RecyclerView.LayoutManager

abstract class RecyclerView.LayoutManager

Known direct subclasses
GridLayoutManager

A RecyclerView.LayoutManager implementation that lays out items in a grid for leanback VerticalGridView and HorizontalGridView.

LinearLayoutManager

A RecyclerView.LayoutManager implementation which provides similar functionality to android.widget.ListView.

StaggeredGridLayoutManager

A LayoutManager that lays out children in a staggered grid formation.

Known indirect subclasses
GridLayoutManager

A RecyclerView.LayoutManager implementations that lays out items in a grid.

WearableLinearLayoutManager

This wear-specific implementation of LinearLayoutManager provides basic offsetting logic for updating child layout.


A LayoutManager is responsible for measuring and positioning item views within a RecyclerView as well as determining the policy for when to recycle item views that are no longer visible to the user. By changing the LayoutManager a RecyclerView can be used to implement a standard vertically scrolling list, a uniform grid, staggered grids, horizontally scrolling collections and more. Several stock layout managers are provided for general use.

If the LayoutManager specifies a default constructor or one with the signature (Context, AttributeSet, int, int), RecyclerView will instantiate and set the LayoutManager when being inflated. Most used properties can be then obtained from getProperties. In case a LayoutManager specifies both constructors, the non-default constructor will take precedence.

Summary

Nested types

Interface for LayoutManagers to request items to be prefetched, based on position, with specified distance from viewport, which indicates priority.

Some general properties that a LayoutManager may want to use.

Public constructors

Public functions

Unit

To be called only during onLayoutChildren to add a view to the layout that is known to be going away, either because it has been removed or because it is actually not in the visible portion of the container but is being laid out in order to inform RecyclerView in how to animate the item out of view.

Unit
addDisappearingView(child: View!, index: Int)

To be called only during onLayoutChildren to add a view to the layout that is known to be going away, either because it has been removed or because it is actually not in the visible portion of the container but is being laid out in order to inform RecyclerView in how to animate the item out of view.

Unit
addView(child: View!)

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

Unit
addView(child: View!, index: Int)

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

Unit

Checks if RecyclerView is in the middle of a layout or scroll and throws an IllegalStateException if it is not.

Unit

Checks if RecyclerView is in the middle of a layout or scroll and throws an IllegalStateException if it is.

Unit
attachView(child: View)

Reattach a previously detached view.

Unit
attachView(child: View, index: Int)

Reattach a previously detached view.

Unit
attachView(child: View, index: Int, lp: RecyclerView.LayoutParams!)

Reattach a previously detached view.

Unit

Calculates the item decor insets applied to the given child and updates the provided Rect instance with the inset values.

Boolean

Query if horizontal scrolling is currently supported.

Boolean

Query if vertical scrolling is currently supported.

Boolean

Determines the validity of the supplied LayoutParams object.

java-static Int
chooseSize(spec: Int, desired: Int, min: Int)

Chooses a size from the given specs and parameters that is closest to the desired size and also complies with the spec.

Unit
collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions(
    dx: Int,
    dy: Int,
    state: RecyclerView.State!,
    layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!
)

Gather all positions from the LayoutManager to be prefetched, given specified momentum.

Unit
collectInitialPrefetchPositions(
    adapterItemCount: Int,
    layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!
)

Gather all positions from the LayoutManager to be prefetched in preperation for its RecyclerView to come on screen, due to the movement of another, containing RecyclerView.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Unit

Temporarily detach and scrap all currently attached child views.

Unit

Detach a child view and add it to a Recycler's scrap heap.

Unit

Detach a child view and add it to a Recycler's scrap heap.

Unit
detachView(child: View)

Temporarily detach a child view.

Unit
detachViewAt(index: Int)

Temporarily detach a child view.

Unit

Ends all animations on the view created by the ItemAnimator.

View?

Traverses the ancestors of the given view and returns the item view that contains it and also a direct child of the LayoutManager.

View?

Finds the view which represents the given adapter position.

abstract RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a default LayoutParams object for a child of the RecyclerView.

RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a LayoutParams object suitable for this LayoutManager, copying relevant values from the supplied LayoutParams object if possible.

RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a LayoutParams object suitable for this LayoutManager from an inflated layout resource.

Int

Returns offset of the RecyclerView's text baseline from the its top boundary.

Int

Returns the total height of item decorations applied to child's bottom.

View?
getChildAt(index: Int)

Return the child view at the given index

Int

Return the current number of child views attached to the parent RecyclerView.

java-static Int
getChildMeasureSpec(
    parentSize: Int,
    padding: Int,
    childDimension: Int,
    canScroll: Boolean
)

This function is deprecated.

use getChildMeasureSpec

java-static Int
getChildMeasureSpec(
    parentSize: Int,
    parentMode: Int,
    padding: Int,
    childDimension: Int,
    canScroll: Boolean
)

Calculate a MeasureSpec value for measuring a child view in one dimension.

Boolean

Check if the RecyclerView is configured to clip child views to its padding.

Int

Returns the number of columns for accessibility.

Int

Returns the bottom edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Unit

Returns the bounds of the view including its decoration and margins.

Int

Returns the left edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Int

Returns the measured height of the given child, plus the additional size of any insets applied by ItemDecorations.

Int

Returns the measured width of the given child, plus the additional size of any insets applied by ItemDecorations.

Int

Returns the right edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Int

Returns the top edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

View?

Returns the item View which has or contains focus.

@Px Int

Returns the height that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

Int

Return the height measurement spec mode that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

Int

Returns the number of items in the adapter bound to the parent RecyclerView.

Int

Returns the View type defined by the adapter.

Int

Returns the resolved layout direction for this RecyclerView.

Int

Returns the total width of item decorations applied to child's left.

@Px Int
@Px Int
@Px Int

Return the bottom padding of the parent RecyclerView

@Px Int

Return the end padding of the parent RecyclerView

@Px Int

Return the left padding of the parent RecyclerView

@Px Int

Return the right padding of the parent RecyclerView

@Px Int

Return the start padding of the parent RecyclerView

@Px Int

Return the top padding of the parent RecyclerView

Int

Returns the adapter position of the item represented by the given View.

java-static RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties!
getProperties(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet?,
    defStyleAttr: Int,
    defStyleRes: Int
)

Parse the xml attributes to get the most common properties used by layout managers.

Int

Returns the total width of item decorations applied to child's right.

Int

Returns the number of rows for accessibility.

Int

Returns the selection mode for accessibility.

Int

Returns the total height of item decorations applied to child's top.

Unit
getTransformedBoundingBox(
    child: View,
    includeDecorInsets: Boolean,
    out: Rect
)

Calculates the bounding box of the View while taking into account its matrix changes (translation, scale etc) with respect to the RecyclerView.

@Px Int

Returns the width that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

Int

Return the width measurement spec mode that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

Boolean

Returns true if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has or contains focus.

Unit

Flags a view so that it will not be scrapped or recycled.

Boolean

Returns whether LayoutManager is currently attached to a RecyclerView which is attached to a window.

Boolean

Returns whether the measuring pass of layout should use the AutoMeasure mechanism of RecyclerView or if it should be done by the LayoutManager's implementation of onMeasure.

Boolean

Returns true if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has focus.

Boolean

Sets whether the LayoutManager should be queried for views outside of its viewport while the UI thread is idle between frames.

Boolean

Returns whether layout is hierarchical or not to be used for accessibility.

Boolean

Query if the layout is in reverse order.

Boolean

In addition to the View Framework's measurement cache, RecyclerView uses its own additional measurement cache for its children to avoid re-measuring them when not necessary.

Boolean
Boolean
isViewPartiallyVisible(
    child: View,
    completelyVisible: Boolean,
    acceptEndPointInclusion: Boolean
)

Returns whether the given child view is partially or fully visible within the padded bounded area of RecyclerView, depending on the input parameters.

Unit
layoutDecorated(child: View, left: Int, top: Int, right: Int, bottom: Int)

Lay out the given child view within the RecyclerView using coordinates that include any current ItemDecorations.

Unit
layoutDecoratedWithMargins(
    child: View,
    left: Int,
    top: Int,
    right: Int,
    bottom: Int
)

Lay out the given child view within the RecyclerView using coordinates that include any current ItemDecorations and margins.

Unit
measureChild(child: View, widthUsed: Int, heightUsed: Int)

Measure a child view using standard measurement policy, taking the padding of the parent RecyclerView and any added item decorations into account.

Unit
measureChildWithMargins(child: View, widthUsed: Int, heightUsed: Int)

Measure a child view using standard measurement policy, taking the padding of the parent RecyclerView, any added item decorations and the child margins into account.

Unit
moveView(fromIndex: Int, toIndex: Int)

Moves a View from one position to another.

Unit

Offset all child views attached to the parent RecyclerView by dx pixels along the horizontal axis.

Unit

Offset all child views attached to the parent RecyclerView by dy pixels along the vertical axis.

Unit
onAdapterChanged(
    oldAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?,
    newAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?
)

Called if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has a different adapter set via setAdapter or swapAdapter.

Boolean
onAddFocusables(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    views: ArrayList<View!>,
    direction: Int,
    focusableMode: Int
)

Called to populate focusable views within the RecyclerView.

Unit

Called when this LayoutManager is both attached to a RecyclerView and that RecyclerView is attached to a window.

Unit

This function is deprecated.

override onDetachedFromWindow

Unit

Called when this LayoutManager is detached from its parent RecyclerView or when its parent RecyclerView is detached from its window.

View?
onFocusSearchFailed(
    focused: View,
    direction: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
)

Called when searching for a focusable view in the given direction has failed for the current content of the RecyclerView.

Unit
Unit

Called by the accessibility delegate to initialize an accessibility event.

Unit

Called by the AccessibilityDelegate when the information about the current layout should be populated.

Unit

Called by the AccessibilityDelegate when the accessibility information for a specific item should be populated.

View?
onInterceptFocusSearch(focused: View, direction: Int)

This method gives a LayoutManager an opportunity to intercept the initial focus search before the default behavior of FocusFinder is used.

Unit
onItemsAdded(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
)

Called when items have been added to the adapter.

Unit

Called in response to a call to notifyDataSetChanged or swapAdapter ()} and signals that the the entire data set has changed.

Unit
onItemsMoved(recyclerView: RecyclerView, from: Int, to: Int, itemCount: Int)

Called when an item is moved withing the adapter.

Unit
onItemsRemoved(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
)

Called when items have been removed from the adapter.

Unit
onItemsUpdated(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
)

Called when items have been changed in the adapter.

Unit
onItemsUpdated(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int,
    payload: Any?
)

Called when items have been changed in the adapter and with optional payload.

Unit
onLayoutChildren(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
)

Lay out all relevant child views from the given adapter.

Unit

Called after a full layout calculation is finished.

Unit
onMeasure(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    widthSpec: Int,
    heightSpec: Int
)

Measure the attached RecyclerView.

Boolean
onRequestChildFocus(parent: RecyclerView, child: View, focused: View?)

This function is deprecated.

Use onRequestChildFocus

Boolean
onRequestChildFocus(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    child: View,
    focused: View?
)

Called when a descendant view of the RecyclerView requests focus.

Unit

Called when the RecyclerView is ready to restore the state based on a previous RecyclerView.

Parcelable?

Called when the LayoutManager should save its state.

Unit

RecyclerView calls this method to notify LayoutManager that scroll state has changed.

Boolean
performAccessibilityAction(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    action: Int,
    args: Bundle?
)

Called by AccessibilityDelegate when an action is requested from the RecyclerView.

Boolean
performAccessibilityActionForItem(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    view: View,
    action: Int,
    args: Bundle?
)

Called by AccessibilityDelegate when an accessibility action is requested on one of the children of LayoutManager.

Unit

Causes the Runnable to execute on the next animation time step.

Unit

Remove all views from the currently attached RecyclerView.

Unit

Removes all views and recycles them using the given recycler.

Unit

Remove a child view and recycle it using the given Recycler.

Unit

Remove a child view and recycle it using the given Recycler.

Boolean

Removes the specified Runnable from the message queue.

Unit

Finish removing a view that was previously temporarily detached.

Unit
removeView(child: View!)

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

Unit
removeViewAt(index: Int)

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

Boolean
requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    child: View,
    rect: Rect,
    immediate: Boolean
)

Called when a child of the RecyclerView wants a particular rectangle to be positioned onto the screen.

Boolean
requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    child: View,
    rect: Rect,
    immediate: Boolean,
    focusedChildVisible: Boolean
)

Requests that the given child of the RecyclerView be positioned onto the screen.

Unit

Calls RecyclerView#requestLayout on the underlying RecyclerView

Unit

A LayoutManager can call this method to force RecyclerView to run simple animations in the next layout pass, even if there is not any trigger to do so.

Int
scrollHorizontallyBy(
    dx: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
)

Scroll horizontally by dx pixels in screen coordinates and return the distance traveled.

Unit
scrollToPosition(position: Int)

Scroll to the specified adapter position.

Int
scrollVerticallyBy(
    dy: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
)

Scroll vertically by dy pixels in screen coordinates and return the distance traveled.

Unit

This function is deprecated.

Implementors of LayoutManager should define whether or not it uses AutoMeasure by overriding isAutoMeasureEnabled.

Unit

Sets whether the LayoutManager should be queried for views outside of its viewport while the UI thread is idle between frames.

Unit
setMeasuredDimension(widthSize: Int, heightSize: Int)

Set the measured dimensions of the host RecyclerView.

Unit
setMeasuredDimension(childrenBounds: Rect!, wSpec: Int, hSpec: Int)

Sets the measured dimensions from the given bounding box of the children and the measurement specs that were passed into onMeasure.

Unit
setMeasurementCacheEnabled(measurementCacheEnabled: Boolean)

Sets whether RecyclerView should use its own measurement cache for the children.

Unit
smoothScrollToPosition(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!,
    position: Int
)

Smooth scroll to the specified adapter position.

Unit

Starts a smooth scroll using the provided SmoothScroller.

Unit

View can be scrapped and recycled again.

Boolean

Returns whether this LayoutManager supports "predictive item animations".

Public constructors

LayoutManager

Added in 1.0.0
LayoutManager()

Public functions

addDisappearingView

Added in 1.0.0
fun addDisappearingView(child: View!): Unit

To be called only during onLayoutChildren to add a view to the layout that is known to be going away, either because it has been removed or because it is actually not in the visible portion of the container but is being laid out in order to inform RecyclerView in how to animate the item out of view.

Views added via this method are going to be invisible to LayoutManager after the dispatchLayout pass is complete. They cannot be retrieved via getChildAt or won't be included in getChildCount method.

Parameters
child: View!

View to add and then remove with animation.

addDisappearingView

Added in 1.0.0
fun addDisappearingView(child: View!, index: Int): Unit

To be called only during onLayoutChildren to add a view to the layout that is known to be going away, either because it has been removed or because it is actually not in the visible portion of the container but is being laid out in order to inform RecyclerView in how to animate the item out of view.

Views added via this method are going to be invisible to LayoutManager after the dispatchLayout pass is complete. They cannot be retrieved via getChildAt or won't be included in getChildCount method.

Parameters
child: View!

View to add and then remove with animation.

index: Int

Index of the view.

addView

Added in 1.0.0
fun addView(child: View!): Unit

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed. LayoutManagers should use this method to add views obtained from a Recycler using getViewForPosition.

Parameters
child: View!

View to add

addView

Added in 1.0.0
fun addView(child: View!, index: Int): Unit

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed. LayoutManagers should use this method to add views obtained from a Recycler using getViewForPosition.

Parameters
child: View!

View to add

index: Int

Index to add child at

assertInLayoutOrScroll

Added in 1.0.0
fun assertInLayoutOrScroll(message: String!): Unit

Checks if RecyclerView is in the middle of a layout or scroll and throws an IllegalStateException if it is not.

Parameters
message: String!

The message for the exception. Can be null.

assertNotInLayoutOrScroll

Added in 1.0.0
fun assertNotInLayoutOrScroll(message: String!): Unit

Checks if RecyclerView is in the middle of a layout or scroll and throws an IllegalStateException if it is.

Parameters
message: String!

The message for the exception. Can be null.

attachView

Added in 1.0.0
fun attachView(child: View): Unit

Reattach a previously detached view. This method should not be used to reattach views that were previously detachAndScrapView scrapped}.

Parameters
child: View

Child to reattach

attachView

Added in 1.0.0
fun attachView(child: View, index: Int): Unit

Reattach a previously detached view. This method should not be used to reattach views that were previously detachAndScrapView scrapped}.

Parameters
child: View

Child to reattach

index: Int

Intended child index for child

attachView

Added in 1.0.0
fun attachView(child: View, index: Int, lp: RecyclerView.LayoutParams!): Unit

Reattach a previously detached view. This method should not be used to reattach views that were previously detachAndScrapView scrapped}.

Parameters
child: View

Child to reattach

index: Int

Intended child index for child

lp: RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

LayoutParams for child

calculateItemDecorationsForChild

Added in 1.0.0
fun calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child: View, outRect: Rect): Unit

Calculates the item decor insets applied to the given child and updates the provided Rect instance with the inset values.

  • The Rect's left is set to the total width of left decorations.
  • The Rect's top is set to the total height of top decorations.
  • The Rect's right is set to the total width of right decorations.
  • The Rect's bottom is set to total height of bottom decorations.

Note that item decorations are automatically calculated when one of the LayoutManager's measure child methods is called. If you need to measure the child with custom specs via measure, you can use this method to get decorations.

Parameters
child: View

The child view whose decorations should be calculated

outRect: Rect

The Rect to hold result values

canScrollHorizontally

Added in 1.0.0
fun canScrollHorizontally(): Boolean

Query if horizontal scrolling is currently supported. The default implementation returns false.

Returns
Boolean

True if this LayoutManager can scroll the current contents horizontally

canScrollVertically

Added in 1.0.0
fun canScrollVertically(): Boolean

Query if vertical scrolling is currently supported. The default implementation returns false.

Returns
Boolean

True if this LayoutManager can scroll the current contents vertically

checkLayoutParams

Added in 1.0.0
fun checkLayoutParams(lp: RecyclerView.LayoutParams!): Boolean

Determines the validity of the supplied LayoutParams object.

This should check to make sure that the object is of the correct type and all values are within acceptable ranges. The default implementation returns true for non-null params.

Parameters
lp: RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

LayoutParams object to check

Returns
Boolean

true if this LayoutParams object is valid, false otherwise

chooseSize

Added in 1.0.0
java-static fun chooseSize(spec: Int, desired: Int, min: Int): Int

Chooses a size from the given specs and parameters that is closest to the desired size and also complies with the spec.

Parameters
spec: Int

The measureSpec

desired: Int

The preferred measurement

min: Int

The minimum value

Returns
Int

A size that fits to the given specs

collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions

Added in 1.0.0
fun collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions(
    dx: Int,
    dy: Int,
    state: RecyclerView.State!,
    layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!
): Unit

Gather all positions from the LayoutManager to be prefetched, given specified momentum.

If item prefetch is enabled, this method is called in between traversals to gather which positions the LayoutManager will soon need, given upcoming movement in subsequent traversals.

The LayoutManager should call addPosition for each item to be prepared, and these positions will have their ViewHolders created and bound, if there is sufficient time available, in advance of being needed by a scroll or layout.

Parameters
dx: Int

X movement component.

dy: Int

Y movement component.

state: RecyclerView.State!

State of RecyclerView

layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!

PrefetchRegistry to add prefetch entries into.

collectInitialPrefetchPositions

Added in 1.0.0
fun collectInitialPrefetchPositions(
    adapterItemCount: Int,
    layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!
): Unit

Gather all positions from the LayoutManager to be prefetched in preperation for its RecyclerView to come on screen, due to the movement of another, containing RecyclerView.

This method is only called when a RecyclerView is nested in another RecyclerView.

If item prefetch is enabled for this LayoutManager, as well in another containing LayoutManager, this method is called in between draw traversals to gather which positions this LayoutManager will first need, once it appears on the screen.

For example, if this LayoutManager represents a horizontally scrolling list within a vertically scrolling LayoutManager, this method would be called when the horizontal list is about to come onscreen.

The LayoutManager should call addPosition for each item to be prepared, and these positions will have their ViewHolders created and bound, if there is sufficient time available, in advance of being needed by a scroll or layout.

Parameters
adapterItemCount: Int

number of items in the associated adapter.

layoutPrefetchRegistry: RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry!

PrefetchRegistry to add prefetch entries into.

computeHorizontalScrollExtent

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeHorizontalScrollExtent(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollExtent for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The horizontal extent of the scrollbar's thumb

computeHorizontalScrollOffset

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeHorizontalScrollOffset(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollOffset for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
Int

The horizontal offset of the scrollbar's thumb

computeHorizontalScrollRange

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeHorizontalScrollRange(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollRange for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
Int

The total horizontal range represented by the horizontal scrollbar

computeVerticalScrollExtent

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeVerticalScrollExtent(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollExtent for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The vertical extent of the scrollbar's thumb

computeVerticalScrollOffset

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeVerticalScrollOffset(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollOffset for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
Int

The vertical offset of the scrollbar's thumb

computeVerticalScrollRange

Added in 1.0.0
fun computeVerticalScrollRange(state: RecyclerView.State): Int

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollRange for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
Int

The total vertical range represented by the vertical scrollbar

detachAndScrapAttachedViews

Added in 1.0.0
fun detachAndScrapAttachedViews(recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Temporarily detach and scrap all currently attached child views. Views will be scrapped into the given Recycler. The Recycler may prefer to reuse scrap views before other views that were previously recycled.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to scrap views into

detachAndScrapView

Added in 1.0.0
fun detachAndScrapView(child: View, recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Detach a child view and add it to a Recycler's scrap heap.

Scrapping a view allows it to be rebound and reused to show updated or different data.

Parameters
child: View

Child to detach and scrap

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to deposit the new scrap view into

detachAndScrapViewAt

Added in 1.0.0
fun detachAndScrapViewAt(index: Int, recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Detach a child view and add it to a Recycler's scrap heap.

Scrapping a view allows it to be rebound and reused to show updated or different data.

Parameters
index: Int

Index of child to detach and scrap

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to deposit the new scrap view into

detachView

Added in 1.0.0
fun detachView(child: View): Unit

Temporarily detach a child view.

LayoutManagers may want to perform a lightweight detach operation to rearrange views currently attached to the RecyclerView. Generally LayoutManager implementations will want to use detachAndScrapView so that the detached view may be rebound and reused.

If a LayoutManager uses this method to detach a view, it mustreattach or fully remove the detached view before the LayoutManager entry point method called by RecyclerView returns.

Parameters
child: View

Child to detach

detachViewAt

Added in 1.0.0
fun detachViewAt(index: Int): Unit

Temporarily detach a child view.

LayoutManagers may want to perform a lightweight detach operation to rearrange views currently attached to the RecyclerView. Generally LayoutManager implementations will want to use detachAndScrapView so that the detached view may be rebound and reused.

If a LayoutManager uses this method to detach a view, it mustreattach or fully remove the detached view before the LayoutManager entry point method called by RecyclerView returns.

Parameters
index: Int

Index of the child to detach

endAnimation

Added in 1.0.0
fun endAnimation(view: View!): Unit

Ends all animations on the view created by the ItemAnimator.

Parameters
view: View!

The View for which the animations should be ended.

See also
endAnimations

findContainingItemView

Added in 1.0.0
fun findContainingItemView(view: View): View?

Traverses the ancestors of the given view and returns the item view that contains it and also a direct child of the LayoutManager.

Note that this method may return null if the view is a child of the RecyclerView but not a child of the LayoutManager (e.g. running a disappear animation).

Parameters
view: View

The view that is a descendant of the LayoutManager.

Returns
View?

The direct child of the LayoutManager which contains the given view or null if the provided view is not a descendant of this LayoutManager.

findViewByPosition

Added in 1.0.0
fun findViewByPosition(position: Int): View?

Finds the view which represents the given adapter position.

This method traverses each child since it has no information about child order. Override this method to improve performance if your LayoutManager keeps data about child views.

If a view is ignored via ignoreView, it is also ignored by this method.

Parameters
position: Int

Position of the item in adapter

Returns
View?

The child view that represents the given position or null if the position is not laid out

generateDefaultLayoutParams

Added in 1.0.0
abstract fun generateDefaultLayoutParams(): RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a default LayoutParams object for a child of the RecyclerView.

LayoutManagers will often want to use a custom LayoutParams type to store extra information specific to the layout. Client code should subclass RecyclerView.LayoutParams for this purpose.

Important: if you use your own custom LayoutParams type you must also override checkLayoutParams, generateLayoutParams and generateLayoutParams.

Returns
RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

A new LayoutParams for a child view

generateLayoutParams

Added in 1.0.0
fun generateLayoutParams(lp: ViewGroup.LayoutParams!): RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a LayoutParams object suitable for this LayoutManager, copying relevant values from the supplied LayoutParams object if possible.

Important: if you use your own custom LayoutParams type you must also override checkLayoutParams, generateLayoutParams and generateLayoutParams.

Parameters
lp: ViewGroup.LayoutParams!

Source LayoutParams object to copy values from

Returns
RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

a new LayoutParams object

generateLayoutParams

Added in 1.0.0
fun generateLayoutParams(c: Context!, attrs: AttributeSet!): RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

Create a LayoutParams object suitable for this LayoutManager from an inflated layout resource.

Important: if you use your own custom LayoutParams type you must also override checkLayoutParams, generateLayoutParams and generateLayoutParams.

Parameters
c: Context!

Context for obtaining styled attributes

attrs: AttributeSet!

AttributeSet describing the supplied arguments

Returns
RecyclerView.LayoutParams!

a new LayoutParams object

getBaseline

Added in 1.0.0
fun getBaseline(): Int

Returns offset of the RecyclerView's text baseline from the its top boundary.

Returns
Int

The offset of the RecyclerView's text baseline from the its top boundary; -1 if there is no baseline.

getBottomDecorationHeight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getBottomDecorationHeight(child: View): Int

Returns the total height of item decorations applied to child's bottom.

Note that this value is not updated until the View is measured or calculateItemDecorationsForChild is called.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

The total height of item decorations applied to the child's bottom.

getChildAt

Added in 1.0.0
fun getChildAt(index: Int): View?

Return the child view at the given index

Parameters
index: Int

Index of child to return

Returns
View?

Child view at index

getChildCount

Added in 1.0.0
fun getChildCount(): Int

Return the current number of child views attached to the parent RecyclerView. This does not include child views that were temporarily detached and/or scrapped.

Returns
Int

Number of attached children

getChildMeasureSpec

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.0.0
java-static fun getChildMeasureSpec(
    parentSize: Int,
    padding: Int,
    childDimension: Int,
    canScroll: Boolean
): Int

Calculate a MeasureSpec value for measuring a child view in one dimension.

Parameters
parentSize: Int

Size of the parent view where the child will be placed

padding: Int

Total space currently consumed by other elements of the parent

childDimension: Int

Desired size of the child view, or MATCH_PARENT/WRAP_CONTENT. Generally obtained from the child view's LayoutParams

canScroll: Boolean

true if the parent RecyclerView can scroll in this dimension

Returns
Int

a MeasureSpec value for the child view

getChildMeasureSpec

Added in 1.0.0
java-static fun getChildMeasureSpec(
    parentSize: Int,
    parentMode: Int,
    padding: Int,
    childDimension: Int,
    canScroll: Boolean
): Int

Calculate a MeasureSpec value for measuring a child view in one dimension.

Parameters
parentSize: Int

Size of the parent view where the child will be placed

parentMode: Int

The measurement spec mode of the parent

padding: Int

Total space currently consumed by other elements of parent

childDimension: Int

Desired size of the child view, or MATCH_PARENT/WRAP_CONTENT. Generally obtained from the child view's LayoutParams

canScroll: Boolean

true if the parent RecyclerView can scroll in this dimension

Returns
Int

a MeasureSpec value for the child view

getClipToPadding

Added in 1.0.0
fun getClipToPadding(): Boolean

Check if the RecyclerView is configured to clip child views to its padding.

Returns
Boolean

true if this RecyclerView clips children to its padding, false otherwise

getColumnCountForAccessibility

Added in 1.0.0
fun getColumnCountForAccessibility(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
): Int

Returns the number of columns for accessibility.

Default implementation returns the number of items in the adapter if LayoutManager supports horizontal scrolling or 1 if LayoutManager does not support horizontal scrolling.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The number of rows in LayoutManager for accessibility.

getDecoratedBottom

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedBottom(child: View): Int

Returns the bottom edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

Child bottom edge with offsets applied

getDecoratedBoundsWithMargins

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedBoundsWithMargins(view: View, outBounds: Rect): Unit

Returns the bounds of the view including its decoration and margins.

Parameters
view: View

The view element to check

outBounds: Rect

A rect that will receive the bounds of the element including its decoration and margins.

getDecoratedLeft

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedLeft(child: View): Int

Returns the left edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

Child left edge with offsets applied

getDecoratedMeasuredHeight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child: View): Int

Returns the measured height of the given child, plus the additional size of any insets applied by ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child view to query

Returns
Int

child's measured height plus ItemDecoration insets

getDecoratedMeasuredWidth

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child: View): Int

Returns the measured width of the given child, plus the additional size of any insets applied by ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child view to query

Returns
Int

child's measured width plus ItemDecoration insets

See also
getMeasuredWidth

getDecoratedRight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedRight(child: View): Int

Returns the right edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

Child right edge with offsets applied

getDecoratedTop

Added in 1.0.0
fun getDecoratedTop(child: View): Int

Returns the top edge of the given child view within its parent, offset by any applied ItemDecorations.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

Child top edge with offsets applied

getFocusedChild

Added in 1.0.0
fun getFocusedChild(): View?

Returns the item View which has or contains focus.

Returns
View?

A direct child of RecyclerView which has focus or contains the focused child.

getHeight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getHeight(): @Px Int

Returns the height that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

This value is usually equal to the laid out height of the RecyclerView but may reflect the current android.view.View.MeasureSpec height if the LayoutManager is using AutoMeasure and the RecyclerView is in the process of measuring. The LayoutManager must always use this method to retrieve the height relevant to it at any given time.

Returns
@Px Int

Height in pixels

getHeightMode

Added in 1.0.0
fun getHeightMode(): Int

Return the height measurement spec mode that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

This value is set only if the LayoutManager opts into the AutoMeasure api via setAutoMeasureEnabled.

When RecyclerView is running a layout, this value is always set to EXACTLY even if it was measured with a different spec mode.

Returns
Int

Height measure spec mode

See also
getMode

getItemCount

Added in 1.0.0
fun getItemCount(): Int

Returns the number of items in the adapter bound to the parent RecyclerView.

Note that this number is not necessarily equal to State#getItemCount(). In methods where State is available, you should use State#getItemCount() instead. For more details, check the documentation for State#getItemCount().

Returns
Int

The number of items in the bound adapter

See also
getItemCount

getItemViewType

Added in 1.0.0
fun getItemViewType(view: View): Int

Returns the View type defined by the adapter.

Parameters
view: View

The view to query

Returns
Int

The type of the view assigned by the adapter.

getLayoutDirection

Added in 1.0.0
fun getLayoutDirection(): Int

Returns the resolved layout direction for this RecyclerView.

Returns
Int

LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL if the layout direction is RTL or returns LAYOUT_DIRECTION_LTR if the layout direction is not RTL.

getLeftDecorationWidth

Added in 1.0.0
fun getLeftDecorationWidth(child: View): Int

Returns the total width of item decorations applied to child's left.

Note that this value is not updated until the View is measured or calculateItemDecorationsForChild is called.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

The total width of item decorations applied to the child's left.

getMinimumHeight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getMinimumHeight(): @Px Int
Returns
@Px Int

The host RecyclerView's getMinimumHeight

getMinimumWidth

Added in 1.0.0
fun getMinimumWidth(): @Px Int
Returns
@Px Int

The host RecyclerView's getMinimumWidth

getPaddingBottom

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingBottom(): @Px Int

Return the bottom padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPaddingEnd

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingEnd(): @Px Int

Return the end padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPaddingLeft

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingLeft(): @Px Int

Return the left padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPaddingRight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingRight(): @Px Int

Return the right padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPaddingStart

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingStart(): @Px Int

Return the start padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPaddingTop

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPaddingTop(): @Px Int

Return the top padding of the parent RecyclerView

Returns
@Px Int

Padding in pixels

getPosition

Added in 1.0.0
fun getPosition(view: View): Int

Returns the adapter position of the item represented by the given View. This does not contain any adapter changes that might have happened after the last layout.

Parameters
view: View

The view to query

Returns
Int

The adapter position of the item which is rendered by this View.

getProperties

Added in 1.0.0
java-static fun getProperties(
    context: Context,
    attrs: AttributeSet?,
    defStyleAttr: Int,
    defStyleRes: Int
): RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties!

Parse the xml attributes to get the most common properties used by layout managers. orientationspanCountreverseLayoutstackFromEnd

Returns
RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties!

an object containing the properties as specified in the attrs.

getRightDecorationWidth

Added in 1.0.0
fun getRightDecorationWidth(child: View): Int

Returns the total width of item decorations applied to child's right.

Note that this value is not updated until the View is measured or calculateItemDecorationsForChild is called.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

The total width of item decorations applied to the child's right.

getRowCountForAccessibility

Added in 1.0.0
fun getRowCountForAccessibility(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
): Int

Returns the number of rows for accessibility.

Default implementation returns the number of items in the adapter if LayoutManager supports vertical scrolling or 1 if LayoutManager does not support vertical scrolling.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The number of rows in LayoutManager for accessibility.

getSelectionModeForAccessibility

Added in 1.0.0
fun getSelectionModeForAccessibility(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
): Int

Returns the selection mode for accessibility. Should be SELECTION_MODE_NONE, SELECTION_MODE_SINGLE or SELECTION_MODE_MULTIPLE.

Default implementation returns SELECTION_MODE_NONE.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

Selection mode for accessibility. Default implementation returns SELECTION_MODE_NONE.

getTopDecorationHeight

Added in 1.0.0
fun getTopDecorationHeight(child: View): Int

Returns the total height of item decorations applied to child's top.

Note that this value is not updated until the View is measured or calculateItemDecorationsForChild is called.

Parameters
child: View

Child to query

Returns
Int

The total height of item decorations applied to the child's top.

getTransformedBoundingBox

Added in 1.0.0
fun getTransformedBoundingBox(
    child: View,
    includeDecorInsets: Boolean,
    out: Rect
): Unit

Calculates the bounding box of the View while taking into account its matrix changes (translation, scale etc) with respect to the RecyclerView.

If includeDecorInsets is true, they are applied first before applying the View's matrix so that the decor offsets also go through the same transformation.

Parameters
child: View

The ItemView whose bounding box should be calculated.

includeDecorInsets: Boolean

True if the decor insets should be included in the bounding box

out: Rect

The rectangle into which the output will be written.

getWidth

Added in 1.0.0
fun getWidth(): @Px Int

Returns the width that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

This value is usually equal to the laid out width of the RecyclerView but may reflect the current android.view.View.MeasureSpec width if the LayoutManager is using AutoMeasure and the RecyclerView is in the process of measuring. The LayoutManager must always use this method to retrieve the width relevant to it at any given time.

Returns
@Px Int

Width in pixels

getWidthMode

Added in 1.0.0
fun getWidthMode(): Int

Return the width measurement spec mode that is currently relevant to the LayoutManager.

This value is set only if the LayoutManager opts into the AutoMeasure api via setAutoMeasureEnabled.

When RecyclerView is running a layout, this value is always set to EXACTLY even if it was measured with a different spec mode.

Returns
Int

Width measure spec mode

See also
getMode

hasFocus

Added in 1.0.0
fun hasFocus(): Boolean

Returns true if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has or contains focus.

Returns
Boolean

true if the RecyclerView has or contains focus

See also
hasFocus

ignoreView

Added in 1.0.0
fun ignoreView(view: View): Unit

Flags a view so that it will not be scrapped or recycled.

Scope of ignoring a child is strictly restricted to position tracking, scrapping and recyling. Methods like removeAndRecycleAllViews will ignore the child whereas removeAllViews or offsetChildrenHorizontal will not ignore the child.

Before this child can be recycled again, you have to call stopIgnoringView.

You can call this method only if your LayoutManger is in onLayout or onScroll callback.

Parameters
view: View

View to ignore.

See also
stopIgnoringView

isAttachedToWindow

Added in 1.0.0
fun isAttachedToWindow(): Boolean

Returns whether LayoutManager is currently attached to a RecyclerView which is attached to a window.

Returns
Boolean

True if this LayoutManager is controlling a RecyclerView and the RecyclerView is attached to window.

isAutoMeasureEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
fun isAutoMeasureEnabled(): Boolean

Returns whether the measuring pass of layout should use the AutoMeasure mechanism of RecyclerView or if it should be done by the LayoutManager's implementation of onMeasure.

This method returns false by default (it actually returns the value passed to the deprecated setAutoMeasureEnabled) and should be overridden to return true if a LayoutManager wants to be auto measured by the RecyclerView.

If this method is overridden to return true, onMeasure should not be overridden.

AutoMeasure is a RecyclerView mechanism that handles the measuring pass of layout in a simple and contract satisfying way, including the wrapping of children laid out by LayoutManager. Simply put, it handles wrapping children by calling onLayoutChildren during a call to onMeasure, and then calculating desired dimensions based on children's dimensions and positions. It does this while supporting all existing animation capabilities of the RecyclerView.

More specifically:

  1. When onMeasure is called, if the provided measure specs both have a mode of EXACTLY, RecyclerView will set its measured dimensions accordingly and return, allowing layout to continue as normal (Actually, RecyclerView will call onMeasure for backwards compatibility reasons but it should not be overridden if AutoMeasure is being used).
  2. If one of the layout specs is not EXACT, the RecyclerView will start the layout process. It will first process all pending Adapter updates and then decide whether to run a predictive layout. If it decides to do so, it will first call onLayoutChildren with isPreLayout set to true. At this stage, getWidth and getHeight will still return the width and height of the RecyclerView as of the last layout calculation.

    After handling the predictive case, RecyclerView will call onLayoutChildren with isMeasuring set to true and isPreLayout set to false. The LayoutManager can access the measurement specs via getHeight, getHeightMode, getWidth and getWidthMode.

  3. After the layout calculation, RecyclerView sets the measured width &height by calculating the bounding box for the children (+ RecyclerView's padding). The LayoutManagers can override setMeasuredDimension to choose different values. For instance, GridLayoutManager overrides this value to handle the case where if it is vertical and has 3 columns but only 2 items, it should still measure its width to fit 3 items, not 2.
  4. Any following calls to onMeasure will run onLayoutChildren with isMeasuring set to true and isPreLayout set to false. RecyclerView will take care of which views are actually added / removed / moved / changed for animations so that the LayoutManager should not worry about them and handle each onLayoutChildren call as if it is the last one.
  5. When measure is complete and RecyclerView's onLayout method is called, RecyclerView checks whether it already did layout calculations during the measure pass and if so, it re-uses that information. It may still decide to call onLayoutChildren if the last measure spec was different from the final dimensions or adapter contents have changed between the measure call and the layout call.
  6. Finally, animations are calculated and run as usual.
Returns
Boolean

True if the measuring pass of layout should use the AutoMeasure mechanism of RecyclerView or False if it should be done by the LayoutManager's implementation of onMeasure.

isFocused

Added in 1.0.0
fun isFocused(): Boolean

Returns true if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has focus.

Returns
Boolean

True if the RecyclerView has focus, false otherwise.

See also
isFocused

isItemPrefetchEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
fun isItemPrefetchEnabled(): Boolean

Sets whether the LayoutManager should be queried for views outside of its viewport while the UI thread is idle between frames.

Returns
Boolean

true if item prefetch is enabled, false otherwise

isLayoutHierarchical

Added in 1.0.0
fun isLayoutHierarchical(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
): Boolean

Returns whether layout is hierarchical or not to be used for accessibility.

Default implementation returns false.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

Returns
Boolean

True if layout is hierarchical.

isLayoutReversed

Added in 1.4.0-alpha01
fun isLayoutReversed(): Boolean

Query if the layout is in reverse order. This will affect, for example, keyboard navigation via page up/page down. The default implementation returns false.

Returns
Boolean

true if this LayoutManager is currently in reverse order.

isMeasurementCacheEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
fun isMeasurementCacheEnabled(): Boolean

In addition to the View Framework's measurement cache, RecyclerView uses its own additional measurement cache for its children to avoid re-measuring them when not necessary. It is on by default but it can be turned off via setMeasurementCacheEnabled.

Returns
Boolean

True if measurement cache is enabled, false otherwise.

isSmoothScrolling

Added in 1.0.0
fun isSmoothScrolling(): Boolean
Returns
Boolean

true if RecyclerView is currently in the state of smooth scrolling.

isViewPartiallyVisible

Added in 1.0.0
fun isViewPartiallyVisible(
    child: View,
    completelyVisible: Boolean,
    acceptEndPointInclusion: Boolean
): Boolean

Returns whether the given child view is partially or fully visible within the padded bounded area of RecyclerView, depending on the input parameters. A view is partially visible if it has non-zero overlap with RV's padded bounded area. If acceptEndPointInclusion flag is set to true, it's also considered partially visible if it's located outside RV's bounds and it's hitting either RV's start or end bounds.

Parameters
child: View

The child view to be examined.

completelyVisible: Boolean

If true, the method returns true if and only if the child is completely visible. If false, the method returns true if and only if the child is only partially visible (that is it will return false if the child is either completely visible or out of RV's bounds).

acceptEndPointInclusion: Boolean

If the view's endpoint intersection with RV's start of end bounds is enough to consider it partially visible, false otherwise.

Returns
Boolean

True if the given child is partially or fully visible, false otherwise.

layoutDecorated

Added in 1.0.0
fun layoutDecorated(child: View, left: Int, top: Int, right: Int, bottom: Int): Unit

Lay out the given child view within the RecyclerView using coordinates that include any current ItemDecorations.

LayoutManagers should prefer working in sizes and coordinates that include item decoration insets whenever possible. This allows the LayoutManager to effectively ignore decoration insets within measurement and layout code. See the following methods:

Parameters
child: View

Child to lay out

left: Int

Left edge, with item decoration insets included

top: Int

Top edge, with item decoration insets included

right: Int

Right edge, with item decoration insets included

bottom: Int

Bottom edge, with item decoration insets included

layoutDecoratedWithMargins

Added in 1.0.0
fun layoutDecoratedWithMargins(
    child: View,
    left: Int,
    top: Int,
    right: Int,
    bottom: Int
): Unit

Lay out the given child view within the RecyclerView using coordinates that include any current ItemDecorations and margins.

LayoutManagers should prefer working in sizes and coordinates that include item decoration insets whenever possible. This allows the LayoutManager to effectively ignore decoration insets within measurement and layout code. See the following methods:

Parameters
child: View

Child to lay out

left: Int

Left edge, with item decoration insets and left margin included

top: Int

Top edge, with item decoration insets and top margin included

right: Int

Right edge, with item decoration insets and right margin included

bottom: Int

Bottom edge, with item decoration insets and bottom margin included

measureChild

Added in 1.0.0
fun measureChild(child: View, widthUsed: Int, heightUsed: Int): Unit

Measure a child view using standard measurement policy, taking the padding of the parent RecyclerView and any added item decorations into account.

If the RecyclerView can be scrolled in either dimension the caller may pass 0 as the widthUsed or heightUsed parameters as they will be irrelevant.

Parameters
child: View

Child view to measure

widthUsed: Int

Width in pixels currently consumed by other views, if relevant

heightUsed: Int

Height in pixels currently consumed by other views, if relevant

measureChildWithMargins

Added in 1.0.0
fun measureChildWithMargins(child: View, widthUsed: Int, heightUsed: Int): Unit

Measure a child view using standard measurement policy, taking the padding of the parent RecyclerView, any added item decorations and the child margins into account.

If the RecyclerView can be scrolled in either dimension the caller may pass 0 as the widthUsed or heightUsed parameters as they will be irrelevant.

Parameters
child: View

Child view to measure

widthUsed: Int

Width in pixels currently consumed by other views, if relevant

heightUsed: Int

Height in pixels currently consumed by other views, if relevant

moveView

Added in 1.0.0
fun moveView(fromIndex: Int, toIndex: Int): Unit

Moves a View from one position to another.

Parameters
fromIndex: Int

The View's initial index

toIndex: Int

The View's target index

offsetChildrenHorizontal

Added in 1.0.0
fun offsetChildrenHorizontal(dx: @Px Int): Unit

Offset all child views attached to the parent RecyclerView by dx pixels along the horizontal axis.

Parameters
dx: @Px Int

Pixels to offset by

offsetChildrenVertical

Added in 1.0.0
fun offsetChildrenVertical(dy: @Px Int): Unit

Offset all child views attached to the parent RecyclerView by dy pixels along the vertical axis.

Parameters
dy: @Px Int

Pixels to offset by

onAdapterChanged

Added in 1.0.0
fun onAdapterChanged(
    oldAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?,
    newAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?
): Unit

Called if the RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to has a different adapter set via setAdapter or swapAdapter. The LayoutManager may use this opportunity to clear caches and configure state such that it can relayout appropriately with the new data and potentially new view types.

The default implementation removes all currently attached views.

Parameters
oldAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?

The previous adapter instance. Will be null if there was previously no adapter.

newAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter?

The new adapter instance. Might be null if setAdapter is called with null.

onAddFocusables

Added in 1.0.0
fun onAddFocusables(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    views: ArrayList<View!>,
    direction: Int,
    focusableMode: Int
): Boolean

Called to populate focusable views within the RecyclerView.

The LayoutManager implementation should return true if the default behavior of addFocusables should be suppressed.

The default implementation returns false to trigger RecyclerView to fall back to the default ViewGroup behavior.

Parameters
recyclerView: RecyclerView

The RecyclerView hosting this LayoutManager

views: ArrayList<View!>

List of output views. This method should add valid focusable views to this list.

direction: Int

One of FOCUS_UP, FOCUS_DOWN, FOCUS_LEFT, FOCUS_RIGHT, FOCUS_BACKWARD, FOCUS_FORWARD

focusableMode: Int

The type of focusables to be added.

Returns
Boolean

true to suppress the default behavior, false to add default focusables after this method returns.

onAttachedToWindow

Added in 1.0.0
@CallSuper
fun onAttachedToWindow(view: RecyclerView!): Unit

Called when this LayoutManager is both attached to a RecyclerView and that RecyclerView is attached to a window.

If the RecyclerView is re-attached with the same LayoutManager and Adapter, it may not call onLayoutChildren if nothing has changed and a layout was not requested on the RecyclerView while it was detached.

Subclass implementations should always call through to the superclass implementation.

Parameters
view: RecyclerView!

The RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to

onDetachedFromWindow

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.0.0
fun onDetachedFromWindow(view: RecyclerView!): Unit

onDetachedFromWindow

Added in 1.0.0
@CallSuper
fun onDetachedFromWindow(view: RecyclerView!, recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!): Unit

Called when this LayoutManager is detached from its parent RecyclerView or when its parent RecyclerView is detached from its window.

LayoutManager should clear all of its View references as another LayoutManager might be assigned to the RecyclerView.

If the RecyclerView is re-attached with the same LayoutManager and Adapter, it may not call onLayoutChildren if nothing has changed and a layout was not requested on the RecyclerView while it was detached.

If your LayoutManager has View references that it cleans in on-detach, it should also call requestLayout to ensure that it is re-laid out when RecyclerView is re-attached.

Subclass implementations should always call through to the superclass implementation.

Parameters
view: RecyclerView!

The RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!

The recycler to use if you prefer to recycle your children instead of keeping them around.

onFocusSearchFailed

Added in 1.0.0
fun onFocusSearchFailed(
    focused: View,
    direction: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State
): View?

Called when searching for a focusable view in the given direction has failed for the current content of the RecyclerView.

This is the LayoutManager's opportunity to populate views in the given direction to fulfill the request if it can. The LayoutManager should attach and return the view to be focused, if a focusable view in the given direction is found. Otherwise, if all the existing (or the newly populated views) are unfocusable, it returns the next unfocusable view to become visible on the screen. This unfocusable view is typically the first view that's either partially or fully out of RV's padded bounded area in the given direction. The default implementation returns null.

Parameters
focused: View

The currently focused view

direction: Int

One of FOCUS_UP, FOCUS_DOWN, FOCUS_LEFT, FOCUS_RIGHT, FOCUS_BACKWARD, FOCUS_FORWARD or 0 for not applicable

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The recycler to use for obtaining views for currently offscreen items

state: RecyclerView.State

Transient state of RecyclerView

Returns
View?

The chosen view to be focused if a focusable view is found, otherwise an unfocusable view to become visible onto the screen, else null.

onInitializeAccessibilityEvent

Added in 1.0.0
fun onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(event: AccessibilityEvent): Unit

onInitializeAccessibilityEvent

Added in 1.0.0
fun onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    event: AccessibilityEvent
): Unit

Called by the accessibility delegate to initialize an accessibility event.

Default implementation adds item count and scroll information to the event.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

event: AccessibilityEvent

The event instance to initialize

onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo

Added in 1.0.0
fun onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    info: AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
): Unit

Called by the AccessibilityDelegate when the information about the current layout should be populated.

Default implementation adds a .

You should override getRowCountForAccessibility, getColumnCountForAccessibility, isLayoutHierarchical and getSelectionModeForAccessibility for more accurate accessibility information.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

info: AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat

The info that should be filled by the LayoutManager

onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfoForItem

Added in 1.0.0
fun onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfoForItem(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    host: View,
    info: AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
): Unit

Called by the AccessibilityDelegate when the accessibility information for a specific item should be populated.

Default implementation adds basic positioning information about the item.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

host: View

The child for which accessibility node info should be populated

info: AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat

The info to fill out about the item

onInterceptFocusSearch

Added in 1.0.0
fun onInterceptFocusSearch(focused: View, direction: Int): View?

This method gives a LayoutManager an opportunity to intercept the initial focus search before the default behavior of FocusFinder is used. If this method returns null FocusFinder will attempt to find a focusable child view. If it fails then onFocusSearchFailed will be called to give the LayoutManager an opportunity to add new views for items that did not have attached views representing them. The LayoutManager should not add or remove views from this method.

Parameters
focused: View

The currently focused view

direction: Int

One of FOCUS_UP, FOCUS_DOWN, FOCUS_LEFT, FOCUS_RIGHT, FOCUS_BACKWARD, FOCUS_FORWARD

Returns
View?

A descendant view to focus or null to fall back to default behavior. The default implementation returns null.

onItemsAdded

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsAdded(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
): Unit

Called when items have been added to the adapter. The LayoutManager may choose to requestLayout if the inserted items would require refreshing the currently visible set of child views. (e.g. currently empty space would be filled by appended items, etc.)

onItemsChanged

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsChanged(recyclerView: RecyclerView): Unit

Called in response to a call to notifyDataSetChanged or swapAdapter ()} and signals that the the entire data set has changed.

onItemsMoved

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsMoved(recyclerView: RecyclerView, from: Int, to: Int, itemCount: Int): Unit

Called when an item is moved withing the adapter.

Note that, an item may also change position in response to another ADD/REMOVE/MOVE operation. This callback is only called if and only if notifyItemMoved is called.

onItemsRemoved

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsRemoved(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
): Unit

Called when items have been removed from the adapter.

onItemsUpdated

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsUpdated(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int
): Unit

Called when items have been changed in the adapter. To receive payload, override onItemsUpdated instead, then this callback will not be invoked.

onItemsUpdated

Added in 1.0.0
fun onItemsUpdated(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView,
    positionStart: Int,
    itemCount: Int,
    payload: Any?
): Unit

Called when items have been changed in the adapter and with optional payload. Default implementation calls onItemsUpdated.

onLayoutChildren

Added in 1.0.0
fun onLayoutChildren(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
): Unit

Lay out all relevant child views from the given adapter. The LayoutManager is in charge of the behavior of item animations. By default, RecyclerView has a non-null ItemAnimator, and simple item animations are enabled. This means that add/remove operations on the adapter will result in animations to add new or appearing items, removed or disappearing items, and moved items. If a LayoutManager returns false from supportsPredictiveItemAnimations, which is the default, and runs a normal layout operation during onLayoutChildren, the RecyclerView will have enough information to run those animations in a simple way. For example, the default ItemAnimator, DefaultItemAnimator, will simply fade views in and out, whether they are actually added/removed or whether they are moved on or off the screen due to other add/remove operations.

A LayoutManager wanting a better item animation experience, where items can be animated onto and off of the screen according to where the items exist when they are not on screen, then the LayoutManager should return true from supportsPredictiveItemAnimations and add additional logic to onLayoutChildren. Supporting predictive animations means that onLayoutChildren will be called twice; once as a "pre" layout step to determine where items would have been prior to a real layout, and again to do the "real" layout. In the pre-layout phase, items will remember their pre-layout positions to allow them to be laid out appropriately. Also, removed items will be returned from the scrap to help determine correct placement of other items. These removed items should not be added to the child list, but should be used to help calculate correct positioning of other views, including views that were not previously onscreen (referred to as APPEARING views), but whose pre-layout offscreen position can be determined given the extra information about the pre-layout removed views.

The second layout pass is the real layout in which only non-removed views will be used. The only additional requirement during this pass is, if supportsPredictiveItemAnimations returns true, to note which views exist in the child list prior to layout and which are not there after layout (referred to as DISAPPEARING views), and to position/layout those views appropriately, without regard to the actual bounds of the RecyclerView. This allows the animation system to know the location to which to animate these disappearing views.

The default LayoutManager implementations for RecyclerView handle all of these requirements for animations already. Clients of RecyclerView can either use one of these layout managers directly or look at their implementations of onLayoutChildren() to see how they account for the APPEARING and DISAPPEARING views.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!

Recycler to use for fetching potentially cached views for a position

state: RecyclerView.State!

Transient state of RecyclerView

onLayoutCompleted

Added in 1.0.0
fun onLayoutCompleted(state: RecyclerView.State!): Unit

Called after a full layout calculation is finished. The layout calculation may include multiple onLayoutChildren calls due to animations or layout measurement but it will include only one onLayoutCompleted call. This method will be called at the end of layout call.

This is a good place for the LayoutManager to do some cleanup like pending scroll position, saved state etc.

Parameters
state: RecyclerView.State!

Transient state of RecyclerView

onMeasure

Added in 1.0.0
fun onMeasure(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    widthSpec: Int,
    heightSpec: Int
): Unit

Measure the attached RecyclerView. Implementations must call setMeasuredDimension before returning.

It is strongly advised to use the AutoMeasure mechanism by overriding isAutoMeasureEnabled to return true as AutoMeasure handles all the standard measure cases including when the RecyclerView's layout_width or layout_height have been set to wrap_content. If isAutoMeasureEnabled is overridden to return true, this method should not be overridden.

The default implementation will handle EXACTLY measurements and respect the minimum width and height properties of the host RecyclerView if measured as UNSPECIFIED. AT_MOST measurements will be treated as EXACTLY and the RecyclerView will consume all available space.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler

state: RecyclerView.State

Transient state of RecyclerView

widthSpec: Int

Width android.view.View.MeasureSpec

heightSpec: Int

Height android.view.View.MeasureSpec

onRequestChildFocus

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.0.0
fun onRequestChildFocus(parent: RecyclerView, child: View, focused: View?): Boolean

onRequestChildFocus

Added in 1.0.0
fun onRequestChildFocus(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    child: View,
    focused: View?
): Boolean

Called when a descendant view of the RecyclerView requests focus.

A LayoutManager wishing to keep focused views aligned in a specific portion of the view may implement that behavior in an override of this method.

If the LayoutManager executes different behavior that should override the default behavior of scrolling the focused child on screen instead of running alongside it, this method should return true.

Parameters
parent: RecyclerView

The RecyclerView hosting this LayoutManager

state: RecyclerView.State

Current state of RecyclerView

child: View

Direct child of the RecyclerView containing the newly focused view

focused: View?

The newly focused view. This may be the same view as child or it may be null

Returns
Boolean

true if the default scroll behavior should be suppressed

onRestoreInstanceState

Added in 1.0.0
fun onRestoreInstanceState(state: Parcelable!): Unit

Called when the RecyclerView is ready to restore the state based on a previous RecyclerView. Notice that this might happen after an actual layout, based on how Adapter prefers to restore State. See getStateRestorationPolicy for more information.

Parameters
state: Parcelable!

The parcelable that was returned by the previous LayoutManager's onSaveInstanceState method.

onSaveInstanceState

Added in 1.0.0
fun onSaveInstanceState(): Parcelable?

Called when the LayoutManager should save its state. This is a good time to save your scroll position, configuration and anything else that may be required to restore the same layout state if the LayoutManager is recreated.

RecyclerView does NOT verify if the LayoutManager has changed between state save and restore. This will let you share information between your LayoutManagers but it is also your responsibility to make sure they use the same parcelable class.

Returns
Parcelable?

Necessary information for LayoutManager to be able to restore its state

onScrollStateChanged

Added in 1.0.0
fun onScrollStateChanged(state: Int): Unit

RecyclerView calls this method to notify LayoutManager that scroll state has changed.

Parameters
state: Int

The new scroll state for RecyclerView

performAccessibilityAction

Added in 1.0.0
fun performAccessibilityAction(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    action: Int,
    args: Bundle?
): Boolean

Called by AccessibilityDelegate when an action is requested from the RecyclerView.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

action: Int

The action to perform

args: Bundle?

Optional action arguments

performAccessibilityActionForItem

Added in 1.0.0
fun performAccessibilityActionForItem(
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler,
    state: RecyclerView.State,
    view: View,
    action: Int,
    args: Bundle?
): Boolean

Called by AccessibilityDelegate when an accessibility action is requested on one of the children of LayoutManager.

Default implementation does not do anything.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

The Recycler that can be used to convert view positions into adapter positions

state: RecyclerView.State

The current state of RecyclerView

view: View

The child view on which the action is performed

action: Int

The action to perform

args: Bundle?

Optional action arguments

Returns
Boolean

true if action is handled

postOnAnimation

Added in 1.0.0
fun postOnAnimation(action: Runnable!): Unit

Causes the Runnable to execute on the next animation time step. The runnable will be run on the user interface thread.

Calling this method when LayoutManager is not attached to a RecyclerView has no effect.

Parameters
action: Runnable!

The Runnable that will be executed.

See also
removeCallbacks

removeAllViews

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeAllViews(): Unit

Remove all views from the currently attached RecyclerView. This will not recycle any of the affected views; the LayoutManager is responsible for doing so if desired.

removeAndRecycleAllViews

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeAndRecycleAllViews(recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Removes all views and recycles them using the given recycler.

If you want to clean cached views as well, you should call clear too.

If a View is marked as "ignored", it is not removed nor recycled.

Parameters
recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to use to recycle children

removeAndRecycleView

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeAndRecycleView(child: View, recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Remove a child view and recycle it using the given Recycler.

Parameters
child: View

Child to remove and recycle

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to use to recycle child

removeAndRecycleViewAt

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeAndRecycleViewAt(index: Int, recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler): Unit

Remove a child view and recycle it using the given Recycler.

Parameters
index: Int

Index of child to remove and recycle

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler

Recycler to use to recycle child

removeCallbacks

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeCallbacks(action: Runnable!): Boolean

Removes the specified Runnable from the message queue.

Calling this method when LayoutManager is not attached to a RecyclerView has no effect.

Parameters
action: Runnable!

The Runnable to remove from the message handling queue

Returns
Boolean

true if RecyclerView could ask the Handler to remove the Runnable, false otherwise. When the returned value is true, the Runnable may or may not have been actually removed from the message queue (for instance, if the Runnable was not in the queue already.)

See also
postOnAnimation

removeDetachedView

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeDetachedView(child: View): Unit

Finish removing a view that was previously temporarily detached.

Parameters
child: View

Detached child to remove

removeView

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeView(child: View!): Unit

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed. LayoutManagers should use this method to completely remove a child view that is no longer needed. LayoutManagers should strongly consider recycling removed views using recycleView.

Parameters
child: View!

View to remove

removeViewAt

Added in 1.0.0
fun removeViewAt(index: Int): Unit

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed. LayoutManagers should use this method to completely remove a child view that is no longer needed. LayoutManagers should strongly consider recycling removed views using recycleView.

Parameters
index: Int

Index of the child view to remove

requestChildRectangleOnScreen

Added in 1.0.0
fun requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    child: View,
    rect: Rect,
    immediate: Boolean
): Boolean

Called when a child of the RecyclerView wants a particular rectangle to be positioned onto the screen. See requestChildRectangleOnScreen for more details.

The base implementation will attempt to perform a standard programmatic scroll to bring the given rect into view, within the padded area of the RecyclerView.

Parameters
parent: RecyclerView

The parent RecyclerView.

child: View

The direct child making the request.

rect: Rect

The rectangle in the child's coordinates the child wishes to be on the screen.

immediate: Boolean

True to forbid animated or delayed scrolling, false otherwise

Returns
Boolean

Whether the group scrolled to handle the operation

requestChildRectangleOnScreen

Added in 1.0.0
fun requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    parent: RecyclerView,
    child: View,
    rect: Rect,
    immediate: Boolean,
    focusedChildVisible: Boolean
): Boolean

Requests that the given child of the RecyclerView be positioned onto the screen. This method can be called for both unfocusable and focusable child views. For unfocusable child views, focusedChildVisible is typically true in which case, layout manager makes the child view visible only if the currently focused child stays in-bounds of RV.

Parameters
parent: RecyclerView

The parent RecyclerView.

child: View

The direct child making the request.

rect: Rect

The rectangle in the child's coordinates the child wishes to be on the screen.

immediate: Boolean

True to forbid animated or delayed scrolling, false otherwise

focusedChildVisible: Boolean

Whether the currently focused view must stay visible.

Returns
Boolean

Whether the group scrolled to handle the operation

requestLayout

Added in 1.0.0
fun requestLayout(): Unit

Calls RecyclerView#requestLayout on the underlying RecyclerView

requestSimpleAnimationsInNextLayout

Added in 1.0.0
fun requestSimpleAnimationsInNextLayout(): Unit

A LayoutManager can call this method to force RecyclerView to run simple animations in the next layout pass, even if there is not any trigger to do so. (e.g. adapter data change).

Note that, calling this method will not guarantee that RecyclerView will run animations at all. For example, if there is not any ItemAnimator set, RecyclerView will not run any animations but will still clear this flag after the layout is complete.

scrollHorizontallyBy

Added in 1.0.0
fun scrollHorizontallyBy(
    dx: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
): Int

Scroll horizontally by dx pixels in screen coordinates and return the distance traveled. The default implementation does nothing and returns 0.

Parameters
dx: Int

distance to scroll by in pixels. X increases as scroll position approaches the right.

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!

Recycler to use for fetching potentially cached views for a position

state: RecyclerView.State!

Transient state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The actual distance scrolled. The return value will be negative if dx was negative and scrolling proceeeded in that direction. Math.abs(result) may be less than dx if a boundary was reached.

scrollToPosition

Added in 1.0.0
fun scrollToPosition(position: Int): Unit

Scroll to the specified adapter position. Actual position of the item on the screen depends on the LayoutManager implementation.

Parameters
position: Int

Scroll to this adapter position.

scrollVerticallyBy

Added in 1.0.0
fun scrollVerticallyBy(
    dy: Int,
    recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!
): Int

Scroll vertically by dy pixels in screen coordinates and return the distance traveled. The default implementation does nothing and returns 0.

Parameters
dy: Int

distance to scroll in pixels. Y increases as scroll position approaches the bottom.

recycler: RecyclerView.Recycler!

Recycler to use for fetching potentially cached views for a position

state: RecyclerView.State!

Transient state of RecyclerView

Returns
Int

The actual distance scrolled. The return value will be negative if dy was negative and scrolling proceeeded in that direction. Math.abs(result) may be less than dy if a boundary was reached.

setAutoMeasureEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.0.0
fun setAutoMeasureEnabled(enabled: Boolean): Unit

Defines whether the measuring pass of layout should use the AutoMeasure mechanism of RecyclerView or if it should be done by the LayoutManager's implementation of onMeasure.

Parameters
enabled: Boolean

True if layout measurement should be done by the RecyclerView, false if it should be done by this LayoutManager.

setItemPrefetchEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
fun setItemPrefetchEnabled(enabled: Boolean): Unit

Sets whether the LayoutManager should be queried for views outside of its viewport while the UI thread is idle between frames.

If enabled, the LayoutManager will be queried for items to inflate/bind in between view system traversals on devices running API 21 or greater. Default value is true.

On platforms API level 21 and higher, the UI thread is idle between passing a frame to RenderThread and the starting up its next frame at the next VSync pulse. By prefetching out of window views in this time period, delays from inflation and view binding are much less likely to cause jank and stuttering during scrolls and flings.

While prefetch is enabled, it will have the side effect of expanding the effective size of the View cache to hold prefetched views.

Parameters
enabled: Boolean

True if items should be prefetched in between traversals.

setMeasuredDimension

Added in 1.0.0
fun setMeasuredDimension(widthSize: Int, heightSize: Int): Unit

Set the measured dimensions of the host RecyclerView.

Parameters
widthSize: Int

Measured width

heightSize: Int

Measured height

setMeasuredDimension

Added in 1.0.0
fun setMeasuredDimension(childrenBounds: Rect!, wSpec: Int, hSpec: Int): Unit

Sets the measured dimensions from the given bounding box of the children and the measurement specs that were passed into onMeasure. It is only called if a LayoutManager returns true from isAutoMeasureEnabled and it is called after the RecyclerView calls onLayoutChildren in the execution of onMeasure.

This method must call setMeasuredDimension.

The default implementation adds the RecyclerView's padding to the given bounding box then caps the value to be within the given measurement specs.

Parameters
childrenBounds: Rect!

The bounding box of all children

wSpec: Int

The widthMeasureSpec that was passed into the RecyclerView.

hSpec: Int

The heightMeasureSpec that was passed into the RecyclerView.

setMeasurementCacheEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
fun setMeasurementCacheEnabled(measurementCacheEnabled: Boolean): Unit

Sets whether RecyclerView should use its own measurement cache for the children. This is a more aggressive cache than the framework uses.

Parameters
measurementCacheEnabled: Boolean

True to enable the measurement cache, false otherwise.

smoothScrollToPosition

Added in 1.0.0
fun smoothScrollToPosition(
    recyclerView: RecyclerView!,
    state: RecyclerView.State!,
    position: Int
): Unit

Smooth scroll to the specified adapter position.

To support smooth scrolling, override this method, create your SmoothScroller instance and call startSmoothScroll.

Parameters
recyclerView: RecyclerView!

The RecyclerView to which this layout manager is attached

state: RecyclerView.State!

Current State of RecyclerView

position: Int

Scroll to this adapter position.

startSmoothScroll

Added in 1.0.0
fun startSmoothScroll(smoothScroller: RecyclerView.SmoothScroller!): Unit

Starts a smooth scroll using the provided SmoothScroller.

Each instance of SmoothScroller is intended to only be used once. Provide a new SmoothScroller instance each time this method is called.

Calling this method will cancel any previous smooth scroll request.

Parameters
smoothScroller: RecyclerView.SmoothScroller!

Instance which defines how smooth scroll should be animated

stopIgnoringView

Added in 1.0.0
fun stopIgnoringView(view: View): Unit

View can be scrapped and recycled again.

Note that calling this method removes all information in the view holder.

You can call this method only if your LayoutManger is in onLayout or onScroll callback.

Parameters
view: View

View to ignore.

supportsPredictiveItemAnimations

Added in 1.0.0
fun supportsPredictiveItemAnimations(): Boolean

Returns whether this LayoutManager supports "predictive item animations".

"Predictive item animations" are automatically created animations that show where items came from, and where they are going to, as items are added, removed, or moved within a layout.

A LayoutManager wishing to support predictive item animations must override this method to return true (the default implementation returns false) and must obey certain behavioral contracts outlined in onLayoutChildren.

Whether item animations actually occur in a RecyclerView is actually determined by both the return value from this method and the ItemAnimator set on the RecyclerView itself. If the RecyclerView has a non-null ItemAnimator but this method returns false, then only "simple item animations" will be enabled in the RecyclerView, in which views whose position are changing are simply faded in/out. If the RecyclerView has a non-null ItemAnimator and this method returns true, then predictive item animations will be enabled in the RecyclerView.

Returns
Boolean

true if this LayoutManager supports predictive item animations, false otherwise.