Detect when RecyclerView reaches the bottom most position while scrolling

Question

I have this code for a RecyclerView.

    recyclerView = (RecyclerView)rootview.findViewById(R.id.fabric_recyclerView);
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layo         


        

Answer 1

I was also searching for this question but I didn't find the answer that satisfied me, so I create own realization of recyclerView.

other solutions is less precise then mine. for example: if the last item is pretty big (lot of text) then callback of other solutions will come much earlier then recyclerView realy reached bottom.

my sollution fix this issue.

class CustomRecyclerView: RecyclerView{

    abstract class TopAndBottomListener{
        open fun onBottomNow(onBottomNow:Boolean){}
        open fun onTopNow(onTopNow:Boolean){}
    }


    constructor(c:Context):this(c, null)
    constructor(c:Context, attr:AttributeSet?):super(c, attr, 0)
    constructor(c:Context, attr:AttributeSet?, defStyle:Int):super(c, attr, defStyle)


    private var linearLayoutManager:LinearLayoutManager? = null
    private var topAndBottomListener:TopAndBottomListener? = null
    private var onBottomNow = false
    private var onTopNow = false
    private var onBottomTopScrollListener:RecyclerView.OnScrollListener? = null


    fun setTopAndBottomListener(l:TopAndBottomListener?){
        if (l != null){
            checkLayoutManager()

            onBottomTopScrollListener = createBottomAndTopScrollListener()
            addOnScrollListener(onBottomTopScrollListener)
            topAndBottomListener = l
        } else {
            removeOnScrollListener(onBottomTopScrollListener)
            topAndBottomListener = null
        }
    }

    private fun createBottomAndTopScrollListener() = object :RecyclerView.OnScrollListener(){
        override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
            checkOnTop()
            checkOnBottom()
        }
    }

    private fun checkOnTop(){
        val firstVisible = linearLayoutManager!!.findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition()
        if(firstVisible == 0 || firstVisible == -1 && !canScrollToTop()){
            if (!onTopNow) {
                onTopNow = true
                topAndBottomListener?.onTopNow(true)
            }
        } else if (onTopNow){
            onTopNow = false
            topAndBottomListener?.onTopNow(false)
        }
    }

    private fun checkOnBottom(){
        var lastVisible = linearLayoutManager!!.findLastCompletelyVisibleItemPosition()
        val size = linearLayoutManager!!.itemCount - 1
        if(lastVisible == size || lastVisible == -1 && !canScrollToBottom()){
            if (!onBottomNow){
                onBottomNow = true
                topAndBottomListener?.onBottomNow(true)
            }
        } else if(onBottomNow){
            onBottomNow = false
            topAndBottomListener?.onBottomNow(false)
        }
    }


    private fun checkLayoutManager(){
        if (layoutManager is LinearLayoutManager)
            linearLayoutManager = layoutManager as LinearLayoutManager
        else
            throw Exception("for using this listener, please set LinearLayoutManager")
    }

    private fun canScrollToTop():Boolean = canScrollVertically(-1)
    private fun canScrollToBottom():Boolean = canScrollVertically(1)
}

then in your activity/fragment:

override fun onCreate() {
    customRecyclerView.layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(context)
}

override fun onResume() {
    super.onResume()
    customRecyclerView.setTopAndBottomListener(this)
}

override fun onStop() {
    super.onStop()
    customRecyclerView.setTopAndBottomListener(null)
}

hope it will hepl someone ;-)