When using Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar style, setting Button Background has no effect

Question

In order to use Chip and ChipGroup, I set Application style extends Theme.MaterialComponents.Light.NoActionBar int manifests.xml, then I set Button \"android:backg

Answer 1

If you want a true Button, but one that you can modify like the framework Button (instead of the MaterialButton), then you can explicitly specify the framework version in your layout file. Replace this:

with this:

This will give you what it says on the tin: an android.widget.Button, which should respond to styling the way you expect.

Similarly, you could use a if you want support library features but not material components features.