Change the background color of CardView programmatically
What you are looking for is:
CardView card = ...card.setCardBackgroundColor(color);
In XML
card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@android:color/white"
Update: in XML
app:cardBackgroundColor="@android:color/white"
Use the property card_view:cardBackgroundColor:
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:id="@+id/card_view" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="150dp" android:layout_gravity="center" card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp" android:layout_margin="10dp" card_view:cardBackgroundColor="#fff" >
You can use this in XML
card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@android:color/white"
or this in Java
cardView.setCardBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);