GridLayoutManager - how to auto fit columns?

Question

I have a RecyclerView with a GridLayoutManager that displays Card Views. I want the cards to rearrange according to the screen size (the Google Play app does this kind of th

Answer 1

Use this function, and put margins for cell layout in XML instead using decoration.

public int getNumberOfColumns() {
        View view = View.inflate(this, R.layout.row_layout, null);
        view.measure(View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
        int width = view.getMeasuredWidth();
        int count = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels / width;
        int remaining = getResources().getDisplayMetrics().widthPixels - width * count;
        if (remaining > width - 15)
            count++;
        return count;
    }