Simple Android grid example using RecyclerView with GridLayoutManager (like the old GridView)

Question

I know that RecyclerView has replaced the functionality of the old ListView and GridView. I am looking for a very basic example that s

Answer 1

Although I do like and appreciate Suragch's answer, I would like to leave a note because I found that coding the Adapter (MyRecyclerViewAdapter) to define and expose the Listener method onItemClick isn't the best way to do it, due to not using class encapsulation correctly. So my suggestion is to let the Adapter handle the Listening operations solely (that's his purpose!) and separate those from the Activity that uses the Adapter (MainActivity). So this is how I would set the Adapter class:

MyRecyclerViewAdapter.java

public class MyRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {

    private String[] mData = new String[0];
    private LayoutInflater mInflater;

    // Data is passed into the constructor
    public MyRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, String[] data) {
        this.mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        this.mData = data;
    }

    // Inflates the cell layout from xml when needed
    @Override
    public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.recyclerview_item, parent, false);
        ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder(view);
        return viewHolder;
    }

    // Binds the data to the textview in each cell
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        String animal = mData[position];
        holder.myTextView.setText(animal);
    }

    // Total number of cells
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mData.length;
    }

    // Stores and recycles views as they are scrolled off screen
    public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {
        public TextView myTextView;

        public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            myTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.info_text);
            itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            onItemClick(view, getAdapterPosition());
        }
    }

    // Convenience method for getting data at click position
    public String getItem(int id) {
        return mData[id];
    }

    // Method that executes your code for the action received
    public void onItemClick(View view, int position) {
        Log.i("TAG", "You clicked number " + getItem(position).toString() + ", which is at cell position " + position);
    }
}

Please note the onItemClick method now defined in MyRecyclerViewAdapter that is the place where you would want to code your tasks for the event/action received.

There is only a small change to be done in order to complete this transformation: the Activity doesn't need to implement MyRecyclerViewAdapter.ItemClickListener anymore, because now that is done completely by the Adapter. This would then be the final modification:

MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    MyRecyclerViewAdapter adapter;

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

        // data to populate the RecyclerView with
        String[] data = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23", "24", "25", "26", "27", "28", "29", "30", "31", "32", "33", "34", "35", "36", "37", "38", "39", "40", "41", "42", "43", "44", "45", "46", "47", "48"};

        // set up the RecyclerView
        RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rvNumbers);
        int numberOfColumns = 6;
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, numberOfColumns));
        adapter = new MyRecyclerViewAdapter(this, data);
        adapter.setClickListener(this);
        recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
    }
}