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Sayooj O
Sayooj O

Reputation: 15

Using custom view in recycler view

I see a need in my project to move from ListView to RecyclerView. But right I am facing some issues on adapter implementation.

In my current ListView implementation I am using CustomView instead of inflating there. Here is my current getView()

public View getView(int position, View containerRow, ViewGroup parent) {
        return PanelViewFactory.createPanel(..)
}

But in the RecyclerView adapter there is no getView() method. We need to bind this custom view into respective view holder. But how can I do ths in current implementation since I m not inflating any layout in adapter. The view inflation is done in PanelViewFactory and i got only view instance here,. So please help me how to solve this issue.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4528

Answers (2)

Vesko
Vesko

Reputation: 3760

You can apply the pattern of different ViewTypes in a RecyclerView.Adapter as well.

Step 1: Create your custom view in the onCreateViewHolder()

public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    View view = PanelViewFactory.createPanel(..);
    return new PanelViewHolder(view);
}

Here I'm assuming you'll have to create some kind of a ViewHolder for your custom PanelView. If you don't need a ViewHolder it most likely means you're not doing stuff in the most effective way in your current implementation, so it's a good opportunity to improve :)

Step 2: Bind data in your PanelViewHolder in the method

public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
     PanelViewHolder viewHolder = (PanelViewHolder)holder;
     viewHolder.name.setText(...);
     ....
}

Upvotes: 1

Naveed
Naveed

Reputation: 3202

You would inflate in onCreateViewHolder of your recycler adapter as follows:

@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    // Create a new view
    View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.my_row_layout, parent, false);
    return new ViewHolder(view, this);
}

This is where you can create your custom view.

Upvotes: 1

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