Android - SwipeRefreshLayout with empty textview

Question

I\'ve implemented SwipeRefreshLayout into my app but it can only hold one direct child which should be the listview. I\'m trying to figure out how to add an emp

Answer 1

This was a very frustrating issue for me but after a few hours with try and fail I came up with this solution.

With this I can refresh even with empty view visible (and RecyclerView too of course)

In my layout file I have this structure:

SwipeRefreshLayout
    FrameLayout
        RecyclerView
        my_empty_layout // Doesnt have to be ScrollView it can be whatever ViewGroup you want, I used LinearLayout with a single TextView child

In code:

...
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged()

if (adapter.getItemCount() == 0) {
    recyclerView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    emptyView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
else {
    recyclerView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
    emptyView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}