LinearLayoutManager


public class LinearLayoutManager extends RecyclerView.LayoutManager implements ItemTouchHelper.ViewDropHandler, RecyclerView.SmoothScroller.ScrollVectorProvider

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

Summary

Nested types

Constants

static final int
static final int
INVALID_OFFSET = -2147483648
static final int

Public constructors

Creates a vertical LinearLayoutManager

LinearLayoutManager(
    Context context,
    int orientation,
    boolean reverseLayout
)
LinearLayoutManager(
    Context context,
    AttributeSet attrs,
    int defStyleAttr,
    int defStyleRes
)

Constructor used when layout manager is set in XML by RecyclerView attribute "layoutManager".

Public methods

void

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

boolean
boolean
void
collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions(
    int dx,
    int dy,
    RecyclerView.State state,
    RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry layoutPrefetchRegistry
)

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

void
collectInitialPrefetchPositions(
    int adapterItemCount,
    RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry 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.

PointF
computeScrollVectorForPosition(int targetPosition)

Should calculate the vector that points to the direction where the target position can be found.

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

Returns the adapter position of the first fully visible view.

int

Returns the adapter position of the first visible view.

int

Returns the adapter position of the last fully visible view.

int

Returns the adapter position of the last visible view.

View
findViewByPosition(int position)

Finds the view which represents the given adapter position.

RecyclerView.LayoutParams

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

int

Gets the number of items to prefetch in collectInitialPrefetchPositions, which defines how many inner items should be prefetched when this LayoutManager's RecyclerView is nested inside another RecyclerView.

int

Returns the current orientation of the layout.

boolean

Returns whether LayoutManager will recycle its children when it is detached from RecyclerView.

boolean

Returns if views are laid out from the opposite direction of the layout.

boolean
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

Query if the layout is in reverse order.

boolean

Returns the current state of the smooth scrollbar feature.

void

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

View
onFocusSearchFailed(
    View focused,
    int direction,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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

void
void

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

void

Lay out all relevant child views from the given adapter.

void

Called after a full layout calculation is finished.

void

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

Parcelable

Called when the LayoutManager should save its state.

void
prepareForDrop(@NonNull View view, @NonNull View target, int x, int y)

Called by the after a View is dropped over another View.

int
scrollHorizontallyBy(
    int dx,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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

void
scrollToPosition(int position)

Scroll the RecyclerView to make the position visible.

void
scrollToPositionWithOffset(int position, int offset)

Scroll to the specified adapter position with the given offset from resolved layout start.

int
scrollVerticallyBy(
    int dy,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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

void

Sets the number of items to prefetch in collectInitialPrefetchPositions, which defines how many inner items should be prefetched when this LayoutManager's RecyclerView is nested inside another RecyclerView.

void
setOrientation(int orientation)

Sets the orientation of the layout.

void
setRecycleChildrenOnDetach(boolean recycleChildrenOnDetach)

Set whether LayoutManager will recycle its children when it is detached from RecyclerView.

void
setReverseLayout(boolean reverseLayout)

Used to reverse item traversal and layout order.

void
setSmoothScrollbarEnabled(boolean enabled)

When smooth scrollbar is enabled, the position and size of the scrollbar thumb is computed based on the number of visible pixels in the visible items.

void
setStackFromEnd(boolean stackFromEnd)

Compatibility support for setStackFromBottom

void
smoothScrollToPosition(
    RecyclerView recyclerView,
    RecyclerView.State state,
    int position
)

Smooth scroll to the specified adapter position.

boolean

Returns whether this LayoutManager supports "predictive item animations".

Protected methods

void
calculateExtraLayoutSpace(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    @NonNull int[] extraLayoutSpace
)

Calculates the amount of extra space (in pixels) that should be laid out by and stores the result in extraLayoutSpace.

int

This method is deprecated.

Use calculateExtraLayoutSpace instead.

boolean

Inherited methods

From androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.LayoutManager
void

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.

void
addDisappearingView(View child, int index)

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.

void
addView(View child)

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

void
addView(View child, int index)

Add a view to the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

void

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

void

Reattach a previously detached view.

void
attachView(@NonNull View child, int index)

Reattach a previously detached view.

void
attachView(@NonNull View child, int index, RecyclerView.LayoutParams lp)

Reattach a previously detached view.

void
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(
    @NonNull View child,
    @NonNull Rect outRect
)

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

boolean

Determines the validity of the supplied LayoutParams object.

static int
chooseSize(int spec, int desired, int min)

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

void

Temporarily detach and scrap all currently attached child views.

void
detachAndScrapView(
    @NonNull View child,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler
)

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

void

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

void

Temporarily detach a child view.

void
detachViewAt(int index)

Temporarily detach a child view.

void

Ends all animations on the view created by the ItemAnimator.

@Nullable View

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

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.

@Nullable View
getChildAt(int index)

Return the child view at the given index

int

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

static int
getChildMeasureSpec(
    int parentSize,
    int padding,
    int childDimension,
    boolean canScroll
)

This method is deprecated.

use getChildMeasureSpec

static int
getChildMeasureSpec(
    int parentSize,
    int parentMode,
    int padding,
    int childDimension,
    boolean canScroll
)

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.

void

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.

@Nullable 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.

static RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties
getProperties(
    @NonNull Context context,
    @Nullable AttributeSet attrs,
    int defStyleAttr,
    int defStyleRes
)

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.

void
getTransformedBoundingBox(
    @NonNull View child,
    boolean includeDecorInsets,
    @NonNull Rect out
)

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.

void

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

final 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

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(
    @NonNull View child,
    boolean completelyVisible,
    boolean acceptEndPointInclusion
)

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

void
layoutDecorated(
    @NonNull View child,
    int left,
    int top,
    int right,
    int bottom
)

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

void
layoutDecoratedWithMargins(
    @NonNull View child,
    int left,
    int top,
    int right,
    int bottom
)

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

void
measureChild(@NonNull View child, int widthUsed, int heightUsed)

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

void
measureChildWithMargins(
    @NonNull View child,
    int widthUsed,
    int heightUsed
)

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.

void
moveView(int fromIndex, int toIndex)

Moves a View from one position to another.

void

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

void

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

void

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

boolean
onAddFocusables(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    @NonNull ArrayList<View> views,
    int direction,
    int focusableMode
)

Called to populate focusable views within the RecyclerView.

void

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

void

This method is deprecated.

override onDetachedFromWindow

void

Called by the accessibility delegate to initialize an accessibility event.

void

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

@Nullable View
onInterceptFocusSearch(@NonNull View focused, int direction)

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

void
onItemsAdded(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    int positionStart,
    int itemCount
)

Called when items have been added to the adapter.

void

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

void
onItemsMoved(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    int from,
    int to,
    int itemCount
)

Called when an item is moved withing the adapter.

void
onItemsRemoved(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    int positionStart,
    int itemCount
)

Called when items have been removed from the adapter.

void
onItemsUpdated(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    int positionStart,
    int itemCount
)

Called when items have been changed in the adapter.

void
onItemsUpdated(
    @NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView,
    int positionStart,
    int itemCount,
    @Nullable Object payload
)

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

void
onMeasure(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    int widthSpec,
    int heightSpec
)

Measure the attached RecyclerView.

boolean
onRequestChildFocus(
    @NonNull RecyclerView parent,
    @NonNull View child,
    @Nullable View focused
)

This method is deprecated.

Use onRequestChildFocus

boolean
onRequestChildFocus(
    @NonNull RecyclerView parent,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    @NonNull View child,
    @Nullable View focused
)

Called when a descendant view of the RecyclerView requests focus.

void

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

boolean
performAccessibilityAction(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    int action,
    @Nullable Bundle args
)

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

boolean
performAccessibilityActionForItem(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    @NonNull View view,
    int action,
    @Nullable Bundle args
)

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

void

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

void

Remove all views from the currently attached RecyclerView.

void

Removes all views and recycles them using the given recycler.

void
removeAndRecycleView(
    @NonNull View child,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler
)

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

void
removeAndRecycleViewAt(
    int index,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler
)

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

boolean

Removes the specified Runnable from the message queue.

void

Finish removing a view that was previously temporarily detached.

void

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

void
removeViewAt(int index)

Remove a view from the currently attached RecyclerView if needed.

boolean
requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    @NonNull RecyclerView parent,
    @NonNull View child,
    @NonNull Rect rect,
    boolean immediate
)

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

boolean
requestChildRectangleOnScreen(
    @NonNull RecyclerView parent,
    @NonNull View child,
    @NonNull Rect rect,
    boolean immediate,
    boolean focusedChildVisible
)

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

void

Calls RecyclerView#requestLayout on the underlying RecyclerView

void

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.

void
setAutoMeasureEnabled(boolean enabled)

This method is deprecated.

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

final void
setItemPrefetchEnabled(boolean enabled)

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

void
setMeasuredDimension(int widthSize, int heightSize)

Set the measured dimensions of the host RecyclerView.

void
setMeasuredDimension(Rect childrenBounds, int wSpec, int hSpec)

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

void
setMeasurementCacheEnabled(boolean measurementCacheEnabled)

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

void

Starts a smooth scroll using the provided SmoothScroller.

void

View can be scrapped and recycled again.

Constants

HORIZONTAL

Added in 1.0.0
public static final int HORIZONTAL = 0

INVALID_OFFSET

Added in 1.0.0
public static final int INVALID_OFFSET = -2147483648

VERTICAL

Added in 1.0.0
public static final int VERTICAL = 1

Public constructors

LinearLayoutManager

Added in 1.0.0
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context)

Creates a vertical LinearLayoutManager

Parameters
Context context

Current context, will be used to access resources.

LinearLayoutManager

Added in 1.0.0
public LinearLayoutManager(
    Context context,
    int orientation,
    boolean reverseLayout
)
Parameters
Context context

Current context, will be used to access resources.

int orientation

Layout orientation. Should be HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL.

boolean reverseLayout

When set to true, layouts from end to start.

LinearLayoutManager

Added in 1.0.0
public LinearLayoutManager(
    Context context,
    AttributeSet attrs,
    int defStyleAttr,
    int defStyleRes
)

Constructor used when layout manager is set in XML by RecyclerView attribute "layoutManager". Defaults to vertical orientation. orientationreverseLayoutstackFromEnd

Public methods

assertNotInLayoutOrScroll

public void assertNotInLayoutOrScroll(String message)

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

Parameters
String message

The message for the exception. Can be null.

canScrollHorizontally

public boolean canScrollHorizontally()
Returns
boolean

true if getOrientation is HORIZONTAL

canScrollVertically

public boolean canScrollVertically()
Returns
boolean

true if getOrientation is VERTICAL

collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions

public void collectAdjacentPrefetchPositions(
    int dx,
    int dy,
    RecyclerView.State state,
    RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry layoutPrefetchRegistry
)

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
int dx

X movement component.

int dy

Y movement component.

RecyclerView.State state

State of RecyclerView

RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry layoutPrefetchRegistry

PrefetchRegistry to add prefetch entries into.

collectInitialPrefetchPositions

public void collectInitialPrefetchPositions(
    int adapterItemCount,
    RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry 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.

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
int adapterItemCount

number of items in the associated adapter.

RecyclerView.LayoutManager.LayoutPrefetchRegistry layoutPrefetchRegistry

PrefetchRegistry to add prefetch entries into.

computeHorizontalScrollExtent

public int computeHorizontalScrollExtent(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollExtent for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current state of RecyclerView

Returns
int

The horizontal extent of the scrollbar's thumb

computeHorizontalScrollOffset

public int computeHorizontalScrollOffset(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollOffset for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
int

The horizontal offset of the scrollbar's thumb

computeHorizontalScrollRange

public int computeHorizontalScrollRange(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeHorizontalScrollRange for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
int

The total horizontal range represented by the horizontal scrollbar

computeScrollVectorForPosition

Added in 1.4.0-rc01
public PointF computeScrollVectorForPosition(int targetPosition)

Should calculate the vector that points to the direction where the target position can be found.

This method is used by the LinearSmoothScroller to initiate a scroll towards the target position.

The magnitude of the vector is not important. It is always normalized before being used by the LinearSmoothScroller.

LayoutManager should not check whether the position exists in the adapter or not.

Parameters
int targetPosition

the target position to which the returned vector should point

Returns
PointF

the scroll vector for a given position.

computeVerticalScrollExtent

public int computeVerticalScrollExtent(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollExtent for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current state of RecyclerView

Returns
int

The vertical extent of the scrollbar's thumb

computeVerticalScrollOffset

public int computeVerticalScrollOffset(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollOffset for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
int

The vertical offset of the scrollbar's thumb

computeVerticalScrollRange

public int computeVerticalScrollRange(RecyclerView.State state)

Override this method if you want to support scroll bars.

Read computeVerticalScrollRange for details.

Default implementation returns 0.

Parameters
RecyclerView.State state

Current State of RecyclerView where you can find total item count

Returns
int

The total vertical range represented by the vertical scrollbar

findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition

Added in 1.0.0
public int findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition()

Returns the adapter position of the first fully visible view. This position does not include adapter changes that were dispatched after the last layout pass.

Note that bounds check is only performed in the current orientation. That means, if LayoutManager is horizontal, it will only check the view's left and right edges.

Returns
int

The adapter position of the first fully visible item or NO_POSITION if there aren't any visible items.

findFirstVisibleItemPosition

Added in 1.0.0
public int findFirstVisibleItemPosition()

Returns the adapter position of the first visible view. This position does not include adapter changes that were dispatched after the last layout pass.

Note that, this value is not affected by layout orientation or item order traversal. (setReverseLayout). Views are sorted by their positions in the adapter, not in the layout.

If RecyclerView has item decorators, they will be considered in calculations as well.

LayoutManager may pre-cache some views that are not necessarily visible. Those views are ignored in this method.

Returns
int

The adapter position of the first visible item or NO_POSITION if there aren't any visible items.

findLastCompletelyVisibleItemPosition

Added in 1.0.0
public int findLastCompletelyVisibleItemPosition()

Returns the adapter position of the last fully visible view. This position does not include adapter changes that were dispatched after the last layout pass.

Note that bounds check is only performed in the current orientation. That means, if LayoutManager is horizontal, it will only check the view's left and right edges.

Returns
int

The adapter position of the last fully visible view or NO_POSITION if there aren't any visible items.

findLastVisibleItemPosition

Added in 1.0.0
public int findLastVisibleItemPosition()

Returns the adapter position of the last visible view. This position does not include adapter changes that were dispatched after the last layout pass.

Note that, this value is not affected by layout orientation or item order traversal. (setReverseLayout). Views are sorted by their positions in the adapter, not in the layout.

If RecyclerView has item decorators, they will be considered in calculations as well.

LayoutManager may pre-cache some views that are not necessarily visible. Those views are ignored in this method.

Returns
int

The adapter position of the last visible view or NO_POSITION if there aren't any visible items.

findViewByPosition

public View findViewByPosition(int position)

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(View), it is also ignored by this method.

generateDefaultLayoutParams

Added in 1.4.0-rc01
public RecyclerView.LayoutParams generateDefaultLayoutParams()

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 for this purpose.

Important: if you use your own custom LayoutParams type you must also override #checkLayoutParams(LayoutParams), #generateLayoutParams(android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams) and #generateLayoutParams(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet).

getInitialPrefetchItemCount

Added in 1.0.0
public int getInitialPrefetchItemCount()

Gets the number of items to prefetch in collectInitialPrefetchPositions, which defines how many inner items should be prefetched when this LayoutManager's RecyclerView is nested inside another RecyclerView.

Returns
int

number of items to prefetch.

getOrientation

Added in 1.0.0
public int getOrientation()

Returns the current orientation of the layout.

Returns
int

Current orientation, either HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL

See also
setOrientation

getRecycleChildrenOnDetach

Added in 1.0.0
public boolean getRecycleChildrenOnDetach()

Returns whether LayoutManager will recycle its children when it is detached from RecyclerView.

Returns
boolean

true if LayoutManager will recycle its children when it is detached from RecyclerView.

getReverseLayout

Added in 1.0.0
public boolean getReverseLayout()

Returns if views are laid out from the opposite direction of the layout.

Returns
boolean

If layout is reversed or not.

See also
setReverseLayout

getStackFromEnd

Added in 1.0.0
public boolean getStackFromEnd()

isAutoMeasureEnabled

public boolean isAutoMeasureEnabled()

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.

isLayoutReversed

public boolean isLayoutReversed()

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.

isSmoothScrollbarEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
public boolean isSmoothScrollbarEnabled()

Returns the current state of the smooth scrollbar feature. It is enabled by default.

Returns
boolean

True if smooth scrollbar is enabled, false otherwise.

onDetachedFromWindow

public void onDetachedFromWindow(RecyclerView view, RecyclerView.Recycler recycler)

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
RecyclerView view

The RecyclerView this LayoutManager is bound to

RecyclerView.Recycler recycler

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

onFocusSearchFailed

public View onFocusSearchFailed(
    View focused,
    int direction,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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
View focused

The currently focused view

int direction

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

RecyclerView.Recycler recycler

The recycler to use for obtaining views for currently offscreen items

RecyclerView.State 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

public void onInitializeAccessibilityEvent(AccessibilityEvent event)

onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo

public void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    @NonNull AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat info
)

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
@NonNull RecyclerView.Recycler recycler

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

@NonNull RecyclerView.State state

The current state of RecyclerView

@NonNull AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat info

The info that should be filled by the LayoutManager

onLayoutChildren

public void onLayoutChildren(
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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 #getItemAnimator() 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(Recycler, State), the RecyclerView will have enough information to run those animations in a simple way. For example, the default ItemAnimator, , 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(Recycler, State). Supporting predictive animations means that #onLayoutChildren(Recycler, State) 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, LayoutParams#isItemRemoved() 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.

onLayoutCompleted

public void onLayoutCompleted(RecyclerView.State state)

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
RecyclerView.State state

Transient state of RecyclerView

onRestoreInstanceState

public void onRestoreInstanceState(Parcelable state)

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
Parcelable state

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

onSaveInstanceState

public Parcelable onSaveInstanceState()

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

prepareForDrop

Added in 1.4.0-rc01
public void prepareForDrop(@NonNull View view, @NonNull View target, int x, int y)

Called by the after a View is dropped over another View.

A LayoutManager should implement this interface to get ready for the upcoming move operation.

For example, LinearLayoutManager sets up a "scrollToPositionWithOffset" calls so that the View under drag will be used as an anchor View while calculating the next layout, making layout stay consistent.

scrollHorizontallyBy

public int scrollHorizontallyBy(
    int dx,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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

scrollToPosition

public void scrollToPosition(int position)

Scroll the RecyclerView to make the position visible.

RecyclerView will scroll the minimum amount that is necessary to make the target position visible. If you are looking for a similar behavior to setSelection or setSelectionFromTop, use scrollToPositionWithOffset.

Note that scroll position change will not be reflected until the next layout call.

Parameters
int position

Scroll to this adapter position

scrollToPositionWithOffset

Added in 1.0.0
public void scrollToPositionWithOffset(int position, int offset)

Scroll to the specified adapter position with the given offset from resolved layout start. Resolved layout start depends on getReverseLayout, getLayoutDirection and getStackFromEnd.

For example, if layout is VERTICAL and getStackFromEnd is true, calling scrollToPositionWithOffset(10, 20) will layout such that item[10]'s bottom is 20 pixels above the RecyclerView's bottom.

Note that scroll position change will not be reflected until the next layout call.

If you are just trying to make a position visible, use scrollToPosition.

Parameters
int position

Index (starting at 0) of the reference item.

int offset

The distance (in pixels) between the start edge of the item view and start edge of the RecyclerView.

scrollVerticallyBy

public int scrollVerticallyBy(
    int dy,
    RecyclerView.Recycler recycler,
    RecyclerView.State state
)

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

setInitialPrefetchItemCount

Added in 1.0.0
public void setInitialPrefetchItemCount(int itemCount)

Sets the number of items to prefetch in collectInitialPrefetchPositions, which defines how many inner items should be prefetched when this LayoutManager's RecyclerView is nested inside another RecyclerView.

Set this value to the number of items this inner LayoutManager will display when it is first scrolled into the viewport. RecyclerView will attempt to prefetch that number of items so they are ready, avoiding jank as the inner RecyclerView is scrolled into the viewport.

For example, take a vertically scrolling RecyclerView with horizontally scrolling inner RecyclerViews. The rows always have 4 items visible in them (or 5 if not aligned). Passing 4 to this method for each inner RecyclerView's LinearLayoutManager will enable RecyclerView's prefetching feature to do create/bind work for 4 views within a row early, before it is scrolled on screen, instead of just the default 2.

Calling this method does nothing unless the LayoutManager is in a RecyclerView nested in another RecyclerView.

Note: Setting this value to be larger than the number of views that will be visible in this view can incur unnecessary bind work, and an increase to the number of Views created and in active use.

Parameters
int itemCount

Number of items to prefetch

setOrientation

Added in 1.0.0
public void setOrientation(int orientation)

Sets the orientation of the layout. LinearLayoutManager will do its best to keep scroll position.

Parameters
int orientation

HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL

setRecycleChildrenOnDetach

Added in 1.0.0
public void setRecycleChildrenOnDetach(boolean recycleChildrenOnDetach)

Set whether LayoutManager will recycle its children when it is detached from RecyclerView.

If you are using a RecyclerView.RecycledViewPool, it might be a good idea to set this flag to true so that views will be available to other RecyclerViews immediately.

Note that, setting this flag will result in a performance drop if RecyclerView is restored.

Parameters
boolean recycleChildrenOnDetach

Whether children should be recycled in detach or not.

setReverseLayout

Added in 1.0.0
public void setReverseLayout(boolean reverseLayout)

Used to reverse item traversal and layout order. This behaves similar to the layout change for RTL views. When set to true, first item is laid out at the end of the UI, second item is laid out before it etc. For horizontal layouts, it depends on the layout direction. When set to true, If RecyclerView is LTR, than it will layout from RTL, if RecyclerView} is RTL, it will layout from LTR. If you are looking for the exact same behavior of setStackFromBottom, use setStackFromEnd

setSmoothScrollbarEnabled

Added in 1.0.0
public void setSmoothScrollbarEnabled(boolean enabled)

When smooth scrollbar is enabled, the position and size of the scrollbar thumb is computed based on the number of visible pixels in the visible items. This however assumes that all list items have similar or equal widths or heights (depending on list orientation). If you use a list in which items have different dimensions, the scrollbar will change appearance as the user scrolls through the list. To avoid this issue, you need to disable this property. When smooth scrollbar is disabled, the position and size of the scrollbar thumb is based solely on the number of items in the adapter and the position of the visible items inside the adapter. This provides a stable scrollbar as the user navigates through a list of items with varying widths / heights.

Parameters
boolean enabled

Whether or not to enable smooth scrollbar.

setStackFromEnd

Added in 1.0.0
public void setStackFromEnd(boolean stackFromEnd)

Compatibility support for setStackFromBottom

smoothScrollToPosition

public void smoothScrollToPosition(
    RecyclerView recyclerView,
    RecyclerView.State state,
    int position
)

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

RecyclerView.State state

Current State of RecyclerView

int position

Scroll to this adapter position.

supportsPredictiveItemAnimations

public boolean supportsPredictiveItemAnimations()

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.

Protected methods

calculateExtraLayoutSpace

Added in 1.1.0
protected void calculateExtraLayoutSpace(
    @NonNull RecyclerView.State state,
    @NonNull int[] extraLayoutSpace
)

Calculates the amount of extra space (in pixels) that should be laid out by and stores the result in extraLayoutSpace. extraLayoutSpace[0] should be used for the extra space at the top/left, and extraLayoutSpace[1] should be used for the extra space at the bottom/right (depending on the orientation). Thus, the side where it is applied is unaffected by getLayoutDirection (LTR vs RTL), getStackFromEnd and getReverseLayout. Negative values are ignored.

By default, LinearLayoutManager lays out 1 extra page of items while smooth scrolling, in the direction of the scroll, and no extra space is laid out in all other situations. You can override this method to implement your own custom pre-cache logic. Use hasTargetScrollPosition to find out if a smooth scroll to a position is in progress, and getTargetScrollPosition to find out which item it is scrolling to.

Note:Laying out extra items generally comes with significant performance cost. It's typically only desirable in places like smooth scrolling to an unknown location, where 1) the extra content helps LinearLayoutManager know in advance when its target is approaching, so it can decelerate early and smoothly and 2) while motion is continuous.

Extending the extra layout space is especially expensive if done while the user may change scrolling direction. In the default implementation, changing direction will cause the extra layout space to swap to the opposite side of the viewport, incurring many rebinds/recycles, unless the cache is large enough to handle it.

getExtraLayoutSpace

Added in 1.0.0
Deprecated in 1.1.0
protected int getExtraLayoutSpace(RecyclerView.State state)

Returns the amount of extra space that should be laid out by LayoutManager.

By default, LinearLayoutManager lays out 1 extra page of items while smooth scrolling and 0 otherwise. You can override this method to implement your custom layout pre-cache logic.

Note:Laying out invisible elements generally comes with significant performance cost. It's typically only desirable in places like smooth scrolling to an unknown location, where 1) the extra content helps LinearLayoutManager know in advance when its target is approaching, so it can decelerate early and smoothly and 2) while motion is continuous.

Extending the extra layout space is especially expensive if done while the user may change scrolling direction. Changing direction will cause the extra layout space to swap to the opposite side of the viewport, incurring many rebinds/recycles, unless the cache is large enough to handle it.

Returns
int

The extra space that should be laid out (in pixels).

isLayoutRTL

Added in 1.0.0
protected boolean isLayoutRTL()