Add two sections in recyclerview android

Question

In my application i am using recyclerview to display all contact list. I want two section in recyclerview.

Like one section is my application contact list and second

Answer 1

If you are looking for a solution that doesn't need to use hardcoded header/row indexes, you can use the library SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter.

First create a Section class to group your items:

class MySection extends StatelessSection {

    String title;
    List list;

    public MySection(String title, List list) {
        // call constructor with layout resources for this Section header, footer and items 
        super(R.layout.section_header, R.layout.section_item);

        this.title = title;
        this.list = list;
    }

    @Override
    public int getContentItemsTotal() {
        return list.size(); // number of items of this section
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder getItemViewHolder(View view) {
        // return a custom instance of ViewHolder for the items of this section
        return new MyItemViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindItemViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        MyItemViewHolder itemHolder = (MyItemViewHolder) holder;

        // bind your view here
        itemHolder.tvItem.setText(list.get(position));
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder getHeaderViewHolder(View view) {
        return new SimpleHeaderViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindHeaderViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder) {
        MyHeaderViewHolder headerHolder = (MyHeaderViewHolder) holder;

        // bind your header view here
        headerHolder.tvItem.setText(title);
    }

    public void addRow(String item) {
        this.list.add(item);
    }

}

Then you set up the RecyclerView with your Sections:

// Create an instance of SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter 
SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter sectionAdapter = new SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter();

// Create your sections with the list of data
MySection favoritesSection = new MySection("Favorites", favoritesList);
MySection contactsSection = new MySection("Add Favorites", contactsList);

// Add your Sections to the adapter
sectionAdapter.addSection(favoritesSection);
sectionAdapter.addSection(contactsSection);

// Set up your RecyclerView with the SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter
RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
recyclerView.setAdapter(sectionAdapter);

You can also add new rows to your sections without having to recalculate indexes:

favoritesSection.addRow("new item");
sectionAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();