Compatiblity of Material Design to versions below Android 5.0?

Question

Is it possible to use material design themes for versions below Android 5.0? According to this link, it is not the case:

Material design is a comprehe

Answer 1

Use AppCompat lib as stated in other comments and One of the best examples of using material compatibility is.

https://github.com/tekinarslan/AndroidMaterialDesignToolbar

Answer 2

Yes it is possible to use material design themes below android 5.0. U can follow this link to see backward compatibility link

and to learn more about material design use this link

Answer 3

You can use the support library to have some of features in older versions as well as mentioned in below link:-

https://developer.android.com/training/material/compatibility.html

also as mentioned below you can visit this link as well:-

http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html

Answer 4

You can use AppCompat as stated here: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html

Everything you are asking for is in that link. cheers :)