burnedtoast

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   by burnedtoast 3y ago

   Yes the same goes for X-axis as well. Here's a screenshot showing that: https://pasteboard.co/O5H4djIUMoG6.png
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   by burnedtoast 3y ago

   It's the behavior for all apps and I don't think it can be customized. There are some APIs to affect the spot shadow color and ambient shadow color (from API 28), but no way to affect this offset / light source position AFAIK
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   by burnedtoast 3y ago

   https://pasteboard.co/AUrdZZe5KxoO.png In this screenshot all the views have the exact same spec: 8dp elevation.
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   by burnedtoast 3y ago

   Yeah, that's normal practice and usually works OK. But then sometimes it happens that the given elevation value give a shadow much weaker than in the design tool. Especially for things like a bottom toolbar where the top of the shadow
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   by burnedtoast 3y ago

   Another really annoying fact about drop shadows, is that Android choose to implement the light source pretty much where your nose is. So when a view with drop shadow moves closer to the bottom of the screen, its drop shadow increase visibil