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Autumn_Cat
Autumn_Cat

Reputation: 800

RecyclerView: Using different LayoutManagers and item structure based on screen orientation

I'm working with recyclerview that should use different element positioning(grid for landscape and list for portrait) with different .xml structure for items.

For the first part I see solution in simple orientation checking in onCreateView() method:

 switch (getResources().getConfiguration().orientation) {
            case 1:
                recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity()));
                break;
            case 2:
                recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(getActivity(),2));
                break;
        }

But for the second part I have doubts. The simplest way is to pass LayoutManager as a constructor parameter to Adapter and check layout in onCreateViewHolder() with instanceof operator. But it doesn't look as good or right solution.

So, are there any common pattern or better way for such situations?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1852

Answers (2)

Code-Apprentice
Code-Apprentice

Reputation: 83577

You should create a folder with the different layouts for each screen size you want to support. See Supporting Multiple Screens for more details. Pay special attention to the suffixes to specify screen size and orientation.

Upvotes: 1

anstaendig
anstaendig

Reputation: 845

To provide different layout resource files depending on screen orientation, you can create resource folders named layout-land (landscape) and layout-port (portrait) and system handles the rest automatically. A tipp: You don't need both folders. If your default orientation is portrait then just create the layout-land folder for landscape mode. The layout resource files have to have the same name!

Upvotes: 5

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