How can I add the new “Floating Action Button” between two widgets/layouts

Question

I guess you have seen the new Android design guidelines, with the new \"Floating Action Button\" a.k.a \"FAB\"

For instance this pink button:

Answer 1

With AppCompat 22, the FAB is supported for older devices.

Add the new support library in your build.gradle(app):

compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'

Then you can use it in your xml:

To use elevation and pressedTranslationZ properties, namespace app is needed, so add this namespace to your layout: xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"