How to update list in RecyclerView with DiffUtils?

Question

How do you use DiffCallback to load a newList in RecyclerView when DiffUtil ItemCallback is being used.

I would like to give the user the option to return different size lists from the database when the user selects a different size I want the RecyclerView to update.

RecyclerViewAdatper

RecyclerViewAdapter extends ListAdapter<WordEntity, RecyclerViewAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private RecyclerViewAdapter() {
    super(DIFF_CALLBACK);
}

private static final DiffUtil.ItemCallback<WordEntity> DIFF_CALLBACK = new DiffUtil.ItemCallback<WordEntiti>() {

    @Override
    public boolean areItemsTheSame...

    @Override
    public boolean areContentsTheSame...
};

@Override
public viewHolder onCreateViewHolder...

@Override
public void onVindViewHolder ...

class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder ...

public void updateWordList(List<WordEntity> words) {
    final WordDiffCallBack diffCallBack = new WordDiffCallBack(list???, words);
    final DiffUtil.DiffResult diffResult = DiffUtil.calculateDiff(diffCallBack);

    this.list???.clear();
    this.addAll(words);
    diffResult.dispatcheUpdatesTo(this);
}

WordsDiffCallBack

private final List<WordEntity> mOldList;
private final List<WordEntity> mNewList;

public WordsDiffCallBack(List<WordEntity> oldList, List<WordEntity> newList) {
    this.mOldList = oldList;
    this.mNewList = newList;
}

@Override
public int getOldListSize() {
    return mOldList.size();
}

@Override
public int getNewListSize() {
    return mNewList.size();
}

@Override
public boolean areItemsTheSame(int OldItemPostion, int newItemPosition) ...

@Override boolean areContentsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition)...

@Override getChangePayload(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition) ...
}

I want the RecycelView to update automatically when the size of the list gets changed by the user. How do I call the old list from the ListAdapter and will that even update the RecyclerView

Answer 1

You can create a template just like shown in this video in youTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31fzLe2Ajw

Here is an example of adapter.

public class CartFragAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CartFragAdapter.CartFragViewHolder> {

    private static final String TAG = "debinf PurchaseAdap";

    private static final DiffUtil.ItemCallback<ProductsObject> DIFF_CALLBACK = new DiffUtil.ItemCallback<ProductsObject>() {
        @Override
        public boolean areItemsTheSame(@NonNull ProductsObject oldProduct, @NonNull ProductsObject newProduct) {
            Log.i(TAG, "areItemsTheSame: old is "+oldProduct.getCode()+" ; new is "+newProduct.getCode());
            return oldProduct.getCode().equals(newProduct.getCode());
        }

        @Override
        public boolean areContentsTheSame(@NonNull ProductsObject oldProduct, @NonNull ProductsObject newProduct) {
            Log.i(TAG, "areContentsTheSame: old is "+oldProduct.getPrice()+" ; new is "+newProduct.getPrice());
            return oldProduct.getPrice() == newProduct.getPrice();
        }
    };

    private AsyncListDiffer<ProductsObject> differ = new AsyncListDiffer<ProductsObject>(this, DIFF_CALLBACK);

    @NonNull
    @Override
    public CartFragViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_purchase, parent, false);
        return new CartFragViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull CartFragViewHolder holder, int position) {
        final ProductsObject purchaseList = differ.getCurrentList().get(position);

        holder.mCode.setText(purchaseList.getCode());
        holder.mPrice.setText(String.valueOf(purchaseList.getPrice()));
        holder.mDescription.setText(purchaseList.getDescription());


    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        Log.i(TAG, "getItemCount");
        return differ.getCurrentList().size();
    }

    public void submitList(List<ProductsObject> products){
        Log.i(TAG, "submitList: products.size is "+products.size());
        differ.submitList(products);
    }

    public class CartFragViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        public TextView mCode, mPrice, mDescription;

        public CartFragViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);

            mCode = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.item_productCode);
            mPrice = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.item_productPrice);
            mDescription = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.item_productDescription);
        }
    }
}

In MainActivity you call adapter like this:

CartFragAdapter adapter = new CartFragAdapter();
adapter.submitList(inputData);

I hope it helps!