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android drawable to imitate google cards.
put card.xml in your drawables directory, put colors.xml in your values directory or add the colors to your colors.xml file.
set the background of a view to card,
as you can see in card.xml the drawable handles the card margin, so you don't have to add a margin to your view
``` xml
<View
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="@drawable/card"
/>
```
(here is a screenshot of what the cards look like)[http://i.imgur.com/XFbovuI.png]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="10dp" android:right="10dp" android:bottom="5dp" android:left="10dp" />
<solid android:color="@color/transparent" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="0dp" />
<solid android:color="@color/card_shadow_1" />
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item>
<shape>
<padding android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="1dp" android:left="0dp" />
<solid android:color="@color/card_shadow_2" />
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<!-- Background -->
<item>
<shape >
<solid android:color="@color/card_background" />
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="transparent">#00000000</color>
<!-- card colors -->
<color name="card_background">#ffffff</color>
<color name="card_shadow_1">#d4d4d4</color>
<color name="card_shadow_2">#dddddd</color>
<color name="card_detailing">#eee</color>
</resources>
@hirenkapuria
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Thank you so much

@ahujakaran24
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Wowo thumbs up +1

@dbarwacz
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You could as well use system parameter: "@android:color/transparent"

@mrmodise
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Very much appreciated

@RaviDhoriya
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That's perfect!! (y)

@emanuelthedude
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i like :)

@cooliscool
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Really cool ! Thanks :)
A short question :
Is there a better way to design drawables other than looking at the preview in android studio ?

@shashanthk
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This is awesome. Thank you and +1 for the work...

@lovebdsobuj
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How to add click effect color?

@ade-akinyede
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Thank you for this :)

@kunalpat25
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Thank you so much!

@jiahaoliuliu
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Good job!

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