deprecated Android L Ripple effect wrapper for Views
Material is a mobile user interface framework designed for building responsive and consistent native applications. It provides a declarative component architecture that allows developers to construct complex interfaces through modular, self-contained elements that manage their own state and rendering logic. The framework distinguishes itself through a constraint-based layout engine that calculates component geometry by solving spatial relationships between elements, ensuring layouts adapt automatically to varying screen sizes. It also features a hierarchical design system that propagates styl