Detect animation finish in Android's RecyclerView

Question

The RecyclerView, unlike to ListView, doesn\'t have a simple way to set an empty view to it, so one has to manage it manually, making empty view vi

Answer 1

What worked for me is the following:

• detect that a view holder was removed
• in this case, register a listener to be notified when dispatchAnimationsFinished() is called
• when all animations are finished, call a listener to perform the task (updateEmptyView())

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public class CompareItemAnimator extends DefaultItemAnimator implements RecyclerView.ItemAnimator.ItemAnimatorFinishedListener {

private OnItemAnimatorListener mOnItemAnimatorListener;

public interface OnItemAnimatorListener {
    void onAnimationsFinishedOnItemRemoved();
}

@Override
public void onAnimationsFinished() {
    if (mOnItemAnimatorListener != null) {
        mOnItemAnimatorListener.onAnimationsFinishedOnItemRemoved();
    }
}

public void setOnItemAnimatorListener(OnItemAnimatorListener onItemAnimatorListener) {
    mOnItemAnimatorListener = onItemAnimatorListener;
}

@Override
public void onRemoveFinished(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder) {
    isRunning(this);
}}