How to make RecyclerView scroll smoothly?

Question

This is more like a generic question, but after lot of search and try I am not able to understand why this is so difficult to achieve. This is the closest answer I can find

Answer 1

I made the scrolling smooth by overriding the calculateSpeedPerPixel(DisplayMetrics displayMetrics) method:

public class CustomLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {

    protected CenterLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
        super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
    }

    @Override
    public void smoothScrollToPosition(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.State state, int position) {
        RecyclerView.SmoothScroller smoothScroller = new CenterSmoothScroller(recyclerView.getContext());
        smoothScroller.setTargetPosition(position);
        startSmoothScroll(smoothScroller);
    }

    private class CenterSmoothScroller extends LinearSmoothScroller {

        CenterSmoothScroller(Context context) {
            super(context);
        }

        @Override
        public int calculateDtToFit(int viewStart, int viewEnd, int boxStart, int boxEnd, int snapPreference) {
            return (boxStart + (boxEnd - boxStart) / 2) - (viewStart + (viewEnd - viewStart) / 2);
        }

        @Override
        protected float calculateSpeedPerPixel(DisplayMetrics displayMetrics) {
            return 0.5f; //pass as per your requirement
        }
    }
}