my ImageButton lose it's animation effect on adding background color

Question

whenever i set android:background="colorxxx" for my ImageButton, the effect of pressing ImageButton will lost.

before adding that attribute it has an effect filling the image with dark color i want it works too when ImageButton has android:background="colorxxx"

my layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    tools:context=".HomeActivity">

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/ColorPrimary"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize">

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/ColorPrimary"
        android:src="@drawable/a"
        android:layout_weight="50"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true" />

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/ColorPrimary"
        android:src="@drawable/b"
        android:layout_weight="50"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true" />

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/ColorPrimary"
        android:src="@drawable/c"
        android:layout_weight="50"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true" />

    <ImageButton
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/ColorPrimary"
        android:src="@drawable/d"
        android:layout_weight="50"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true" />
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

The ripple effect is part of the background, like android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground", if you set a background yourself, the ripple will no longer work.

You can instead change the tint of your button as stated in this other response