smart-recycler-adapter
Never code any boilerplate RecyclerAdapter again! This library will make it easy and painless to map your data item with a target ViewHolder.

Features
OnViewEventListener
- Smart OnClick / OnLongClickListener SimpleItemOnClickOnLongClickActivity
- State holding with OnItemSelectedListener MultipleViewTypesResolverActivity
- Custom View Events CustomViewEventActivity
ItemTouchHelper Swipe, Drag & Drop extensions
- Drag & drop DragAndDropItemActivity
- Drag & drop with handle DragAndDropHandleItemActivity
- Swipe to remove item SwipeRemoveItemActivity
- Drag & drop, Swipe, View Events MultipleEventsAndExtensionsActivity
- Grid + Drag & drop GridActivity
ViewTypeResolver
- Multiple ViewHolder types resolver MultipleViewTypesResolverActivity
SmartStateHolder
- Multiple items select MultiSelectItemsActivity
- Single RadioButton select SingleSelectRadioButtonItemActivity
- Multiple CheckBox select MultiSelectCheckBoxItemsActivity
- Multiple Switch select MultiSelectSwitchItemsActivity
- Multiple Expandable items MultipleExpandableItemActivity
- Single Expandable item SingleExpandableItemActivity
Sticky header
- Simple sticky header StickyHeaderActivity
- Multiple expandable items + sticky header MultipleExpandableItemHeaderActivity
Nested adapter
- Nested SmartRecyclerAdapter NestedSmartRecyclerAdaptersActivity
Pagination
- Endless scroll EndlessScrollActivity
- Endless scroll with load more button EndlessScrollLoadMoreButtonActivity
DiffUtil
- Diff Util extension DiffUtilActivity
Filter
- SimpleFilterActivity SimpleFilterActivity
- SimpleFilterDiffSwapActivity SimpleFilterDiffSwapActivity
- FilterGridActivity FilterGridActivity
Release overview
- Extension libraries (ViewEvent, DiffUtil, NestedAdapter, StickyHeader, Filter) v5.0.0-rc01
- Kotlin + AndroidX (jcenter, jitpack) v4.0.0
- Java + AndroidX (jcenter, jitpack) v3.0.0
- Java + AppCompat (jitpack) v2.2.0
Gradle
Add jcenter() or maven { url "https://dl.bintray.com/manneohlund/maven" } to your build.gradle under repositories
Core
dependencies {
// Core SmartRecyclerAdapter
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter:5.0.0-rc01'
}
Extensions
dependencies {
// ViewEvent click listeners, multi select, swipe dismiss and drag & drop
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-viewevent:1.0.0-beta03'
// DiffUtil extension library
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-diffutil:1.0.0-beta01'
// Nested adapter extension library
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-nestedadapter:1.0.0-beta01'
// Sticky header extension library
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-stickyheader:1.0.0-alpha02'
// Filter extension library
implementation 'io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-filter:1.0.0-alpha01'
}
Basic
Basic adapter creation
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(MoviePosterModel::class, PosterViewHolder::class)
.map(MovieBannerModel::class, BannerViewHolder::class)
.map(MovieModel::class, MovieViewHolder::class)
.map(TopNewsModel::class, TopNewsViewHolder::class)
.add(OnClickEventListener { event: ViewEvent.OnClick ->
// Handle event
})
.into<SmartRecyclerAdapter>(recyclerView)
SmartViewHolder
Just extend your ViewHolder class with SmartViewHolder and pass in the target type ex SmartViewHolder<Mail>.
Note that the constructor can both take View or ViewGroup as parameter, in this case PosterViewHolder(parentView: ViewGroup) to avoid casting to ViewGroup while inflating.
The parentView is the recyclerView.
The method unbind has an default implementation and is optional.
class PosterViewHolder(parentView: ViewGroup) :
SmartViewHolder<MovieModel>(parentView, R.layout.poster_item) {
override fun bind(movie: MovieModel) {
Glide.with(imageView)
.load(model.posterUrl)
.into(imageView)
}
override fun unbind() {
Glide.with(imageView).clear(imageView)
}
}
Works with Android DataBinding! Just add the DataBinding LayoutInflater in super call. 🚀
class PosterViewHolder(parentView: ViewGroup) :
SmartViewHolder<MovieModel>(
LayoutInflater.from(parentView.context)
.inflate(R.layout.poster_item, parentView, false)
)
Adapter creation with ViewTypeResolver
If you want to bind one data type with different view holders depending on some attribute you can set a ViewTypeResolver.
Note .map() call not needed in this case but you can combine if you want to.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.setViewTypeResolver{ item, position -> {
when {
item is MovieTrailerModel -> MovieTrailerViewHolder::class
item is MovieModel && item.isRatedR() -> RMovieViewHolder::class
else -> MovieViewHolder::class // Add default view if needed, else SmartRecyclerAdapter will look at the base `.map` mapping
}
}}
.into(recyclerView)
SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter
A popular feature in apps is to have endless scrolling with pagination, in other words load more items when user has scrolled to bottom. With SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter you can achieve this.
setAutoLoadMoreEnableddefines if falseload morebutton should be visible before loading.setLoadMoreLayoutResourcecan also set your custom loading/loadmore view.OnLoadMoreListeneris called when scrolled to the last item and loading view is visible.
Create SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter
val endlessScrollAdapter: SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter = SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.setAutoLoadMoreEnabled(true)
.setLoadMoreLayoutResource(R.layout.custom_loadmore_view)
.setOnLoadMoreListener { adapter, loadMoreViewHolder ->
// Handle load more items
}
.map(MovieModel::class, MovieViewHolder::class)
.into(recyclerView)
More SmartEndlessScrollRecyclerAdapter features
Enable/Disable endless scrolling and thus removing the loading view.
endlessScrollAdapter.isEndlessScrollEnabled = false
Extension libraries
smart-recycler-adapter-viewevent
As of smart-recycler-adapter:v5.0.0 all ViewEvent listeners have been removed from SmartRecyclerAdapter and added in this extension library smart-recycler-adapter-viewevent.
Essentially the SmartRecyclerAdapter will now hold a list of SmartViewHolderBinder that can implement any of these interfaces to listen to the adapter view holder stages:
OnSmartRecycleAdapterCreatedListenerInvoked fromSmartRecyclerAdapterinitOnCreateViewHolderListenerInvoked fromSmartRecyclerAdapter.onCreateViewHolderOnBindViewHolderListenerInvoked fromSmartRecyclerAdapter.onBindViewHolderOnViewAttachedToWindowListenerInvoked fromSmartRecyclerAdapter.onViewAttachedToWindowOnViewDetachedFromWindowListenerInvoked fromSmartRecyclerAdapter.onViewDetachedFromWindow
This way all extension libraries has full control over the view holder lifecycle stages and can be hooked with various listeners and state holders.
You can create any type of SmartViewHolderBinder extension and implement any number of the listed adapter listeners.
View Events
In io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-viewevent comes with a range of ViewEvent listeners.
Default viewId is R.id.undefined that targets root view of the ViewHolder (ViewHolder.itemView).
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(MovieModel::class, MovieViewHolder::class)
// Your ViewHolder must implement CustomViewEventListenerHolder & SmartAdapterHolder
.add(OnCustomViewEventListener { event: ViewEvent -> })
// Adds click event listener to all SmartViewHolder root itemView
.add(OnClickEventListener { event: ViewEvent.OnClick -> })
// Adds long click event listener to all SmartViewHolder root itemView
.add(OnLongClickEventListener { event: ViewEvent.OnLongClick -> })
// Adds click event listener to PosterViewHolder root itemView
.add(OnClickEventListener(PosterViewHolder::class) { event: ViewEvent.OnClick -> })
// Adds click event listener to PosterViewHolder on view with id R.id.playButton
.add(OnClickEventListener(PosterViewHolder::class, R.id.playButton){ event: ViewEvent.OnClick -> })
// Adds touch event listener to PosterViewHolder
.add(OnTouchEventListener(PosterViewHolder::class) { event: ViewEvent.OnTouchEvent ->
when(it.event.action) {
MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> // Handle touch event
}
})
.into(recyclerView)
SmartStateHolder & ViewEventViewModel
With OnMultiItemSelectListener, OnMultiItemCheckListener, OnSingleItemSelectListener & OnSingleItemCheckListener
you can easily keep track on selection states.
In combination with ViewEventViewModel you can keep selection states during screen rotation within the Activity lifecycle.
ViewEventViewModel provides a live data for the selection events.
OnMultiItemSelectListener
OnMultiItemSelectListener holds multi select states for recycler adapter positions and takes 4 arguments:
- If
enableOnLongClickis true multi select will be enabled after a long click, otherwise a regularViewEvent.OnClickwill be emitted when tapping. viewIdis by defaultR.id.undefined to target all SmartViewHolder.itemView.viewHolderTypeis by defaultSmartViewHolder::class to target all view holders.eventListeneris by default noop in case ofOnMultiItemSelectListenerwill be used withViewEventViewModelalong with live data observer.
// Define your ViewEventViewModel for OnMultiItemSelectListener to preserve state.
class MultiItemSelectViewModel :
ViewEventViewModel<ViewEvent, OnMultiItemSelectListener>(
OnMultiItemSelectListener(
enableOnLongClick = true,
)
)
// Get MultiItemSelectViewModel by androidx default viewModels provider.
private val multiItemSelectViewModel: MultiItemSelectViewModel by viewModels()
// Observe ViewEvent live data.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(Integer::class, SimpleSelectableItemViewHolder::class)
.add(multiItemSelectViewModel.observe(this) { event: ViewEvent ->
// Either ViewEvent.OnClick or ViewEvent.OnItemSelected when enableOnLongClick = true
})
.into(recyclerView)
See sample app section: #SmartStateHolder
Drag & Drop
AutoDragAndDropBinder will be activated on long press if longPressDragEnabled = true
and on release the AutoDragAndDropBinder will automatically notify the SmartRecyclerAdapter about the item move.
You can extend the BasicDragAndDropBinder or DragAndDropEventBinder and create your custom implementation.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(Integer::class, SimpleItemViewHolder::class)
.add(AutoDragAndDropBinder(longPressDragEnabled = true) { event: ViewEvent.OnItemMoved ->
// Handle drag event
})
.into(recyclerView)
See sample app section: #SmartStateHolder
Swipe dismiss
AutoRemoveItemSwipeEventBinder will automatically remove the item from the adapter on swipe.
You can extend the BasicSwipeEventBinder or SwipeEventBinder.kt and create your custom implementation.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(Integer::class, SimpleItemViewHolder::class)
.add(AutoRemoveItemSwipeEventBinder(ItemTouchHelper.LEFT or ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT) { event: ViewEvent.OnItemSwiped ->
// Handle swipe event
})
.into(recyclerView)
See sample app section: #SmartStateHolder
smart-recycler-adapter-stickyheader
With io.github.manneohlund:smart-recycler-adapter-stickyheader it’s super easy to add a sticky header recycler view item decoration.
Just set the target headerItemType and the StickyHeaderItemDecorationExtension will do the rest.
You can even add a sticky header item touch event listener.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(String::class, SimpleHeaderViewHolder::class)
.map(Integer::class, SimpleItemViewHolder::class)
.add(StickyHeaderItemDecorationExtension(
headerItemType = HeaderViewHolder::class
) { motionEvent, itemPosition ->
if (motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
showToast("Header $itemPosition clicked")
}
})
.into(recyclerView)
See sample app section: #Sticky header
smart-recycler-adapter-diffutil
As of smart-recycler-adapter:v5.0.0 diff util have been removed from SmartRecyclerAdapter and is added in this extension library smart-recycler-adapter-diffutil.
Essentially the SmartRecyclerAdapter will now hold a map of SmartRecyclerAdapterBinder that is the basic interface for SmartRecyclerAdapter binding extensions.
// If adapter items contains unspecified super type DiffPredicate bust be of type Any, DiffPredicate<Any>
private val predicate = object : DiffUtilExtension.DiffPredicate<Int> {
override fun areItemsTheSame(oldItem: Int, newItem: Int): Boolean {
return oldItem == newItem
}
override fun areContentsTheSame(oldItem: Int, newItem: Int): Boolean {
return oldItem == newItem
}
}
// Add SimpleDiffUtilExtension to the adapter
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items((0..100).toMutableList())
.map(Integer::class, SimpleItemViewHolder::class)
.add(SimpleDiffUtilExtension(predicate))
.into(recyclerView)
// Add some new random items
smartRecyclerAdapter.diffSwapList((0..100).shuffled().toMutableList())
See sample app section: #DiffUtil
smart-recycler-adapter-nestedadapter
As of smart-recycler-adapter:v5.0.0 static nested adapter mapping have been removed from SmartRecyclerAdapter and is added in this extension library smart-recycler-adapter-nestedadapter.
Default binder in nestedadapter is SmartNestedAdapterBinder implements SmartViewHolderBinder for basic view holder mapping functionality.
SmartRecyclerAdapter will hold the SmartNestedAdapterBinder references and call the default implemented interfaces OnCreateViewHolderListener, OnBindViewHolderListener, OnViewRecycledListener on ViewHolder lifecycle stages.
SmartViewHolder subclasses must implement SmartNestedRecyclerViewHolder in order for SmartNestedAdapterBinder to get the target recyclerView.
How does it work? 👇
SmartViewHolder
Sample uses kotlin synthetic view property import!
class NestedRecyclerViewHolder(parentView: ViewGroup) :
SmartViewHolder<MovieCategory>(parentView, R.layout.nested_recycler_view),
SmartNestedRecyclerViewHolder {
override val recyclerView: RecyclerView = itemView.nestedRecyclerView
init {
// Set RecyclerView properties here or with RecyclerViewBinder
itemView.nestedRecyclerView.apply {
layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(context, HORIZONTAL, false)
isNestedScrollingEnabled = false
setHasFixedSize(true)
}
}
override fun bind(item: MovieCategory) {
itemView.title.text = item.title
}
}
SmartRecyclerAdapter
SmartNestedAdapterBinder will only target NestedRecyclerViewHolder.
Supply a SmartAdapterBuilder or SmartEndlessScrollAdapterBuilder that will be build a new nested adapter for each NestedRecyclerViewHolder.
With reuseParentAdapterRecycledViewPool set to true will reuse the parent SmartRecyclerAdapters RecyclerView.RecycledViewPool in all nested adapters.
SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.add(
SmartNestedAdapterBinder(
viewHolderType = NestedRecyclerViewHolder::class,
reuseParentAdapterRecycledViewPool = true,
smartRecyclerAdapterBuilder = SmartRecyclerAdapter.empty()
.map(MovieModel::class, ThumbViewHolder::class)
.add(OnClickEventListener { event: ViewEvent.OnClick ->
// Handle nested adapter item click event
})
)
)
.add(OnClickEventListener(NestedRecyclerViewHolder::class, R.id.more) {
// Handle parent adapter click event
})
.into(recyclerView)
See sample app section: #Nested SmartRecyclerAdapters
smart-recycler-adapter-filter
With the FilterExtension extension you can synchronously or asynchronously filter your items.
Create SmartRecyclerAdapter
SmartRecyclerAdapter.items(items)
.map(String::class, HeaderViewHolder::class)
.map(Int::class, FilterItemViewHolder::class)
.add(OnClickEventListener {
// Handle click event
})
.add(
FilterExtension(
filterPredicate = { item, constraint ->
when (item) {
is Int -> item.toString().contains(constraint)
else -> true
}
},
loadingStateListener = { isLoading ->
// Set loading progress visibility
}
)
)
.into(recyclerView)
Set search view filter
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : android.widget.SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
// Call some filter function ex: filter(newText)
})
Filter
fun filter(query: String?) {
val filterExtension: FilterExtension = smartAdapter.get()
filterExtension.filter(lifecycleScope, query, autoSetNewItems = true)
}
See sample app section: #Filter
Proguard
Only known rule is to keep constructor for all ViewHolders.
This rule is auto included in the consumer-rules.pro for smart-recycler-adapter library so no manual config is needed.
-keepclassmembers class **ViewHolder {
public <init>(**);
}
More
For more samples test out the sample app and see the source code.
RecyclableViewHolder
Sometimes a ViewHolder created by the Adapter cannot be recycled due to its transient state.
In order to fix this is to implement RecyclableViewHolder in your SmartViewHolder extension so that upon receiving this callback,
Adapter can clear the animation(s) that effect the View’s transient state and return true so that the View can be recycled.
class MovieViewHolder : SmartViewHolder, RecyclableViewHolder {
override fun onFailedToRecycleView(): Boolean = true
}
OnViewAttachedToWindowListener and OnViewDetachedFromWindowListener
If you want to catch when the view is attached and detached from the window in your ViewHolder you can implement OnViewAttachedToWindowListener and OnViewDetachedFromWindowListener in your SmartViewHolder extension.
Becoming detached from the window is not necessarily a permanent condition the consumer of an Adapter’s views may choose to cache views offscreen while they are not visible, attaching and detaching them as appropriate.
class MovieViewHolder : SmartViewHolder,
OnViewAttachedToWindowListener,
OnViewDetachedFromWindowListener {
override fun onViewAttachedToWindow(viewHolder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder) {
// Restore
}
override fun onViewDetachedFromWindow(viewHolder: RecyclerView.ViewHolder) {
// Cache
}
}
More SmartRecyclerAdapter features
val adapter: SmartRecyclerAdapter = SmartRecyclerAdapter
.items(items)
.map(MovieModel::class, MovieViewHolder::class)
.into(recyclerView)
// We can add more data
adapter.addItems(items)
// Add data at index with animation
adapter.addItem(0, item)
// Add data at index without animation
adapter.addItem(0, item, false)
// Remove item at index with animation
adapter.removeItem(0)
// Remove item at index without animation
adapter.removeItem(0, false)
// Replace item at index with animation
adapter.replaceItem(0, item)
// Replace item at index without animation
adapter.replaceItem(0, item, false)
// Get items by type
adapter.getItems(MovieModel::class)
// Delete all items in the list
adapter.clear()