LiveAdapter

Don't write a RecyclerView adapter again. Not even a ViewHolder!

• Based on Android Data Binding
• Written in Kotlin
• Supports LiveData
• No need to write the adapter
• No need to write the ViewHolders
• No need to modify your model classes
• No need to notify the adapter when data set changes
• Supports multiple item view types
• Optional Callbacks/Listeners
• Very fast — no reflection
• Super easy API
• Minimum Android SDK: 19

Setup

Gradle

Add it in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:

allprojects {
	repositories {
		...
		maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
	}
}

Add the dependency to module build.gradle

// apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt' // this line only for Kotlin projects

android {
    ...
    dataBinding.enabled true 
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.RaviKoradiya:LiveAdapter:1.3.4'
    // kapt 'com.android.databinding:compiler:GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION' // this line only for Kotlin projects
}

Usage

Create your item layouts with <layout> as root:

<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <data>
        <variable name="item" type="com.github.RaviKoradiya.LiveAdapter.item.Header"/>
    </data>
    
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@{item.text}"/>
        
</layout>

It is important for all the item types to have the same variable name, in this case "item". This name is passed to the adapter builder as BR.variableName, in this case BR.item:

ObservableList or simple List

// Java
new LiveAdapter(listOfItems, BR.item)
           .map(Header.class, R.layout.item_header)
           .map(Point.class, R.layout.item_point)
           .into(recyclerView);

// Kotlin
LiveAdapter(listOfItems, BR.item)
           .map<Header>(R.layout.item_header)
           .map<Point>(R.layout.item_point)
           .into(recyclerView)

The list of items can be an ObservableList or LiveData<List> if you want to get the adapter automatically updated when its content changes, or a simple List if you don't need to use this feature.

LiveData<List<*>>

// Kotlin sample
LiveAdapter(
            data = liveListOfItems,
            lifecycleOwner = this@MainActivity,
            variable = BR.item )
           .map<Header, ItemHeaderBinding>(R.layout.item_header) {
               areContentsTheSame { old: Header, new: Header ->
                   return@areContentsTheSame old.text == new.text
               }
               areItemSame { old: Header, new: Header ->
                   return@areContentsTheSame old.text == new.text
               }
           }
           .map<Point, ItemPointBinding>(R.layout.item_point) {
               areContentsTheSame { old: Point, new: Point ->
                   return@areContentsTheSame old.id == new.id
               }
               areItemSame { old: Header, new: Header ->
                   return@areContentsTheSame old.text == new.text
               }
           }
           .into(recyclerview)

I suggest to implement DiffUtil ItemCallback while using LiveData.

NoDataCallback

A callback to manage "no data text or image view" visiblity.

// Kotlin sample
LiveAdapter(listOfItems, BR.item)
           .map<Header> ...
           .onNoData { noData ->
               textNoDataFound.visibility =
                   if (noData)
                       View.VISIBLE
                   else
                       View.GONE
           }
           ...
           .into(recyclerView)

LayoutHandler

The LayoutHandler interface allows you to use different layouts based on more complex criteria. Its one single method receives the item and the position and returns the layout resource id.

// Java sample
new LiveAdapter(listOfItems, BR.item)
           .handler(handler)
           .into(recyclerView);

private LayoutHandler handler = new LayoutHandler() {
    @Override public int getItemLayout(@NotNull Object item, int position) {
        if (item instanceof Header) {
            return (position == 0) ? R.layout.item_header_first : R.layout.item_header;
        } else {
            return R.layout.item_point;
        }
    }
};

// Kotlin sample
LiveAdapter(listOfItems, BR.item).layout { item, position ->
    when (item) {
        is Header -> if (position == 0) R.layout.item_header_first else R.layout.item_header
        else -> R.layout.item_point 
    }
}.into(recyclerView)

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Miguel Ángel Moreno for this library.

Author

Ravi Koradiya

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License

Copyright 2020 Ravi Koradiya

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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