DiffUtil.Callback

public abstract boolean areContentsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition)

Called by the DiffUtil when it wants to check whether two items have the same data. DiffUtil uses this information to detect if the contents of an item has changed.

DiffUtil uses this method to check equality instead of equals so that you can change its behavior depending on your UI. For example, if you are using DiffUtil with a RecyclerView.Adapter, you should return whether the items' visual representations are the same.

This method is called only if areItemsTheSame returns true for these items.

public abstract boolean areItemsTheSame(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition)

Called by the DiffUtil to decide whether two object represent the same Item.

For example, if your items have unique ids, this method should check their id equality.

public @Nullable Object getChangePayload(int oldItemPosition, int newItemPosition)

When areItemsTheSame returns true for two items and areContentsTheSame returns false for them, DiffUtil calls this method to get a payload about the change.

For example, if you are using DiffUtil with RecyclerView, you can return the particular field that changed in the item and your ItemAnimator can use that information to run the correct animation.

Default implementation returns null.

public abstract int getNewListSize()

Returns the size of the new list.

public abstract int getOldListSize()

Returns the size of the old list.