Add ripple effect to my button with button background color?

Here is another drawable xml for those who want to add all together gradient background, corner radius and ripple effect:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    android:color="@color/colorPrimaryDark">    <item android:id="@android:id/mask">        <shape android:shape="rectangle">            <solid android:color="@color/colorPrimaryDark" />            <corners android:radius="@dimen/button_radius_large" />        </shape>    </item>    <item android:id="@android:id/background">        <shape android:shape="rectangle">            <gradient                android:angle="90"                android:endColor="@color/colorPrimaryLight"                android:startColor="@color/colorPrimary"                android:type="linear" />            <corners android:radius="@dimen/button_radius_large" />        </shape>    </item></ripple>

Add this to the background of your button.

<Button    ...    android:background="@drawable/button_background" />

PS: this answer works for android api 21 and above.

Add the "?attr/selectableItemBackground" to your view's android:foreground attribute if it already has a background along with android:clickable="true".

Add Ripple Effect/Animation to a Android Button

Just replace your button background attribute with android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground" and your code looks like this.

      <Button        android:layout_width="match_parent"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground"        android:text="New Button" />

Another Way to Add Ripple Effect/Animation to an Android Button

Using this method, you can customize ripple effect color. First, you have to create a xml file in your drawable resource directory. Create a ripple_effect.xml file and add following code.res/drawable/ripple_effect.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"    android:color="#f816a463"    tools:targetApi="lollipop">    <item android:id="@android:id/mask">        <shape android:shape="rectangle">            <solid android:color="#f816a463" />        </shape>    </item></ripple>

And set background of button to above drawable resource file

<Button    android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="wrap_content"    android:background="@drawable/ripple_effect"    android:padding="16dp"    android:text="New Button" />