(android) Should setAdapter() be called only the first time? - android

This is not code Question.
As I saw on some website, RecyclerView's setAdapter should be run only once the first time.
What is the reason?
If so, in the Nested RecyclerView, the person of this video keeps calling the
setAdapter() of the Sub RecyclerView every time it is recycled in
onBindViewHolder(), is it wrong??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyUjw6b5gXE
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No he is right I think. Let see the logic which was proposed in the video. You have parent list with child items. It is ordinary situation as I know. But every child item in parent list is parent item for its list which is stored inside the child item of the parent list. So when you call setAdapter() inside container of parent list you send data to its children and their children And what about onBindViewHolder(), why setAdapter is called every time? It is very simple, let see into documentation:
RecyclerView calls this method to associate a ViewHolder with data.
The method fetches the appropriate data and uses the data to fill in
the view holder's layout. For example, if the RecyclerView displays a
list of names, the method might find the appropriate name in the list
and fill in the view holder's TextView widget.
So when you send data for the first level RV you associate child RV with some data for which purpose you call setAdapter in each item of parent list. So it will be called in every position of the parent list item to assign data to the child list which also will have some data holders with its handling. Let see life example:
grandfather (activity) bought some candies for his children (first level list items) who will give some of them to their children (second level lists which are items of first level list items)
and for passing some candies between among relatives we use setAdapter() method :) I hope I explained your question and you will understand this video :D

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