How to disable RecyclerView scrolling?

Question

I cannot disable scrolling in the RecyclerView. I tried calling rv.setEnabled(false) but I can still scroll.

How can I disable scrolling?

Answer 1

recyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.SimpleOnItemTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(RecyclerView rv, MotionEvent e) {
            // Stop only scrolling.
            return rv.getScrollState() == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_DRAGGING;
        }
    });

Answer 2

For some reason @Alejandro Gracia answer starts working only after a few second. I found a solution that blocks the RecyclerView instantaneously:

recyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(RecyclerView rv, MotionEvent e) {
                return true;
            }
            @Override
            public void onTouchEvent(RecyclerView rv, MotionEvent e) {
            }
            @Override
            public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept) {
            }
        });

Answer 3

Override onTouchEvent() and onInterceptTouchEvent() and return false if you don't need OnItemTouchListener at all. This does not disable OnClickListeners of ViewHolders.

public class ScrollDisabledRecyclerView extends RecyclerView {
    public ScrollDisabledRecyclerView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public ScrollDisabledRecyclerView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public ScrollDisabledRecyclerView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent e) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent e) {
        return false;
    }
}

Answer 4

Wrote a kotlin version:

class NoScrollLinearLayoutManager(context: Context?) : LinearLayoutManager(context) {
    private var scrollable = true

    fun enableScrolling() {
        scrollable = true
    }

    fun disableScrolling() {
        scrollable = false
    }

    override fun canScrollVertically() =
            super.canScrollVertically() && scrollable


    override fun canScrollHorizontally() =
            super.canScrollVertically()

 && scrollable
}

usage:

recyclerView.layoutManager = NoScrollLinearLayoutManager(context)
(recyclerView.layoutManager as NoScrollLinearLayoutManager).disableScrolling()

Answer 5

in XML :-

You can add

android:nestedScrollingEnabled="false"

in the child RecyclerView layout XML file

or

in Java :-

childRecyclerView.setNestedScrollingEnabled(false);

to your RecyclerView in Java code.

Using ViewCompat (Java) :-

childRecyclerView.setNestedScrollingEnabled(false); will work only in android_version>21 devices. to work in all devices use the following

ViewCompat.setNestedScrollingEnabled(childRecyclerView, false);

Answer 6

Came across with a fragment that contains multiple RecycleView so I only need one scrollbar instead of one scrollbar in each RecycleView.

So I just put the ScrollView in the parent container that contains the 2 RecycleViews and use android:isScrollContainer="false" in the RecycleView

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView 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:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layoutManager="LinearLayoutManager"
    android:isScrollContainer="false" />