How to maintain scroll position of FirebaseRecyclerAdapter

Question

I am trying to maintain the scroll position of my FirebaseRecyclerAdapter when I am returning to the same activity from another activity.

Here is my function which sets the FirebaseRecyclerAdapter

public void setTheScreen(){
   FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Post,PostViewHolder> firebaseRecyclerAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Post,PostViewHolder>(
           Post.class,
           R.layout.post_display_blueprint,
           PostViewHolder.class,
           postsNode
   ) {
       @Override
       public void onDataChanged() {
           if(dialog != null && dialog.isShowing()){
               dialog.dismiss();
           }
       }

       @Override
       protected void populateViewHolder(final PostViewHolder viewHolder, Post model, int position) {
           final String key = getRef(position).getKey();
           mRefPosts = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("posts").child(key);
           mLoveNode = mRef.child("loves");
           mRefLoves = mRef.child("loves").child(key);
           viewHolder.setTitle(model.getTitle());
           viewHolder.setLoves(mRefLoves);
           viewHolder.setLoveButton(Uid,key);
           viewHolder.setImage(getApplicationContext(),model.getImageUrl());


           mRefPosts.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
               @Override
               public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                   String isAnonymous = dataSnapshot.child("anonymous").getValue(String.class);
                   if (isAnonymous != null && isAnonymous.equals("true")) {
                       viewHolder.anonymousButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                   }

               }
               @Override
               public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {

               }
           });


            viewHolder.mView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {

                    Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,PostDisplayPageActivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("Key",key);
                    startActivity(intent);

                }
            });
       }
   };
   mRecyclerView.setAdapter(firebaseRecyclerAdapter);
    firebaseRecyclerAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

}

By clicking on any view created by the adapter I am going to a new activity named PostDisplayPageActivity from my MainActivity and on back pressing I am finishing the PostDisplayPageActivity and coming back to MainActivity.

When I come back to my MainActivity the list starts from the 0 position

I used the following code in my onPause and onResume methods, but it is not working.

 @Override
protected void onPause() {
    super.onPause();

    currentVisiblePosition = ((LinearLayoutManager)mRecyclerView.getLayoutManager()).findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition();
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,String.valueOf(currentVisiblePosition),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    setTheScreen();
    mRecyclerView.getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(currentVisiblePosition);
    Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,String.valueOf(currentVisiblePosition),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    currentVisiblePosition = 0;


}

From those 2 Toasts I am getting the correct positions but the view always starts from position 0.

for my RecyclerView I am using LinearLayoutManager as mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLinearLayoutManager);

Someone please tell me what am I doing wrong or suggest me a different way to do this.

Answer 1

I solved my problem with a simpler solution. I just called adapter.startListening(); in onViewCreated() instead of onStart and called adapter.stopListening(); in onDestroyView() instead of onStop() That prevented the entire list from regenerating while coming back from next activity and thus retained the scroll position where it was previously.