Set contentInset in RecyclerView

Question

I'm trying to implement a RecyclerView like a UICollectionView in iOS. I want to set a contentInset at the bottom of the recycler view but I can't find an option to do it.

Is there something similar for Android?

Answer 1

Solution is simple:

 <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
   android:paddingBottom="30dp"
   android:clipToPadding="false"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent" />

Answer 2

You can create your own ItemDecoration and set there a offset for the first item and also margins between the items.

Here is my code for my horizontal scrolling recyclerview.

public class HorizontalContentItemDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {
  private int startOffset = 10;
  private int itemOffset = 10;

  public HorizontalContentItemDecoration(int startOffset, int itemOffset) {
    this.startOffset = startOffset;
    this.itemOffset = itemOffset;
  }

  @Override
  public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent,
                             RecyclerView.State state) {

    int position = parent.getChildAdapterPosition(view);

    if (position == 0) {
      outRect.set(startOffset, 0, itemOffset, 0);
    } else {
      outRect.set(0, 0, itemOffset, 0);
    }
  }
}

Answer 3

I have created a wrapper adapter to achieve this, which isolates the code nicely. But, I would like a better solution..

public class HeaderSpaceWrapperAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
    private static final int TYPE_HEADER = 0x4711;
    private int mSpace;
    RecyclerView.Adapter mAdapter;


    public HeaderSpaceWrapperAdapter(RecyclerView.Adapter adapter, int space) {
        mAdapter = adapter;
        mSpace = space;

        mAdapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(new RecyclerView.AdapterDataObserver() {
            @Override
            public void onChanged() {
                notifyDataSetChanged();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        if (viewType == TYPE_HEADER) {
            return new ViewHolder(new Spacer(parent.getContext(), mSpace));
        }

        return mAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(parent, viewType);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        if (position > 0) {
            mAdapter.onBindViewHolder(holder, position - 1);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return 1 + mAdapter.getItemCount();
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        return position == 0 ? TYPE_HEADER : mAdapter.getItemViewType(position - 1);
    }

    private class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        public ViewHolder(View view) {
            super(view);
        }
    }
}

Then use it:

mWrapperAdapter = new HeaderSpaceWrapperAdapter(mAdapter, 100);
mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mWrapperAdapter);