Hey folks, as you might know that RecyclerView does not support EmptyView but we can implement it using Custom RecylerView and in this post i am going to show you exactly that.
EmptyView is any view which is shown when there is no data in the list. It is a great way to improve user experience as when the list is empty, the user will get to know about what’s happening.
Boilerplates:-
Add dependency:-
implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:27.0.2' implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'
Create RecyclerView Adapter:-
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private Context context;
private ArrayList<String> list;
public MyAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<String> list) {
this.context = context;
this.list = list;
}
@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
AppCompatTextView appCompatTextView = new AppCompatTextView(context);
appCompatTextView.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
appCompatTextView.setPadding(5,5,5,5);
appCompatTextView.setTextSize(25);
appCompatTextView.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
return new ViewHolder(appCompatTextView);
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
holder.mTitle.setText(list.get(position));
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return list.size();
}
public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private final AppCompatTextView mTitle;
public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
mTitle = (AppCompatTextView) itemView;
}
}
}
Create a EmptyView which will be shown when the list is empty
<!--emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
android:id="@+id/emptyview_llc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:visibility="gone"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!--image for emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="@drawable/sadface" />
<!--text for emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="NO DATA FOUND !"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>
In our main activity add two FloatingActionButton, one for adding items in the list and another for clearing all list items and in case you are new to android and dont know about FloatingActionButton -> click here
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:id="@+id/clearall_fab"
android:src="@drawable/ic_clear_all_black_24dp"
android:tint="@android:color/white"/>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/additem_fab"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:tint="@android:color/white"
android:src="@drawable/ic_add_black_24dp"/>
RecyclerViewWithEmptyView :-All you need to do is create a custom recyclerview which extends RecyclerView and add observer to adapter. Observer contains the methods which are called whenever the adapters data is changed.
public class RecyclerViewWithEmptyView extends RecyclerView {
private View emptyView;
public RecyclerViewWithEmptyView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public RecyclerViewWithEmptyView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public RecyclerViewWithEmptyView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
public void setEmptyView(View emptyView) {
this.emptyView = emptyView;
}
@Override
public void setAdapter(Adapter adapter) {
Adapter previousadapter = getAdapter();
if (previousadapter != null) {
previousadapter.unregisterAdapterDataObserver(emptyObserver);
}
super.setAdapter(adapter);
if (adapter != null) {
adapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(emptyObserver);
}
emptyObserver.onChanged();
}
private AdapterDataObserver emptyObserver = new AdapterDataObserver() {
@Override
public void onChanged() {
shouldSetEmptyView();
}
@Override
public void onItemRangeInserted(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
super.onItemRangeInserted(positionStart, itemCount);
shouldSetEmptyView();
}
@Override
public void onItemRangeRemoved(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
super.onItemRangeRemoved(positionStart, itemCount);
shouldSetEmptyView();
}
};
public void shouldSetEmptyView() {
Adapter<?> adapter = getAdapter();
if (adapter != null && emptyView != null) {
if (adapter.getItemCount() == 0) {
emptyView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
RecyclerViewWithEmptyView.this.setVisibility(View.GONE);
} else {
emptyView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
RecyclerViewWithEmptyView.this.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
}
}
Now add this RecyclerViewWithEmptyView in our mainactivity, fInal mainactivity.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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white"
tools:context="com.example.shivam.emptyviewsupportedrecyclerview.MainActivity">
<com.example.shivam.emptyviewsupportedrecyclerview.RecyclerViewWithEmptyView
android:id="@+id/myrecyclerview_rv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<!--emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
android:id="@+id/emptyview_llc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:visibility="gone"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!--image for emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="@drawable/sadface" />
<!--text for emptyview-->
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="NO DATA FOUND !"
android:textColor="@android:color/black"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right|bottom"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:id="@+id/clearall_fab"
android:src="@drawable/ic_clear_all_black_24dp"
android:tint="@android:color/white"/>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/additem_fab"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:tint="@android:color/white"
android:src="@drawable/ic_add_black_24dp"/>
</FrameLayout>
Our final MainActivity.java:-
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements View.OnClickListener {
private LinearLayoutCompat emptyview_llc;
private RecyclerViewWithEmptyView myrecyclerview_rv;
private FloatingActionButton clearall_fab;
private FloatingActionButton addItem_fab;
private ArrayList<String> list;
private MyAdapter myAdapter;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//initialize
myrecyclerview_rv=(RecyclerViewWithEmptyView)findViewById(R.id.myrecyclerview_rv);
emptyview_llc=(LinearLayoutCompat) findViewById(R.id.emptyview_llc);
clearall_fab=(FloatingActionButton)findViewById(R.id.clearall_fab);
addItem_fab=(FloatingActionButton)findViewById(R.id.additem_fab);
clearall_fab.setOnClickListener(this);
addItem_fab.setOnClickListener(this);
//set emptyview for our custom recyclerview
myrecyclerview_rv.setEmptyView(emptyview_llc);
//set custom RecyclerView Adapter
list=new ArrayList<String>();
myrecyclerview_rv.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(MainActivity.this));
myAdapter=new MyAdapter(MainActivity.this,list);
myrecyclerview_rv.setAdapter(myAdapter);
}
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId())
{
case R.id.clearall_fab:
list.clear();
myAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
break;
case R.id.additem_fab:
list.add("Item"+list.size());
myAdapter.notifyItemInserted(list.size());
break;
}
}
}
and thats all.
THANK YOU.