RecyclerView GridLayoutManager with full width header

Question

I'm using a very helpful example here to show a RecyclerView and a GridLayoutManager to show a grid with a header.

It looks pretty good, but my graphic designer wants the header item to take up the full width of the RecyclerView. Right now there is padding.

When I set up the GridLayoutManager I add in padding (which I still want for the other grid items): [it's using Xamarin C#]

var numColumns = myListView.MeasuredWidth / tileSizeMax;
myGridView.SetPadding(tilePadding, tilePadding, tilePadding, tilePadding);
layoutManager = new GridLayoutManager(Activity, numColumns);
myListView.SetLayoutManager(layoutManager);

So, how can I set the padding to be different for the header item...or make it draw itself over the padding?

Solution

Try with this:

mLayoutManager = new GridLayoutManager(this, 2);
        mLayoutManager.setSpanSizeLookup(new GridLayoutManager.SpanSizeLookup() {
            @Override
            public int getSpanSize(int position) {
                switch(mAdapter.getItemViewType(position)){
                    case MyAdapter.HEADER:
                        return 2;

                    case MyAdapter.ITEM:
                    default:
                        return 1;
                }
            }
        });

And check these links:

• RecyclerView: Grid with header
• Set span for items in GridLayoutManager using SpanSizeLookup

Comments

[JSong]

You saved my day! mAdapter.getItemViewType(position) was the very line I desperately needed!

[Mahdi]

how to handle item decorator for last item?

[Denny]

I guess we'll never know

[bovquier]

@Kenji as a hint, you can check: gitlab.com/snippets/1895752 it has a view reference, you have its position, so you can modify it using some of your ideas ;)

[Pankaj Kant Patel]

Great solution, Saved my life :)