I'm having an issue with placing a RecyclerView inside a NestedScrollView, which causes ALL elements of the RecyclerView's adapter to be rendered.
This is a rather large issue, as the lists that the RecyclerView is showing can contain several hundred elements.
This is at the moment causing quite a lot of lag (obviously) as it has to render all views at once, and can't reuse any already inflated views as the RecyclerView normally does.
This is my current XML (Removed some bloat to minimize it):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:overScrollMode="never">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="90dp">
<!-- Some content -->
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- Some more content -->
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Product list -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="12dp"/>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/recyclerview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:overScrollMode="never"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>
This is my onCreateView() from the Fragment that is inflating the view containing the NestedScrollView and RecyclerView:
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.category_content_fragment, container, false);
ButterKnife.bind(this, root);
List<Product> products = new ArrayList<>(); //This is populated by other means, not relevant to the issue
productsRecyclerView.setNestedScrollingEnabled(false);
productsRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
productsRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
ProductsContentAdapter productsContentAdapter = new ProductsContentAdapter(products);
productsRecyclerView.setAdapter(productsContentAdapter);
return root;
}
I have seen this post about the issue:
How to put RecyclerView inside NestedScrollView?
But it doesn't mention a final fix to the issue sadly.
To clarify: The RecyclerView scrolls perfectly, it shows at the correct time, but the issue is that it renders ALL of its children instantly, meaning possible several hundreds of elements, even though the screen only shows 5-6 at a time at max.
Please feel free to ask questions if more information is needed.
------- EDIT -------
After many failed attempts of other solutions, i ended up using Jeeva Nandhan's solution.
Prior to asking this question i knew that was a possible solution, but i had 11 different possible views that needed to fit into the RecyclerView, so i would've liked to avoid it.
After using different ViewTypes, it worked perfectly. I was afraid it would be very inefficient due to the high amount of ViewTypes, but it's buttery smooth.