ViewCellAdapter

A RecyclerView adapter that can handle holding hetrogeneuous data types, and provides the ability to set up sections in your adapter. View the sample-app to see different usage scenarios.

Features

Lists with different view types (HeterogeneousSample)
Easy event handling (SampleModelViewCell, BasicHomogeneousSectionSample)
Multiple independent sections (MultipleSectionsSample)
Easy to extend
Headers (MultipleSectionsSample)
Footers
Empty state handling (HeterogeneousSample)
Easy to compose section decorators (ComplexDecoratorCompositionSample)
Filtering (FilteredHomogeneousSectionSample)
Sorting (SortedHomogeneousSectionSample)
Dynamic span sizes (SampleModelViewCell, GridLayoutSample)
Selection (SelectionSample)

Creating a ViewCell

When you want to bind an item to a ViewCellAdapter you need a model to bind, a layout to bind to, and a ViewCell to handle the binding logic.

Define a Model

public class Task {
    public final String name;
    public final int timesCompleted;

    public Task(String name, int numCompletions) {
        this.name = name;
        this.timesCompleted = numCompletions;
    }
}

Define a Layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="8dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/task_title"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/task_num_completions"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"/>

</LinearLayout>

Define a ViewCell

public class TaskViewCell extends GenericViewCell<TaskViewCell.TaskViewHolder, Task> {

    public TaskViewCell(Task model) {
        super(model);
    }

    @Override
    public int getLayoutId() {
        return R.layout.task_list_item;
    }

    @Override
    public void bindViewCell(TaskViewHolder viewHolder) {
        Task task = getModel();

        viewHolder.setTaskName(task.name);
        viewHolder.setNumberOfCompletions(task.timesCompleted);
    }

    public static class TaskViewHolder extends BaseViewHolder {
        private TextView taskNameTextView;
        private TextView numberOfCompletionsTextView;

        public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);

            taskNameTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.task_title);
            numberOfCompletionsTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.task_num_completions);
        }

        public void setTaskName(String taskName) {
            taskNameTextView.setText(taskName);
        }

        public void setNumberOfCompletions(int numCompletions) {
            String numberOfCompletions = String.valueOf(numCompletions);
            numberOfCompletionsTextView.setText(numberOfCompletions);
        }
    }
}

Using the Adapter

The ViewCellAdapter takes in a list of sections. You can then update each section independently to change what is being rendered.

Using a HomogeneousSection

The simplest way to get started is to use a HomogeneousSection. A HomogeneousSection assumes all view cells in the section are binding the same data type.

HomogeneousSection<Task, TaskViewCell> todaysTasksSection = new HomogeneousSection<>(Task.class, TaskViewCell.class);
HomogeneousSection<Task, TaskViewCell> olderTasksSection = new HomogeneousSection<>(Task.class, TaskViewCell.class);

ViewCellAdapter viewCellAdapter = new ViewCellAdapter();
viewCellAdapter.addSection(todaysTasksSection);
viewCellAdapter.addSection(olderTasksSection);

recyclerView.setAdapter(viewCellAdapter);

Then each section can be updated independently

List<Task> todaysTasks = getTodaysTasks();
todaysTasksSection.addAll(todaysTasks);

List<Task> olderTasks = getOlderTasks();
olderTasksSection.addAll(olderTasks);

Using a Section

A Section does not assume all of it's viewcells are the same type. This allows it to be populated with different view cells that don't share the same view type.

Section heterogeneousSection = new Section();

ViewCellAdapter viewCellAdapter = new ViewCellAdapter();
viewCellAdapter.addSection(heterogeneousSection);

recyclerView.setAdapter(viewCellAdapter);

A Section can be populated by doing the following (notice the extra level of indirection required to convert the models into viewcells)

Task importantTask = new Task("Important Task", 0);
Task normalTask = new Task("Normal Task", 0);

heterogeneousSection.add(new ImportantTaskViewCell(importantTask));
heterogeneousSection.add(new TaskViewCell(normalTask));

Decorating Sections

It's common to want to add a header or a footer to a list of items. Rather than manually inserting a viewcell at the beginning or end of a section, a SectionDecorator can be used to decorate a section with a header or footer.

HomogeneousSection<Task, TaskViewCell> todaysTasksSection = new HomogeneousSection<>(Task.class, TaskViewCell.class);

HeaderSectionDecorator todaysTasksWithHeader = new HeaderSectionDecorator(todaysTasksSection, new HeaderViewCell("Today's Tasks"));
todaysTasksWithHeader.setShowHeaderIfEmpty(false);

ViewCellAdapter viewCellAdapter = new ViewCellAdapter();
viewCellAdapter.addSection(todaysTasksWithHeader);

recyclerView.setAdapter(viewCellAdapter);

Since a SectionDecorator is a section, you can decorate a decorator to construct complex list setups with ease. The following example applies a header and an empty view to a single section.

HomogeneousSection<Task, TaskViewCell> todaysTasksSection = new HomogeneousSection<>(Task.class, TaskViewCell.class);

HeaderSectionDecorator todaysTasksWithHeader = new HeaderSectionDecorator(todaysTasksSection, new HeaderViewCell("Today's Tasks"));
todaysTasksWithHeader.setShowHeaderIfEmpty(false);

EmptySectionDecorator todaysTasksWithHeaderAndEmptyView = new EmptySectionDecorator(todaysTasksWithHeader, new EmptyViewCell("You have no tasks to do today!"));

ViewCellAdapter viewCellAdapter = new ViewCellAdapter();
viewCellAdapter.addSection(todaysTasksWithHeaderAndEmptyView);

recyclerView.setAdapter(viewCellAdapter);

Using Section Builders

When you need to build a more complex adapter, SectionBuilder provides a clean declarative API to build your adapter. The following example shows how to build the same setup described in the last example using the SectionBuilder API.

HomogeneousSection<Task, TaskViewCell> todaysTasksSection = new HomogeneousSection<>(Task.class, TaskViewCell.class);

ViewCellAdapter adapter = ViewCellAdapter.create()
    .section(
        SectionBuilder.wrap(todaysTasksSection)
            .header(new HeaderViewCell("Today's Tasks"))
            .hideHeaderIfEmpty()
            .showIfEmpty(new EmptyViewCell("You have no tasks to do today!"))
    )
    .build();

Using your old adapters

If you have a legacy adapter that is not easy to convert to this library's API you can wrap it in an AdapterWrapperSection. This allows you to insert your old adapter as a section in a ViewCellAdapter. It also lets you decorate it using any SectionDecorator.

RecyclerView.Adapter legacyTasksAdapter = ...;
AbstractSection tasksSection = new AdapterWrapperSection<>(legacyTasksAdapter);

// integrate this section with the ViewCellAdapter API

Handling ViewHolder Events

Often times an event can occur in a view holder that you may want to handle in the parent activity/fragment. This can be done by using the @BindListener annotation in the viewcell.

Step 1: Define an event handler interface

public interface OnTaskClickListener {
    void onTaskClicked(Task task);
}

Step 2: Bind the interface to the view holder inside the ViewCell

@BindListener
public void bindOnTaskClick(TaskViewHolder viewHolder, OnTaskClickListener onTaskClickListener) {
    viewHolder.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            onTaskClickListener.onTaskClicked(getModel());
        }
    });
}

Step 3: Handle event in activity/fragment

viewCellAdapter.addListener(new TaskViewCell.OnTaskClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onTaskClicked(Task task) {
        // handle event
    }
});

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dependencies {
    compile 'ca.antonious:viewcelladapter:2.4.0'
    annotationProcessor 'ca.antonious:viewcelladapter-compiler:2.4.0'
}

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ViewCellAdapter

Features

Creating a ViewCell

Define a Model

Define a Layout

Define a ViewCell

Using the Adapter

Using a HomogeneousSection

Using a Section

Decorating Sections

Using Section Builders

Using your old adapters

Handling ViewHolder Events

Step 1: Define an event handler interface

Step 2: Bind the interface to the view holder inside the ViewCell

Step 3: Handle event in activity/fragment

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