android:shadowColor="#000"// так же пробовал @color/...
android:shadowDx="-2"
android:shadowDy="2"
android:shadowRadius="0.01"
<resources>
<color name="light_font">#FBFBFB</color>
<color name="grey_font">#ff9e9e9e</color>
<color name="text_shadow">#7F000000</color>
<color name="text_shadow_white">#FFFFFF</color>
</resources>
<TextView android:id="@+id/txt_example1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="@color/light_font"
android:shadowColor="@color/text_shadow"
android:shadowDx="1"
android:shadowDy="1"
android:shadowRadius="2" />