xml

res/animator/lift_up.xml