Detect when RecyclerView reaches the bottom most position while scrolling

Question

there is also a simple way to do it

recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
    @Override
    public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
        super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);

        if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(1)) {
            Toast.makeText(YourActivity.this, "Last", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        }
    }
});

direction integers: -1 for up, 1 for down, 0 will always return false.

Use this code for avoiding repeated calls

    recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
        @Override
        public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
            super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);

            if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(1) && newState==RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
                Log.d("-----","end");
                
            }
        }
    });

Just implement a addOnScrollListener() on your recyclerview. Then inside the scroll listener implement the code below.

RecyclerView.OnScrollListener mScrollListener = new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
        @Override
        public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
            if (mIsLoading)
                return;
            int visibleItemCount = mLayoutManager.getChildCount();
            int totalItemCount = mLayoutManager.getItemCount();
            int pastVisibleItems = mLayoutManager.findFirstVisibleItemPosition();
            if (pastVisibleItems + visibleItemCount >= totalItemCount) {
                //End of list
            }
        }
    };

Answer is in Kotlin, it will work in Java. IntelliJ should convert it for you if you copy and paste.

recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(object : RecyclerView.OnScrollListener(){

    override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {

        // 3 lines below are not needed.
        Log.d("TAG","Last visible item is: ${gridLayoutManager.findLastVisibleItemPosition()}")
        Log.d("TAG","Item count is: ${gridLayoutManager.itemCount}")
        Log.d("TAG","end? : ${gridLayoutManager.findLastVisibleItemPosition() == gridLayoutManager.itemCount-1}")

        if(gridLayoutManager.findLastVisibleItemPosition() == gridLayoutManager.itemCount-1){
            // We have reached the end of the recycler view.
        }

        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy)
    }
})

This will also work for LinearLayoutManager because it has the same methods used above. Namely findLastVisibleItemPosition() and getItemCount() (itemCount in Kotlin).

I was not getting a perfect solution by the above answers because it was triggering twice even on onScrolled

override fun onScrolled(recyclerView: RecyclerView, dx: Int, dy: Int) {
            super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy)
           if( !recyclerView.canScrollVertically(RecyclerView.FOCUS_DOWN))
               context?.toast("Scroll end reached")
        }

Alternative solution which I had found some days ago,

  rv_repatriations.addOnScrollListener(object : RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
        override fun onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView: RecyclerView, newState: Int) {
            super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState)
            if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(RecyclerView.FOCUS_DOWN) && recyclerView.scrollState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE
                && !isLoaded
            ) {
                isLoaded = true
               //do what you want here and after calling the function change the value of boolean
                Log.e("RepatriationFragment", "Scroll end reached")
            }
        }
    })

Using a boolean to ensure that it's not called multiple times when we hit the bottom.

After not being satisfied with most the other answers in this thread, I found something I think is better and is not anywhere on here.

recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
    @Override
    public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
        if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(1) && dy > 0)
        {
             //scrolled to BOTTOM
        }else if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(-1) && dy < 0)
        {
            //scrolled to TOP
        }
    }
});

This is simple and will hit exactly one time under all conditions when you have scrolled to the top or bottom.