Why there is no space between CardViews on Lollipop?
Set this on a CardView:
app:cardUseCompatPadding="true"From documentation:
Add padding in API v21+ as well to have the same measurements with previous versions.
Use this two tags below inside of your cardview:
app:cardPreventCornerOverlap="false"app:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
first image is the expected behavior of card view. when the card has elevation the shadow falls on the bottom layers. In the pre-lollipop devices the elevation is made by adding padding. so the pre-lollipop devices will have a padding around the card view.
Before L, CardView adds padding to its content and draws shadows to that area. This padding amount is equal to maxCardElevation + (1 - cos45) * cornerRadius on the sides and maxCardElevation * 1.5 + (1 - cos45) * cornerRadius on top and bottom.