Android Button's background as shape with Shadow

Question

I\'ve made a button background from shapes and is looking quite good for my purpose. The only thing needed is to drop a bit of shadow for it. Here is the code:

Answer 1

If you want to stack more shapes one on top of each other then you could use a layer-list. Bellow is the code for the normal item in your selector(with a strip of gray color):

The problem is that you'll not be able to achieve a true shadow look on your Button with this type of drawable. You could use the code from the other answer or a nine patch image that already has shadow on it.