Recycler view click animation
this is called Ripple effect you are trying with background instead foreground
android:focusable="true"android:clickable="true"android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"you can also make it custom too
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:color="@color/colorcode"> <item android:id="@android:id/mask" android:drawable="@color/colorcode" /></ripple>to support in older versions you can do like that
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_pressed="true"> <shape android:shape="rectangle"> <solid android:color="@color/colorcode" /> </shape> </item> <item> <shape android:shape="rectangle"> <solid android:color="@android:color/colorcode" /> </shape> </item></selector>