recyclerView.setAdapter does not accept ArrayAdapter

Question

I am trying to populate RecyclerView with simple String data but recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter); gives error. What's the problem?

I am new to recyclerview.

RecyclerView recyclerView; String []data = {"ankush", "kapoor"};  @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);     setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);     recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.myRecyclerView);     ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, data);     recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));     recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter); } 

Answer 1

You have to create a custom Adapter class for a RecyclerView. Here is the example of RecyclerView custom adapter class :

public class CustomAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CustomAdapter.MyViewHolder>{  private LayoutInflater inflater; private Context context; <your string array list>  public CustomAdapter(Context context,<your string arraylist>) {     inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);     this.context = context;     this.<your string arraylist>=<your string arraylist>; }  @Override public MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {     View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_layout, parent, false);     MyViewHolder holder = new MyViewHolder(view);     return holder; }  @Override public void onBindViewHolder(MyViewHolder holder, int position) {          holder.serial_number.setText(<your string array[position]>); }  @Override public int getItemCount() {     return <size of your string array list>; }  class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {     TextView serial_number;      public MyViewHolder(View itemView) {         super(itemView);         serial_number = (TextView)itemView.findViewById(R.id.serialNo_CL);         }     } }