How do I get the position selected in a RecyclerView?

Question

I am experimenting with the support library\'s recyclerview and cards. I have a recyclerview of cards. Each card has an \'x\' icon at the top right corner to remove it:

Answer 1

A different method - using setTag() and getTag() methods of the View class.

1. use setTag() in the onBindViewHolder method of your adapter

   @Override
   public void onBindViewHolder(myViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
       viewHolder.mCardView.setTag(position);
   }
   

   where mCardView is defined in the myViewHolder class

   private class myViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {
              public View mCardView;
   
              public myViewHolder(View view) {
                  super(view);
                  mCardView = (CardView) view.findViewById(R.id.card_view);
   
                  mCardView.setOnClickListener(this);
              }
          }
   

2. use getTag() in your OnClickListener implementation

   @Override
   public void onClick(View view) {
       int position = (int) view.getTag();           
   
   //display toast with position of cardview in recyclerview list upon click
   Toast.makeText(view.getContext(),Integer.toString(position),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
   }
   

see https://stackoverflow.com/a/33027953/4658957 for more details