Did you want an imagebutton when using support lib? Now you can have one.

AppCompatImageButton

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.view.TintableBackgroundView;
import android.support.v7.appcompat.R;
import android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintInfo;
import android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintManager;
import android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintTypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
import android.widget.ImageButton;

/**
 * A tint aware {@link android.widget.ImageButton}.
 * <p>
 * This will automatically be used when you use {@link android.widget.ImageButton} in your layouts. You
 * should only need to manually use this class when writing custom views.
 */
public class AppCompatImageButton extends ImageButton implements TintableBackgroundView {

    private static final int[] TINT_ATTRS = {
            android.R.attr.background
    };

    private TintInfo mBackgroundTint;

    public AppCompatImageButton(Context context) {
        this(context, null);
    }

    public AppCompatImageButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, R.attr.buttonStyle);
    }

    public AppCompatImageButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        if (TintManager.SHOULD_BE_USED) {
            TintTypedArray a = TintTypedArray.obtainStyledAttributes(getContext(), attrs,
                    TINT_ATTRS, defStyleAttr, 0);
            if (a.hasValue(0)) {
                ColorStateList tint = a.getTintManager().getTintList(a.getResourceId(0, -1));
                if (tint != null) {
                    setSupportBackgroundTintList(tint);
                }
            }
            a.recycle();
        }
    }

    /**
     * This should be accessed via
     * {@link android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat#setBackgroundTintList(android.view.View,
     * android.content.res.ColorStateList)}
     *
     * @hide
     */
    @Override
    public void setSupportBackgroundTintList(@Nullable ColorStateList tint) {
        if (mBackgroundTint == null) {
            mBackgroundTint = new TintInfo();
        }
        mBackgroundTint.mTintList = tint;
        mBackgroundTint.mHasTintList = true;

        applySupportBackgroundTint();
    }

    /**
     * This should be accessed via
     * {@link android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat#getBackgroundTintList(android.view.View)}
     *
     * @hide
     */
    @Override
    @Nullable
    public ColorStateList getSupportBackgroundTintList() {
        return mBackgroundTint != null ? mBackgroundTint.mTintList : null;
    }

    /**
     * This should be accessed via
     * {@link android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat#setBackgroundTintMode(android.view.View, android.graphics.PorterDuff.Mode)}
     *
     * @hide
     */
    @Override
    public void setSupportBackgroundTintMode(@Nullable PorterDuff.Mode tintMode) {
        if (mBackgroundTint == null) {
            mBackgroundTint = new TintInfo();
        }
        mBackgroundTint.mTintMode = tintMode;
        mBackgroundTint.mHasTintMode = true;

        applySupportBackgroundTint();
    }

    /**
     * This should be accessed via
     * {@link android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat#getBackgroundTintMode(android.view.View)}
     *
     * @hide
     */
    @Override
    @Nullable
    public PorterDuff.Mode getSupportBackgroundTintMode() {
        return mBackgroundTint != null ? mBackgroundTint.mTintMode : null;
    }

    @Override
    protected void drawableStateChanged() {
        super.drawableStateChanged();
        applySupportBackgroundTint();
    }

    private void applySupportBackgroundTint() {
        if (getBackground() != null && mBackgroundTint != null) {
            TintManager.tintViewBackground(this, mBackgroundTint);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event) {
        super.onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(event);
        event.setClassName(ImageButton.class.getName());
    }

    @Override
    public void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(AccessibilityNodeInfo info) {
        super.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(info);
        info.setClassName(ImageButton.class.getName());
    }

}