Implement multiple ViewHolder types in RecycleView adapter

Question

It\'s maybe a discussion not a question.

Normal way to implement multiple types

As you know, if we want to implement multiple types in RecyclerView

Answer 1

I kind of use the first one.

I use a companion object to declare the static fields, which I use in my implementation.

This project was written in kotlin, but here is how I implemented an Adapter:

/**
 * Created by Geert Berkers.
 */
class CustomAdapter(
    private val objects: List,
) : RecyclerView.Adapter() {

    companion object {
        const val FIRST_CELL          = 0
        const val SECOND_CELL         = 1
        const val THIRD_CELL          = 2
        const val OTHER_CELL          = 3

        const val FirstCellLayout     = R.layout.first_cell
        const val SecondCellLayout    = R.layout.second_cell
        const val ThirdCellLayout     = R.layout.third_cell
        const val OtherCellLayout     = R.layout.other_cell
    }

    override fun getItemCount(): Int  = 4

    override fun getItemViewType(position: Int): Int = when (position) {
        objects[0] -> FIRST_CELL
        objects[1] -> SECOND_CELL
        objects[2] -> THIRD_CELL
        else -> OTHER_CELL
    }

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup?, viewType: Int): RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        when (viewType) {

            FIRST_CELL -> {
                val view = inflateLayoutView(FirstCellLayout, parent)
                return FirstCellViewHolder(view)
            }

            SECOND_CELL -> {
                val view = inflateLayoutView(SecondCellLayout, parent)
                return SecondCellViewHolder(view)
            }

            THIRD_CELL -> {
                val view = inflateLayoutView(ThirdCellLayout, parent)
                return ThirdCellViewHolder(view)
            }

            else -> {
                val view = inflateLayoutView(OtherCellLayout, parent)
                return OtherCellViewHolder(view)
            }
        }
    }

    fun inflateLayoutView(viewResourceId: Int, parent: ViewGroup?, attachToRoot: Boolean = false): View =
        LayoutInflater.from(parent?.context).inflate(viewResourceId, parent, attachToRoot)

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder?, position: Int) {
        val itemViewTpe = getItemViewType(position)

        when (itemViewTpe) {

            FIRST_CELL -> {
                val firstCellViewHolder = holder as FirstCellViewHolder
                firstCellViewHolder.bindObject(objects[position])
            }

            SECOND_CELL -> {
                val secondCellViewHolder = holder as SecondCellViewHolder
                secondCellViewHolder.bindObject(objects[position])
            }

            THIRD_CELL -> {
                val thirdCellViewHolder = holder as ThirdCellViewHolder
                thirdCellViewHolder.bindObject(objects[position])
            }

            OTHER_CELL -> {
                // Do nothing. This only displays a view
            }
        }
    }
}

And here is an example of a ViewHolder:

class FirstCellViewHolder(view: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(view) {

    fun bindMedication(object: Object) = with(object) {
        itemView.setOnClickListener {
            openObject(object)
        }
    }

    private fun openObject(object: Object) {
        val context = App.instance
        val intent = DisplayObjectActivity.intent(context, object)
        intent.flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK
        context.startActivity(intent)
    }

}