Get clicked item and its position in RecyclerView

Question

Based on the link: Why doesn't RecyclerView have onItemClickListener()? and How RecyclerView is different from Listview?, and also @Duncan's general idea, I give my solution here:

• Define one interface RecyclerViewClickListener for a passing message from the adapter to Activity/Fragment:

    public interface RecyclerViewClickListener {
        public void recyclerViewListClicked(View v, int position);
    }
  

• In Activity/Fragment implement the interface, and also pass listener to adapter:

    @Override
    public void recyclerViewListClicked(View v, int position){... ...}
  
    //set up adapter and pass clicked listener this
    myAdapter = new MyRecyclerViewAdapter(context, this);
  

• In Adapter and ViewHolder:

    public class MyRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyRecyclerViewAdapter.ItemViewHolder> {
       ... ... 
       private Context context;
       private static RecyclerViewClickListener itemListener;
  
  
       public MyRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, RecyclerViewClickListener itemListener) {
           this.context = context;
           this.itemListener = itemListener;
           ... ...
       }
  
  
       //ViewHolder class implement OnClickListener, 
       //set clicklistener to itemView and, 
       //send message back to Activity/Fragment 
       public static class ItemViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener{
           ... ...
           public ItemViewHolder(View convertView) {
               super(convertView);
               ... ...
               convertView.setOnClickListener(this);
           }
  
           @Override
           public void onClick(View v) {
               itemListener.recyclerViewListClicked(v, this.getPosition());     
  
           }
       }
    }
  

After testing, it works fine.

[UPDATE]

Since API 22, RecyclerView.ViewHolder.getPosition() is deprecated, so instead with getLayoutPosition().

public class MyRvAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyRvAdapter.MyViewHolder>{
    public Context context;
    public ArrayList<RvDataItem> dataItems;

    ...
    constructor
    overrides
    ...

    class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
        public TextView textView;
        public Context context;

        public MyViewHolder(View itemView, Context context) {
            super(itemView);

            this.context = context;

            this.textView = (TextView)itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView);

            // on item click
            itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // get position
                    int pos = getAdapterPosition();

                    // check if item still exists
                    if(pos != RecyclerView.NO_POSITION){
                        RvDataItem clickedDataItem = dataItems.get(pos);
                        Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), "You clicked " + clickedDataItem.getName(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

Here is an Example to set a Click Listener.

Adapter extends  RecyclerView.Adapter<MessageAdapter.MessageViewHolder> {  ...  }

 public static class MessageViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {
        public TextView     tv_msg;
        public TextView     tv_date;
        public TextView     tv_sendTime;
        public ImageView    sharedFile;
        public ProgressBar sendingProgressBar;

        public MessageViewHolder(View v) {
            super(v);
            tv_msg =  (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tv_msg);
            tv_date = (TextView)  v.findViewById(R.id.tv_date);
            tv_sendTime = (TextView)  v.findViewById(R.id.tv_sendTime);
            sendingProgressBar = (ProgressBar) v.findViewById(R.id.sendingProgressBar);
            sharedFile = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.sharedFile);

            sharedFile.setOnClickListener(this);

        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
        int position  =   getAdapterPosition();


            switch (view.getId()){
                case R.id.sharedFile:


                    Log.w("", "Selected"+position);


                    break;
            }
        }

    }

Put this code where you define recycler view in activity.

    rv_list.addOnItemTouchListener(
            new RecyclerItemClickListener(activity, new RecyclerItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onItemClick(View v, int position) {

                    Toast.makeText(activity, "" + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            })
    );

Then make separate class and put this code:

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.View;
public class RecyclerItemClickListener implements RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener {

    private OnItemClickListener mListener;
    public interface OnItemClickListener {
        public void onItemClick(View view, int position);
    }
    GestureDetector mGestureDetector;
    public RecyclerItemClickListener(Context context, OnItemClickListener listener) {
        mListener = listener;
        mGestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context, new GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
                return true;
            }
        });
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(RecyclerView view, MotionEvent e) {
        View childView = view.findChildViewUnder(e.getX(), e.getY());
        if (childView != null && mListener != null && mGestureDetector.onTouchEvent(e)) {
            mListener.onItemClick(childView, view.getChildAdapterPosition(childView));
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onTouchEvent(RecyclerView view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept) {

    }
}

create java file with below code

public class RecyclerItemClickListener implements RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener {
private OnItemClickListener mListener;

public interface OnItemClickListener {
    public void onItemClick(View view, int position);
}

GestureDetector mGestureDetector;

public RecyclerItemClickListener(Context context, OnItemClickListener listener) {
    mListener = listener;
    mGestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context, new GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
        @Override public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
            return true;
        }
    });
}

@Override public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(RecyclerView view, MotionEvent e) {
    View childView = view.findChildViewUnder(e.getX(), e.getY());
    if (childView != null && mListener != null && mGestureDetector.onTouchEvent(e)) {
        mListener.onItemClick(childView, view.getChildLayoutPosition(childView));
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

@Override public void onTouchEvent(RecyclerView view, MotionEvent motionEvent) { }

@Override
public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept) {

}

and just use the listener on your RecyclerView object.

recyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(  
new RecyclerItemClickListener(context, new RecyclerItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener() {
  @Override public void onItemClick(View view, int position) {
    // TODO Handle item click
  }
}));