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

Start by adding recyclerview library.

implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0'

Create model class.

     public class UserModel implements Serializable {

    private String userName;


    public UserModel(String userName) {
        this.userName = userName;
    }

    public String getUserName() {
        return userName;
    }

    public void setUserName(String userName) {
        this.userName = userName;
    }
   }

create adapter class.

public class UsersAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter implements Filterable {

    private List userModelList;
    private List getUserModelListFiltered;
    private Context context;
    private SelectedUser selectedUser;

    public UsersAdapter(List userModelList,SelectedUser selectedUser) {
        this.userModelList = userModelList;
        this.getUserModelListFiltered = userModelList;
        this.selectedUser = selectedUser;
    }

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public UsersAdapter.UsersAdapterVh onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        context = parent.getContext();

        return new UsersAdapterVh(LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.row_users,null));
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull UsersAdapter.UsersAdapterVh holder, int position) {

        UserModel userModel = userModelList.get(position);

        String username = userModel.getUserName();
        String prefix = userModel.getUserName().substring(0,1);

        holder.tvUsername.setText(username);
        holder.tvPrefix.setText(prefix);

    }

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

    @Override
    public Filter getFilter() {

        Filter filter = new Filter() {
            @Override
            protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence charSequence) {
                FilterResults filterResults = new FilterResults();

                if(charSequence == null | charSequence.length() == 0){
                    filterResults.count = getUserModelListFiltered.size();
                    filterResults.values = getUserModelListFiltered;

                }else{
                    String searchChr = charSequence.toString().toLowerCase();

                    List resultData = new ArrayList<>();

                    for(UserModel userModel: getUserModelListFiltered){
                        if(userModel.getUserName().toLowerCase().contains(searchChr)){
                            resultData.add(userModel);
                        }
                    }
                    filterResults.count = resultData.size();
                    filterResults.values = resultData;

                }

                return filterResults;
            }

            @Override
            protected void publishResults(CharSequence charSequence, FilterResults filterResults) {

                userModelList = (List) filterResults.values;
                notifyDataSetChanged();

            }
        };
        return filter;
    }


    public interface SelectedUser{

        void selectedUser(UserModel userModel);

    }

    public class UsersAdapterVh extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        TextView tvPrefix;
        TextView tvUsername;
        ImageView imIcon;
        public UsersAdapterVh(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            tvPrefix = itemView.findViewById(R.id.prefix);
            tvUsername = itemView.findViewById(R.id.username);
            imIcon = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageView);

            itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View view) {
                    selectedUser.selectedUser(userModelList.get(getAdapterPosition()));
                }
            });


        }
    }
}

create layout row_uses.xml

Find recyclerview and populate data.

Toolbar toolbar;
RecyclerView recyclerView;

List userModelList = new ArrayList<>();

String[] names = {"Richard","Alice","Hannah","David"};

UsersAdapter usersAdapter;


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

    recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
    toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar);

    this.setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    this.getSupportActionBar().setTitle("");

    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
    recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new DividerItemDecoration(this,DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL));

    for(String s:names){
        UserModel userModel = new UserModel(s);

        userModelList.add(userModel);
    }

    usersAdapter = new UsersAdapter(userModelList,this);

    recyclerView.setAdapter(usersAdapter);

}

find full tutorial and source code here:

Android RecyclerView