How to set RecyclerView Max Height

Question

I want to set Max Height of RecylerView.I am able to set max height using below code.Below code makes height 60% of current screen.

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Answer 1

I just had this same problem, and wanted to share a new, up-to-date answer. This one works on at least Android 9 and Android Studio v. 4.0.

Wrap the RecyclerView in a ConstraintLayout, as some of the answers here have suggested. But it does not appear you can set the maximum height of that layout in XML. Instead, you must set it in code, as follows: Give the ConstraintLayout an ID, and then, in your onCreate or onViewCreated method for the activity or fragment, respectively, in question - for example, to set a max height of 200 dp:

findViewById(R.id.[YOUR ID]).maxHeight = 200 // activity
view.findViewById(R.id.[YOUR ID]).maxHeight = 200 // fragment

Annoyingly, ConstraintLayout does expose an XML attribute android:minHeight but no android:maxHeight.

Even more annoyingly, RecyclerView itself apparently comes with an XML attribute named android:maxHeight, but that attribute does not work.