Shift recyclerview focus to last element in the list

Question

I am using recyclerview to display messages in a chat window. However, when a new message is being edited, the recycler view focus should be on the last element. I expect there would be some way to shift the focus of a recyclerview to last element instead of first.

Answer 1

use recyclerView.smoothScrollToPosition(position);

position is your index of last item inserted. This will move your the RecyclerView focus on the last element.