Is there an addHeaderView equivalent for RecyclerView?

Question

I'm looking for an equivalent to addHeaderView for a recycler view. Basically I want to have an image with 2 buttons be added as a header to the listview. Is there a different way to add a header view to a recycler view? An example for guidance would be helpful

EDIT 2 (added fragment layouts):

After adding log statements, it seems as though getViewType only ever receives a position of 0. This leads to onCreateView only loading the one layout:

10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemCount: 5 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemViewType position: 0 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemViewType position: 0 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> getItemViewType position: 0 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> onCreateViewHolder, viewtype: 0 10-26 16:32:53.766    5449-5449/co.testapp I/logger info﹕ Adapter-> onBindViewHolder, viewType: 0 

The fragment transition to load the CommentFragment:

@Override public void onPhotoFeedItemClick(View view, int position) {     if (fragmentManager == null)         fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();  FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();      if (view.getId() == R.id.button_comment){         CommentFragment commentFragment = CommentFragment.newInstance("","", position);         fragmentTransaction.add(R.id.main_activity, commentFragment,"comment_fragment_tag");         fragmentTransaction.addToBackStack(Constants.TAG_COMMENTS);         fragmentTransaction.commit();     } } 

The Fragment's onCreateView:

@Override public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,                          Bundle savedInstanceState) {      View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_comment, container, false);     mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_recylclerview);     mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(_context));     mRecyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());     mAdapter = new CommentAdapter(R.layout.row_list_comments, R.layout.row_header_comments, _context, comments);     mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mAdapter);     return view; } 

The fragment containing the recycleview:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     tools:context="co.testapp.fragments.CommentFragment"     android:background="@color/white">         <RelativeLayout             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="fill_parent"             android:orientation="vertical">             <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView                 xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"                 android:id="@+id/list_recylclerview"                 android:layout_width="match_parent"                 android:layout_height="200dp" />         </RelativeLayout> </RelativeLayout> 

The comments row layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_margin="10dp"     android:background="@color/white">     <!--Profile Picture-->     <ImageView         android:layout_width="80dp"         android:layout_height="80dp"         android:id="@+id/profile_picture"         android:background="@color/blue_testapp"/>     <!--Name-->     <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"         android:text="First Name Last Name"         android:textSize="16dp"         android:textColor="@color/blue_testapp"         android:id="@+id/name_of_poster"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/profile_picture"         />     <!--Comment-->     <TextView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_marginTop="-5dp"         android:text="This is a test comment"         android:textSize="14dp"         android:textColor="@color/black"         android:id="@+id/comment"         android:layout_below="@id/name_of_poster"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/profile_picture"/> </RelativeLayout> 

The header

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"               android:orientation="vertical"               android:layout_width="match_parent"               android:layout_height="match_parent">     <ImageView         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="300dp"         android:id="@+id/header_photo"         android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/> </LinearLayout> 

The Adapter code (thanks to hister for getting me started):

public class CommentAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ViewHolder>{      private final int rowCardLayout;     public static Context mContext;     private final int headerLayout;     private final String [] comments;     private static final int HEADER = 0;     private static final int OTHER = 1;      public CommentAdapter(int rowCardLayout, int headerLayout, Context context, String [] comments) {         this.rowCardLayout = rowCardLayout;         this.mContext = context;         this.comments = comments;         this.headerLayout = headerLayout;     }      @Override     public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, int i) {         logger.i("onCreateViewHolder, viewtype: " + i); //viewtype always returns 0 so OTHER layout is never inflated         if (i == HEADER) {             View v = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(headerLayout, viewGroup, false);             return new ViewHolderHeader(v);         }         else if (i == OTHER){             View v = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(rowCardLayout, viewGroup, false);             return new ViewHolderComments(v);         }         else            throw new RuntimeException("Could not inflate layout");     }      @Override     public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, int i) {         logger.i("onBindViewHolder, viewType: " + i);          if (viewHolder instanceof ViewHolderComments)             ((ViewHolderComments) viewHolder).comment.setText(comments[i].toString());         if (viewHolder instanceof ViewHolderHeader)            ((ViewHolderHeader) viewHolder).header.setImageResource(R.drawable.image2);         else {             logger.e("no instance of viewholder found");         }     }      @Override     public int getItemCount() {         int count = comments.length + 1;         logger.i("getItemCount: " + count);         return count;     }      @Override     public int getItemViewType(int position) {         logger.i("getItemViewType position: " + position);         if (position == HEADER)             return HEADER;         else             return OTHER;     }      public static class ViewHolderComments extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {         public TextView comment;         public ImageView image;          public ViewHolderComments(View itemView) {             super(itemView);             comment = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.comment);             image = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.image);         }     }      public static class ViewHolderHeader extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {         public final ImageView header;          public ViewHolderHeader(View itemView){             super(itemView);             header = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.header_photo);         }     } } 

Using the above code, only the header layout is displayed as viewType is always 0. It looks like this. If I force the other layout it looks like this:

Answer 1

There isn't an easy way like listview.addHeaderView() but you can achieve this by adding a type to your adapter for header.

Here is an example

public class HeaderAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {     private static final int TYPE_HEADER = 0;     private static final int TYPE_ITEM = 1;     String[] data;      public HeaderAdapter(String[] data) {         this.data = data;     }      @Override     public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {         if (viewType == TYPE_ITEM) {             //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder             return new VHItem(null);         } else if (viewType == TYPE_HEADER) {             //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder             return new VHHeader(null);         }          throw new RuntimeException("there is no type that matches the type " + viewType + " + make sure your using types correctly");     }      @Override     public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {         if (holder instanceof VHItem) {             String dataItem = getItem(position);             //cast holder to VHItem and set data         } else if (holder instanceof VHHeader) {             //cast holder to VHHeader and set data for header.         }     }      @Override     public int getItemCount() {         return data.length + 1;     }      @Override     public int getItemViewType(int position) {         if (isPositionHeader(position))             return TYPE_HEADER;          return TYPE_ITEM;     }      private boolean isPositionHeader(int position) {         return position == 0;     }      private String getItem(int position) {         return data[position - 1];     }      class VHItem extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {         TextView title;          public VHItem(View itemView) {             super(itemView);         }     }      class VHHeader extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {         Button button;          public VHHeader(View itemView) {             super(itemView);         }     } } 

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