I am working on an Android TV application, but I'm not quite happy with the standard shadow rendering VerticalGridFragment, I would like it to be smaller and a bit less dark.
I looked through the code but did not find a complete working solution. In my subclass, the VerticalGridPresenteronly way I can override is createShadowOverlayOptions, but I cannot get the result that I want.
The only workaround I came up with is to define the following dimensions, so that the support advertised in the library is redefined:
<dimen name="lb_material_shadow_details_z">3dp</dimen>
<dimen name="lb_material_shadow_focused_z">4dp</dimen>
<dimen name="lb_material_shadow_normal_z">3dp</dimen>
But this is more of a hack, not the right decision.
This is the standard shadow:
This is the result that I get with my current hack:
As you can see, it is smaller, but I can’t change the color.
VerticalGridFragment RowsFragment?
Leanback:
compile 'com.android.support:leanback-v17:25.2.0'
My minSdkVersion - 17 - Android-, , 21.