Android floating action button with custom background

Question

Is it possible to set a custom background to a floating action button? For example, I'd like the fab to have background color with a gradient, and the "plus" icon on top of that. I've only seen simple background color so far. I'd like to keep using the design support library from Google.

Answer 1

You set background color to Floating Action Button through this property:

android:backgroundTint= "@color/colorPrimary"

and this does not accept @drawable. Which means you can not apply any drawable so my answer is NO, you cannot apply gradient to fab.

According to Google Buttons: Floating Action Button documentation, Google suggests to avoid such designs.: