Lollipop RippleDrawable vs Selector for Pre-Lollipop
1) Yes. See the documentation for RippleDrawable for more details on how layers are composited, but basically you want: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <ripple xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” android:color=”?android:attr/colorControlHighlight”> <item android:drawable=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24607339/@drawable/yourninepatch” /> </ripple> Or to also handle the disabled state in a clean way, you might want: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?> <ripple xmlns:android=”http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android” android:color=”?android:attr/colorControlHighlight”> <item> <selector> <item android:state_enabled=”false”> <nine-patch android:src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24607339/@drawable/yourninepatch” … Read more