Android AppCompat 21 Elevation
android, android-view, material-design
Solution
`ViewCompat.setElevation(View, int)` currently creates no shims.
The only way to simulate elevation right now is to apply a shadow pre-v21. Define your style/layout/drawable in `values` and override it in `values-v21`. For buttons I use style overrides. For layouts, I usually go for reference override (use `@null` to get rid of a drawable).
Hopefully in the future an update to the support library will add shims.
This reddit thread keeps track of said update.
Edit
The new support design library actually does create shims for the floating action button.
Problem
Is there any way to add elevation to a `View` in pre-lollipop devices without wrapping them in a `CardView`?