Adding a colored background with text/icon under swiped row when using Android's RecyclerView

Question

EDIT: The real problem was that my LinearLayout was wrapped in another layout, which caused the incorrect behavior. The accepted answer by Sanvywell has

Answer 1

The accepted answer does a great job of coloring the background, but did not address drawing the icon.

This worked for me because it both set the background color and drew the icon, without the icon being stretched during the swipe, or leaving a gap between the previous and next items after the swipe.

public static final float ALPHA_FULL = 1.0f;

public void onChildDraw(Canvas c, RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, float dX, float dY, int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive) {
    if (actionState == ItemTouchHelper.ACTION_STATE_SWIPE) {
        // Get RecyclerView item from the ViewHolder
        View itemView = viewHolder.itemView;

        Paint p = new Paint();
        Bitmap icon;

        if (dX > 0) {
            /* Note, ApplicationManager is a helper class I created 
               myself to get a context outside an Activity class - 
               feel free to use your own method */

            icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
                    ApplicationManager.getContext().getResources(), R.drawable.myleftdrawable);

            /* Set your color for positive displacement */
            p.setARGB(255, 255, 0, 0);

            // Draw Rect with varying right side, equal to displacement dX
            c.drawRect((float) itemView.getLeft(), (float) itemView.getTop(), dX,
                    (float) itemView.getBottom(), p);

            // Set the image icon for Right swipe
            c.drawBitmap(icon,
                    (float) itemView.getLeft() + convertDpToPx(16),
                    (float) itemView.getTop() + ((float) itemView.getBottom() - (float) itemView.getTop() - icon.getHeight())/2,
                    p);
        } else {
            icon = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(
                    ApplicationManager.getContext().getResources(), R.drawable.myrightdrawable);

            /* Set your color for negative displacement */
            p.setARGB(255, 0, 255, 0);

            // Draw Rect with varying left side, equal to the item's right side
            // plus negative displacement dX
            c.drawRect((float) itemView.getRight() + dX, (float) itemView.getTop(),
                    (float) itemView.getRight(), (float) itemView.getBottom(), p);

            //Set the image icon for Left swipe
            c.drawBitmap(icon,
                    (float) itemView.getRight() - convertDpToPx(16) - icon.getWidth(),
                    (float) itemView.getTop() + ((float) itemView.getBottom() - (float) itemView.getTop() - icon.getHeight())/2,
                    p);
        }

        // Fade out the view as it is swiped out of the parent's bounds
        final float alpha = ALPHA_FULL - Math.abs(dX) / (float) viewHolder.itemView.getWidth();
        viewHolder.itemView.setAlpha(alpha);
        viewHolder.itemView.setTranslationX(dX);

    } else {
        super.onChildDraw(c, recyclerView, viewHolder, dX, dY, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
    }
}

private int convertDpToPx(int dp){
    return Math.round(dp * (getResources().getDisplayMetrics().xdpi / DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_DEFAULT));
}