Multiple count down timers in RecyclerView flickering when scrolled

Question

I have implemented count down timer for each item of RecyclerView which is in a fragment activity. The count down timer shows the time remaining for expiry. The count down t

Answer 1

As Andrei Lupsa said you should hold CountDownTimer reference in your ViewHolder, if you didn't want to timer reset when scrolling (onBindViewHolder) , you should check if CountDownTimer reference is null or not in onBindViewHolder :

public void onBindViewHolder(final FeedViewHolder holder, final int position) {

      ...

      if (holder.timer == null) {
          holder.timer = new CountDownTimer(expiryTime, 500) {

          ...

          }.start();   
      }
}


public static class FeedViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

       ...

       CountDownTimer timer;

       public FeedViewHolder(View itemView) {

          .... 
  }
}