Any idea why RecyclerView items get deformed , each consecutive item gets worse?
UPDATE: I'm using CardViews and now there's no view "deformation" but the shadow/elevation height changes.
It seems that elevation gets higher depending on where on the screen the item is located vertically, the shadow grows as the item gets scrolled down. Please see the video here: https://youtu.be/nROYq8rpUMs.
I've set up a new project leaving only the code necessary to demonstrate the issue:
MainActivity.java
package tzig.schm00.masterdetail;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import tzig.schm00.masterdetail.dummy.DummyContent;
import java.util.List;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
View recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.item_list);
setupRecyclerView((RecyclerView) recyclerView);
}
private void setupRecyclerView(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView) {
recyclerView.setAdapter(new SimpleItemRecyclerViewAdapter(DummyContent.ITEMS));
}
public class SimpleItemRecyclerViewAdapter
extends RecyclerView.Adapter<SimpleItemRecyclerViewAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private final List<DummyContent.DummyItem> mValues;
public SimpleItemRecyclerViewAdapter(List<DummyContent.DummyItem> items) {
mValues = items;
}
@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(view);
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final ViewHolder holder, int position) {
holder.mItem = mValues.get(position);
holder.mIdView.setText(mValues.get(position).id);
holder.mContentView.setText(mValues.get(position).content);
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mValues.size();
}
public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public final View mView;
public final TextView mIdView;
public final TextView mContentView;
public DummyContent.DummyItem mItem;
public ViewHolder(View view) {
super(view);
mView = view;
mIdView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.id);
mContentView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.content);
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return super.toString() + " '" + mContentView.getText() + "'";
}
}
}
}
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="@+id/frameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/item_list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
app:layoutManager="LinearLayoutManager"
tools:context="tzig.schm00.myapplication.MainActivity" />
</FrameLayout>
list_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/cont_item_root"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
card_view:cardElevation="10dp"
card_view:cardMaxElevation="10dp"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/text_margin"
android:textAppearance="?attr/textAppearanceListItem" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/text_margin"
android:textAppearance="?attr/textAppearanceListItem" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
New observation: seems like it's a standard behavior. Looks the same with the Image Picker displaying folders using CardViews...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!