Simple Android RecyclerView example

Question

I\'ve made a list of items a few times using Android\'s RecyclerView, but it is a rather complicated process. Going through one of the numerous tutorials online

Answer 1

This will be the simplest version of the implementation of RecyclerView.

activity_main.xml

list_item_view.xml

CustomAdapter.java

public class CustomAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
  private List data;
  public CustomAdapter (List data){
    this.data = data;
  }

  @Override
  public CustomAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    View rowItem = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_view, parent, false);
    return new ViewHolder(rowItem);
  }

  @Override
  public void onBindViewHolder(CustomAdapter.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
    holder.textView.setText(this.data.get(position));
  }

  @Override
  public int getItemCount() {
    return this.data.size();
  }

  public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {
    private TextView textView;

    public ViewHolder(View view) {
      super(view);
      view.setOnClickListener(this);
      this.textView = view.findViewById(R.id.textview);
    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View view) {
      Toast.makeText(view.getContext(), "position : " + getLayoutPosition() + " text : " + this.textView.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
  }
}

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recycler_view);
    
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
    recyclerView.setAdapter(new CustomAdapter(generateData()));
    recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new DividerItemDecoration(this, DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL));
  }

  private List generateData() {
    List data = new ArrayList<>();
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      data.add(String.valueOf(i) + "th Element");
    }
    return data;
  }

}