How to show banner ads intermittently in gridview

Question

I am developing an android app that will have a screen similar to the following image -

Please notice the banner ad between the cells. As GridView does not support such spanning of columns I am at a loss as to what to do.

Please provide any suggestions you can. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

On my opinion, the best way to do it is to use RecyclerView with GridLayoutManager. Simply provide SpanSizeLookup for GridLayoutManager that can determine size of each position. For example, first position need to ocupate full row

//Two items in a row
int spanCount = 2;
GridLayoutManager manager = new GridLayoutManager(getActivity(),spanCount);
manager.setSpanSizeLookup(new GridLayoutManager.SpanSizeLookup() {
            @Override
            public int getSpanSize(int position) {
                return (position == 0 ? spanCount : 1);
            }
        });

In your adapter provide 2 types of items - usual item and advertisement item

It is preferable to set item paddings via ItemDecoration.

I can provide more code if needed

Answer 2

You need to create two layouts for items in Gridview Adapter. One for what you want to show and other for adView and alternately place layout while creating view.

Check this to get more idea.