Divide elements on groups in RecyclerView or Grouping Recyclerview items ,say by date

Question

i want to group my android RecyclerView items with a header made based on date like this:

    1 week ago
    - item
    - item
    - item
    - item
    2 weeks ago
    - item
    - item
    - item

that sort of thing or grouping based on some element.

Answer 1

You can use the library SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter to easily group your data into sections and add a header to each section.

First create a Section class:

class MySection extends StatelessSection {

    String title;
    List<String> list;

    public MySection(String title, List<String> list) {
        // call constructor with layout resources for this Section header, footer and items 
        super(R.layout.section_header, R.layout.section_item);

        this.title = title;
        this.list = list;
    }

    @Override
    public int getContentItemsTotal() {
        return list.size(); // number of items of this section
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder getItemViewHolder(View view) {
        // return a custom instance of ViewHolder for the items of this section
        return new MyItemViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindItemViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        MyItemViewHolder itemHolder = (MyItemViewHolder) holder;

        // bind your view here
        itemHolder.tvItem.setText(list.get(position));
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder getFooterViewHolder(View view) {
        return new MyFooterViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindFooterViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder) {
        MyFooterViewHolder footerHolder = (MyFooterViewHolder) holder;

        // bind your footer view here
        footerHolder.tvItem.setText(title);
    }
}

Then you set up the RecyclerView with your Sections:

// Create an instance of SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter 
SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter sectionAdapter = new SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter();

// Create your sections with the list of data for each year
MySection section1 = new MySection("1 week ago", week1data);
MySection section2 = new MySection("2 weeks ago", week2data);

// Add your Sections to the adapter
sectionAdapter.addSection(section1);
sectionAdapter.addSection(section2);

// Set up your RecyclerView with the SectionedRecyclerViewAdapter
RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
recyclerView.setAdapter(sectionAdapter);

Answer 2

Here is a solution i came by with the aid of alot research over the net and this blog link as well Kartikey Kuswhaha so its not all my credit but i just want to give more clarity to it. below is the code: create the following files:PojoOfJsonArray,MainActivity, ListItem ,GeneralItem ,DateItem , Adapter

PojoOfJsonArray.java -this file wil represent your POJO class or whatever pojo you got going on in your app so:

 public class PojoOfJsonArray  {

    public PojoOfJsonArray(String name, String date) {
        this.name = name;
        this.date = date;
    }

    private String name,date;


    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    public void setDate(String date) {
        this.date = date;
    }
}

MainActivity.java this is the activity that you will use to implement you recyclerview :

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private List<PojoOfJsonArray> myOptions = new ArrayList<>();
    List<ListItem> consolidatedList = new ArrayList<>();

    private RecyclerView mRecyclerView;
    private Adapter adapter;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
        mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);

        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 1", "2016-06-21"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 2", "2016-06-05"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 2", "2016-06-05"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 3", "2016-05-17"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 3", "2016-05-17"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 3", "2016-05-17"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 3", "2016-05-17"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 2", "2016-06-05"));
        myOptions.add(new PojoOfJsonArray("name 3", "2016-05-17"));

        HashMap<String, List<PojoOfJsonArray>> groupedHashMap = groupDataIntoHashMap(myOptions);


        for (String date : groupedHashMap.keySet()) {
            DateItem dateItem = new DateItem();
            dateItem.setDate(date);
            consolidatedList.add(dateItem);


            for (PojoOfJsonArray pojoOfJsonArray : groupedHashMap.get(date)) {
                GeneralItem generalItem = new GeneralItem();
                generalItem.setPojoOfJsonArray(pojoOfJsonArray);//setBookingDataTabs(bookingDataTabs);
                consolidatedList.add(generalItem);
            }
        }


        adapter = new Adapter(this, consolidatedList);
        LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
        layoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
        mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
        mRecyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);


    }

    private HashMap<String, List<PojoOfJsonArray>> groupDataIntoHashMap(List<PojoOfJsonArray> listOfPojosOfJsonArray) {

        HashMap<String, List<PojoOfJsonArray>> groupedHashMap = new HashMap<>();

        for (PojoOfJsonArray pojoOfJsonArray : listOfPojosOfJsonArray) {

            String hashMapKey = pojoOfJsonArray.getDate();

            if (groupedHashMap.containsKey(hashMapKey)) {
                // The key is already in the HashMap; add the pojo object
                // against the existing key.
                groupedHashMap.get(hashMapKey).add(pojoOfJsonArray);
            } else {
                // The key is not there in the HashMap; create a new key-value pair
                List<PojoOfJsonArray> list = new ArrayList<>();
                list.add(pojoOfJsonArray);
                groupedHashMap.put(hashMapKey, list);
            }
        }


        return groupedHashMap;
    }

}

the myOptions is where one would use to feed your data into. ListItem.java

public abstract class ListItem {

    public static final int TYPE_DATE = 0;
    public static final int TYPE_GENERAL = 1;

    abstract public int getType();
}

GeneralItem.java

public class GeneralItem extends ListItem {
    private PojoOfJsonArray pojoOfJsonArray;

    public PojoOfJsonArray getPojoOfJsonArray() {
        return pojoOfJsonArray;
    }

    public void setPojoOfJsonArray(PojoOfJsonArray pojoOfJsonArray) {
        this.pojoOfJsonArray = pojoOfJsonArray;
    }

    @Override
    public int getType() {
        return TYPE_GENERAL;
    }


}

DateItem.java

public class DateItem extends ListItem {

    private String date;

    public String getDate() {
        return date;
    }

    public void setDate(String date) {
        this.date = date;
    }

    @Override
    public int getType() {
        return TYPE_DATE;
    }
}

Adapter.java this adapter is for the recyclerview if your not well informed on how to make simple sectioned recyclerview then i suggest you read on those and be good in the area because this is abit more tricky anyways:

public class Adapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {


    private Context mContext;
    List<ListItem> consolidatedList = new ArrayList<>();

    public Adapter(Context context, List<ListItem> consolidatedList) {
        this.consolidatedList = consolidatedList;
        this.mContext = context;


    }


    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent,  int viewType) {

        RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = null;
        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());

        switch (viewType) {

            case ListItem.TYPE_GENERAL:
                View v1 = inflater.inflate(R.layout.items, parent,
                        false);
                viewHolder = new GeneralViewHolder(v1);
                break;

            case ListItem.TYPE_DATE:
                View v2 = inflater.inflate(R.layout.itemsh, parent, false);
                viewHolder = new DateViewHolder(v2);
                break;
        }

        return viewHolder;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {

        switch (viewHolder.getItemViewType()) {

            case ListItem.TYPE_GENERAL:

                GeneralItem generalItem   = (GeneralItem) consolidatedList.get(position);
                GeneralViewHolder generalViewHolder= (GeneralViewHolder) viewHolder;
                generalViewHolder.txtTitle.setText(generalItem.getPojoOfJsonArray().getName());

                break;

            case ListItem.TYPE_DATE:
                DateItem dateItem = (DateItem) consolidatedList.get(position);
                DateViewHolder dateViewHolder = (DateViewHolder) viewHolder;

                dateViewHolder.txtTitle.setText(dateItem.getDate());
                // Populate date item data here

                break;
        }
    }





    // ViewHolder for date row item
    class DateViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        protected TextView txtTitle;

        public DateViewHolder(View v) {
            super(v);
            this.txtTitle = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.txt);

        }
    }

    // View holder for general row item
    class GeneralViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        protected TextView txtTitle;

        public GeneralViewHolder(View v) {
            super(v);
            this.txtTitle = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.txt);

        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        return consolidatedList.get(position).getType();
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return consolidatedList != null ? consolidatedList.size() : 0;
    }

}

and this has two layout being used . thus all