How to add dividers and spaces between items in RecyclerView?

Question

This is an example of how it could have been done previously in the ListView class, using the divider and dividerHeight parame

Answer 1

I feel like there's a need for a simple, code-based answer that doesn't use XML

DividerItemDecoration dividerItemDecoration = new DividerItemDecoration(recyclerView.getContext(), DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL);

ShapeDrawable shapeDrawableForDivider = new ShapeDrawable(new RectShape());

int dividerThickness = // (int) (SomeOtherView.getHeight() * desiredPercent);
shapeDrawableForDivider.setIntrinsicHeight(dividerThickness);
shapeDrawableForDivider.setAlpha(0);

dividerItemDecoration.setDrawable(shapeDrawableForDivider);

recyclerView.addItemDecoration(dividerItemDecoration);

I love this answer so much, I re-wrote it in a single-expression Kotlin answer:

    recyclerView.addItemDecoration(DividerItemDecoration(this,DividerItemDecoration.VERTICAL).also { deco ->
        with (ShapeDrawable(RectShape())){
            intrinsicHeight = (resources.displayMetrics.density * 24).toInt()
            alpha = 0
            deco.setDrawable(this)
        }
    })

This does the same thing as @Nerdy's original answer, except it sets the height of the divider to 24dp instead of a percentage of another view's height.