Remove spacing between items in RecyclerView android

Question

I am using a RecyclerView to show a List of Items and I need to remove the default spacing between Items. I'm trying to set a RecyclerView.LayoutParams and set margins to zero on my LinearLayoutManager but didn't work!

Here is my code:

layout/fragment_recycler.xml

   <android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
        android:id="@+id/freshSwipeView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/freshRecyclerView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:scrollbars="vertical" />
    </android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

layout/cardview_recycler.xml

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:id="@+id/card_view"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <mypackagename.ui.view.RecyclingImageView
            android:id="@+id/avatar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:src="@drawable/img_no_avatar" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/username"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center_vertical"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:padding="@dimen/spacing"
            android:textColor="@color/black"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_smallest" />
    </LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

RecyclerFragment.java

    /* Setting Layout Manager */
    mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity(), LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false);
    RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = new RecyclerView.LayoutParams(RecyclerView.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RecyclerView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    params.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
    mLayoutManager.canScrollVertically();
    mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);

I need help...

Solution 1

just remove the cardview in your layout/cardview_recycler.xml, android puts that spacing that you don't want

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <mypackagename.ui.view.RecyclingImageView
        android:id="@+id/avatar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:scaleType="fitXY"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:src="@drawable/img_no_avatar" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/username"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center_vertical"
        android:singleLine="true"
        android:ellipsize="end"
        android:padding="@dimen/spacing"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:textSize="@dimen/text_smallest" />
</LinearLayout>

everything else stays as it is

Solution 2

Give android:layout_height = wrap_content instead of match_parent to your item root layout

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
        android:id="@+id/card_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
       -------
       -------
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

Solution 3

In my case below code worked

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/freshRecyclerView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:clipToPadding="false"
            android:scrollbars="vertical" />

Comments

[Varvara Kalinina]

Why do you define but never use params in your code?

[Zapnologica]

Is there no way to adjust the spacing which the card view puts? I want to keep the spacing, but I don't want like 20dp space?

[blackHawk]

why cardview adds spacing?