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Layout behaving weird in RecyclerView

I am trying to achieve a chatting app type layout in RecylcerView. Now the only problem is that even though I have set width of View to wrap around text. Inside RecyclerView sometime small words take whole line and sometime the word is fine.
Green highlight is expected behavior and red is unexpected behavior.
This is the code of cardView
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#00BCD4"
app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"
app:cardPreventCornerOverlap="false"
app:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.123">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textMessageSent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxWidth="260dp"
android:paddingBottom="8dp"
android:paddingLeft="12dp"
android:paddingRight="12dp"
android:paddingTop="8dp"
android:text="oh noo"
android:textColor="#000000"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:maxLines="10" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Here is Adapter code
public class ChatAdapter extends ListAdapter {
String reciever,sender;
public ChatAdapter(String from,String to)
{
super(DIFF_CALLBACK);
this.reciever = from;
this.sender = to;
}
private static final DiffUtil.ItemCallback<Chat> DIFF_CALLBACK = new DiffUtil.ItemCallback<Chat>() {
#Override
public boolean areItemsTheSame(#NonNull Chat oldItem, #NonNull Chat newItem) {
return oldItem.getId() == newItem.getId();
}
#Override
public boolean areContentsTheSame(#NonNull Chat oldItem, #NonNull Chat newItem) {
return oldItem.getSender().equals(newItem.getSender()) &&
oldItem.getReciever().equals(newItem.getReciever()) &&
oldItem.getDate().equals(newItem.getDate()) &&
oldItem.getMessageIdSent() == newItem.getMessageIdSent() &&
oldItem.getMessageRecieved().equals(newItem.getMessageRecieved()) &&
oldItem.getTime().equals(newItem.getTime());
}
};
private final int TEXT_MESSAGE_SENT = 0;
private final int TEXT_MESSAGE_RECIEVED = 1;
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
Chat currentChats = (Chat) getItem(position);
if(!currentChats.getMessageRecieved().equals(""))
{
return TEXT_MESSAGE_RECIEVED;
}
else if(!currentChats.getMessageSent().equals(""))
{
return TEXT_MESSAGE_SENT;
}
return -1;
}
#NonNull
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(#NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
View view;
if(viewType == TEXT_MESSAGE_SENT)
{
view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.me_text_message,parent,false);
return new TextChatSenderViewHolder(view);
}
//if reciever is text
view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.other_text_message,parent,false);
return new TextChatRecieverViewHolder(view);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(#NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
Chat currentChat = (Chat) getItem(position);
switch (holder.getItemViewType())
{
case TEXT_MESSAGE_RECIEVED:
//bind REcievedText viewholder
TextChatRecieverViewHolder viewHolder = (TextChatRecieverViewHolder) holder;
if(!currentChat.getMessageRecieved().equals(""))
{
viewHolder.textMessageRecieved.setText(currentChat.getMessageRecieved());
viewHolder.textTimeMessageRecieved.setText(currentChat.getTime());
}
break;
case TEXT_MESSAGE_SENT:
TextChatSenderViewHolder viewHolder2 = (TextChatSenderViewHolder) holder;
if(!currentChat.getMessageSent().equals("")) {
viewHolder2.textMessageSent.setText(currentChat.getMessageSent());
viewHolder2.textTimeMessageSent.setText(currentChat.getTime());
}
break;
}
}
class TextChatSenderViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
{
TextView textMessageSent,textTimeMessageSent;
public TextChatSenderViewHolder(#NonNull View itemView) {
super(itemView);
textTimeMessageSent = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textTimeMessageSent);
textMessageSent = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textMessageSent);
}
}
class TextChatRecieverViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
{
TextView textMessageRecieved,textTimeMessageRecieved;
public TextChatRecieverViewHolder(#NonNull View itemView) {
super(itemView);
textTimeMessageRecieved = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textTimeMessageRecieved);
textMessageRecieved = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textMessageRecieved);
}
}
}
NOTE: I have noticed that layout changes when the message goes out of screen and you scroll back up.

You need to change your onCreateViewHolder, keep below lines in else
view = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.other_text_message,parent,false);
return new TextChatRecieverViewHolder(view);
Also keep layout width to
wrap_content
rather than
match_parent.

you've messed up recycling pattern (link for ListView but it describes pattern better than official doc imho) by overriding getItemViewType method and letting this method return -1. thats not any of view types, but onCreateViewHolder MUST return ViewHolder, so you are returning R.layout.other_text_message. if any message would have 0-length then this empty layout will show up on list
another problem related to wrong recycling implementation is that you are not always calling setText inside onBindViewHolder, because of inconsistent view types and if check (probably unnecessary, as itemType is then -1). when you understand how recycling works (above linked) you will notice that when you won't ALWAYS call setText in onBindViewHolder then recycled item may contain text from previous iteration (before scroll) and this duplicated text will show at this position (wrongly recycler view)
now your list item view have android:layout_width="match_parent" which may "remember" length before recycling, showing set after recycling, something is messing up in here. if you want text wrapping then TextView should have set android:layout_width="wrap_content". keeping android:layout_width="match_parent" (ContraintLayout) inside android:layout_width="wrap_content" parent (CardView) is very unefficient and may cause multiple redrawings/remeasurements, parent probably should also have android:layout_width="match_parent"
my advise to you is to getting rid of empty messages BEFORE setting them to adapter - drawing mechanism isn't a place for filtering inproper items (empty messages in your case) not intended to be drawn. return always some known view type and always fully handle it (onCreate... and onBind... methods), use at least else setText(""); for clearing text after previous item/text set for this view

Tile Fragment, how do I get different content in different tiles?

I have been developing my first Android app the past days, using this guide: Material Design Guide from Google.
I have decided to go for the Tile fragments as my choice, but the problem is that the content in these tiles are static / the content in tile 1 is the same as in tile 2, 3, 4 and so on.
How do I change this so that each tile has unique content?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Normally you would have some data that you would want to present in this tiled list format. This would normally be passed into the ContentAdapter so that you can use it to fill each tile in. At the minute all the content is being set in XML, not in your adapter.
If you want to change the images for each you need to add an id attribute to the item_tile layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
android:padding="#dimen/tile_padding">
<ImageView
!--Add the id for the ImageView-->
android:id="#+id/tile_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/tile_height"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/paris" />
...
</RelativeLayout>
Then you should change the ViewHolder class in the TileContentFragment so that we can get hold of the ImageView and TextView in the item_tile layout.
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
ImageView tileImage;
TextView tileTitle;
public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
this.tileImage = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tile_image);
this.tileTitle = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tile_title);
}
}
Then just for example purposes lets set each tile's title to "Hello":
public static class ContentAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ViewHolder> {
Other class methods...
#Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_tile, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(view);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
holder.tileTitle.setText("Hello");
//If you had images for the different tile you could set them here too
//holder.tileImage.setImageResource([THE ID OF YOUR IMAGE HERE])
}
}
Hope this helps.

How RecyclerView concept works on android?

I have created a basic app using RecyclerView and CardView from get tutorials from websites.
App is working fine and I have some confusion.(I am showing my whole code here)
confusion is that how code works step by step. So please clear my concept on it.
Basic Structure of my App :
I have created a row_data_layout xml file to bind on recycler_view.
Created an Data class file (Here I have defined my variable that I used in App).
Created an Adapter file (here I want to clear how it works step by step first which class gets called and why?).
Bind Data to RecyclerView on MainActivity file.
row_data_layout.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/CardView"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="16dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="Large Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
Data Class File:
public class Data {
public String Name;
Data(String Name)
{
this.Name=Name;
}
}
Data_Adapter Class file:
public class Data_Adapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<Data_Adapter.View_holder> {
List<Data> list = Collections.emptyList();
Context context;
public Data_Adapter(List<Data> list, Context context) {
this.list = list;
this.context = context;
}
#Override
public Data_Adapter.View_holder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.row_data_layout,parent,false);
View_holder holder=new View_holder(v);
return holder;
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(Data_Adapter.View_holder holder, int position) {
holder.name.setText(list.get(position).Name);
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return list.size();
}
#Override
public void onAttachedToRecyclerView(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
super.onAttachedToRecyclerView(recyclerView);
}
public class View_holder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
CardView cv;
TextView name;
public View_holder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
cv = (CardView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.CardView);
name = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.txt_name);
}
}
}
MainActivity File:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
List<Data> data = fill_data();
RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
Data_Adapter adapter = new Data_Adapter(data,getApplicationContext());
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
}
public List<Data> fill_data()
{
List<Data> data = new ArrayList<>();
data.add(new Data("Bred Pit"));
data.add(new Data("Leonardo"));
return data;
}
}

Once you have a basic understanding of how a RecyclerView.Adapter works, it would make sense to take a deeper dive into the documentation.
What the adapter does is keep a pool of inflated views (this can be as many different types of ViewHolder as you would like) that it populates with the data you supply. When the adapter does not have an empty view in the pool it creates a new one.
When a view is attached to the RecyclerView, it is removed from the pool, and when it is detached (scrolls beyond view, to some distance), it is added back to the pool of empty views--this is why it is important to reset everything when you populate your ViewHolders.
The onCreateViewHolder() function is where a new, empty view (wrapped by a RecyclerView.ViewHolder) is created and added to the pool.
The onBindViewHolder() function gets a view from the empty pool and populates this view using the data you supplied to the adapter.\
You can use the onViewRecycled() method to perform specific actions like setting an ImageView's bitmap to null (on detach) in order to reduce memory usage.
I don't normally override onAttachedToRecyclerView(), but if you need to do something specific when your adapter is associated with the RecyclerView, you would do it here.

RecyclerView add EmptyView

I'm trying to implement an EmptyView on my RecyclerView Adapter but I'm not getting any result.
I've followed this tutorial and this tip, but noone worked for me.
I've implemented:
if (viewType == EMPTY_VIEW) {
v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.empty_view, parent, false);
EmptyViewHolder evh = new EmptyViewHolder(v);
return evh;
}
v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.data_row, parent, false);
ViewHolder vh = new ViewHolder(v);
return vh;
But it doesn't let me compile because they are differents ViewHolder, because I've created two ViewHolder classes but they extends Recycler.ViewHolder so I don't get it...
I'm trying to do this because I've got a SearchView and I want when the list is empty it shows an EmptyView, I've got it doing it programmatically but I prefer to add like a layout because I don't know that much how to put TextViews and Buttons programmatically.
Also if I put
return dataList.size() > 0 ? dataList.size() : 1;
It gives to me error because index is 0.
I've debugged the viewType and always is 1, then it won't join the if condition...
Deep on Android I found this :
/**
* Return the view type of the item at <code>position</code> for the purposes
* of view recycling.
*
* <p>The default implementation of this method returns 0, making the assumption of
* a single view type for the adapter. Unlike ListView adapters, types need not
* be contiguous. Consider using id resources to uniquely identify item view types.
*
* #param position position to query
* #return integer value identifying the type of the view needed to represent the item at
* <code>position</code>. Type codes need not be contiguous.
*/
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return 0;
}
But the thing is that no changes the value.
EDIT
I almost done it, I did this :
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return list.size() > 0 ? list.size() : 1;
}
But sometimes it returns 0 when the size() is 0... I don't get it, I'm using this SearchView, and sometimes when I type a letter that doesn't matches with any item of the list it doesn't show and sometimes it does...
Also other thing that happens is that when the layout popups it shows on the left of the screen when I put that is on center, but I think it's problem with RecyclerView because the layout puts inside of it.
RecyclerView layout :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:id="#+id/rtpew"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/linearpew">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/rv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
And this is my emptylayout :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/ImageViewSearchFail"
android:src="#drawable/sadface"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="#dimen/15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:text="foo"
android:layout_below="#+id/ImageViewSearchFail"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/ButtonAddEntity"
android:text="foo"
android:background="?android:selectableItemBackground"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
The other way that I thought is to implement it programmatically as follow :
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
final ArrayList<List> filteredModelList = filter(mModel, query);
mAdapter.animateTo(filteredModelList);
rv.scrollToPosition(0);
if(query.isEmpty()){
//Here
}
return true;
}
And :
private ArrayList<List> filter(ArrayList<List> models, String query) {
query = query.toLowerCase();
final ArrayList<List> filteredModelList = new ArrayList<List>();
for (List model : models) {
final String text = model.getRedName().toLowerCase();
if (text.contains(query)) {
filteredModelList.add(model);
}
}
if (filteredModelList.size()<0) {
//HERE
}
else{
//Delete the views added
}
return filteredModelList;
}
PROBLEMS
-I only add the view using the #Jimeux answer but I'd like to do this on the Adapter, I got it, but not always shows the view even if the list is empty.
-At the time to put the emptyview.xml it puts inside of the RecyclerView then since I've put all of this xml at the center it shows on the right. I've tried to add the xml programmatically but it's like a chaos....

Since you need to handle two different kind of views, it would be easier to use an intermediate list of business object for more easily binding them with views. Idea is to have a kind of placeholder in your list for representing empty state. Defining an intermediate layer is extremely useful in this sense for allowing you to consider eventual changes to be applied to your list in future (e.g. adding you element types). Moreover in this way you can more clearly separate your business model from ui representation (for example you can implement methods returning ui settings based on internal status of model objects).
You can proceed as follows:
Define a dedicated abstract type for List items (e.g. ListItem) to wrap your business objects. Its implementation could be something like this:
public abstract class ListItem {
public static final int TYPE_EMPTY = 0;
public static final int TYPE_MY_OBJ = 1;
abstract public int getType();
}
Define a class for each of your List element type:
public class EmptyItem extends ListItem {
#Override
public int getType() {
return TYPE_EMPTY;
}
}
public class MyObjItem extends ListItem {
private MyObj obj;
public ContactItem(MyObj obj) {
this.obj = obj;
}
public MyObj getMyObj() {
return obj;
}
// here you can also add methods for simplify
// objects rendering (e.g. get background color
// based on your object internal status)
#Override
public int getType() {
return TYPE_MY_OBJ;
}
}
Create your list.
List<ListItem> mItems = new ArrayList<>();
if (dataList != null && dataList.size() > 0) {
for (MyObj obj : dataList) {
mItems.add(new MyObjItem(obj));
}
} else {
mItems.add(new EmptyItem());
}
This is the most important part of code. You have many options for creating this list. You can do it inside your RecyclerView Adapter or outside, but it's extremely important to properly handle eventual modifications to it. This is essential for exploiting Adapter notify methods. For example, if you create list within the Adapter, it should probably provide also methods for adding or removing your model items. For example:
public void addObj(MyObj obj) {
if (mItems.size() == 1 && mItems.get(0).getType() == ListItem.EMPTY_TYPE) {
mItems.clear();
}
mItems.add(new MyObjItem(obj));
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
Define an adapter for your RecyclerView, working on List defined at point 3. Here what is important is to override getItemViewType method as follows:
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return mItems.get(position).getType();
}
Moreover, type of ViewHolder should be RecyclerView.ViewHolder (unless you decide to create an intermediate class even in this case).
Then you need to have two layouts and ViewHolder for empty and business obj items. Adapter methods should take care of this accordingly:
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
if (viewType == ListItem.TYPE_EMPTY) {
View itemView = mLayoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.empty_layout, parent, false);
return new EmptyViewHolder(itemView);
} else {
View itemView = mLayoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.myobj_layout, parent, false);
return new MyObjViewHolder(itemView);
}
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, final int position) {
int type = getItemViewType(position);
if (type == ListItem.TYPE_EMPTY) {
EmptyItem header = (EmptyItem) mItems.get(position);
EmptyViewHolder holder = (EmptyViewHolder) viewHolder;
// your logic here... probably nothing to do since it's empty
} else {
MyObjItem event = (MyObjItem) mItems.get(position);
MyObjViewHolder holder = (MyObjViewHolder) viewHolder;
// your logic here
}
}
Of course, as I wrote at the beginning you don't need to strictly define intermediate types for ui representation (EmptyItem and MyObjItem). You can even just use MyObj type and create a specific configuration for it that represent an empty placeholder. This approach is probably not the best in case in future you need to make your logic more complex by including for example new list item types.

Follow the below steps one by one
1). Since you have two types of views for your RecyclerView item, your adapter declaration should look like this a generic one
public class YourAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>
and your ViewHolders for both listview item and empty view should extend RecyclerView.ViewHolder like this
static class ListItemViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public ListItemViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
// initialize your views here for list items
}
}
static class EmptyViewViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public EmptyViewViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
// initialize your views here for empty list
}
}
2). You have to Override getItemCount() and getItemViewType()
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return yourList.size() > 0 ? yourList.size() : 1;// if size of your list is greater than 0, you will return your size of list otherwise 1 for the empty view.
}
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
if (yourList.size() == 0) {
return VIEW_TYPE_EMPTY;
}
return position;
}
3). Your onCreateViewHolder() will look alike this now
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_EMPTY) {
return new EmptyViewViewHolder(mLayoutInflater
.inflate(R.layout.empty_view_layout, parent, false));
} else {
return new ListItemViewHolder(mLayoutInflater
.inflate(R.layout.row_list_item, parent, false));
}
}
4). Same check you have to apply in your onBindViewHolder() as well
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
if (getItemViewType(position) == VIEW_TYPE_EMPTY) {
EmptyViewViewHolder emptyViewViewHolder = (EmptyViewViewHolder) holder;
// set values for your empty views
} else {
ListItemViewHolder listItemViewHolder = (ListItemViewHolder) holder;
// set values for your list items
}
}
5). At last Override your SearcView.setOnQueryTextListener()
searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
currentSearchKeyword = newText.trim();
if(currentSearchKeyword.iseEmpty()){
yourList.clear();
yourAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}else{
// there will two cases again 1). If your currentSearchKeyword matchces with list results, add that items to your list and notify your adapter. 2) If the currentSearchKeyword doesn't matched with list results, clear your list and notify your adapter;
}
return false;
}
});
Hope it will help you, let me know if any issues.

The compilation error probably results because of you extending RecyclerView.Adapter with your main ViewHolder as the generic argument.
You should make it like
YourAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>
And then cast your ViewHolders appropriately (you can reuse getViewType(position) here). Be sure to switch the ViewHolder type in your methods as well.

If I were you, I wouldn't put the empty view in the adapter at all. Put it under your linearpew layout that's holding the RecyclerView and hide/show it as your data changes. You can easily add a loading view, error view, etc. with this setup too.
Here's a bit of simplified code from one of my apps to give you some ideas. #Bind comes from Butter Knife if you're not familiar with it. You may also want to check out Jake Wharton's u2020 project for more RecyclerView ideas.
//fragment_layout.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/content">
</FrameLayout>
<include layout="#layout/status_views" />
</RelativeLayout>
//status_views.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout style="#style/ListStatusView"
android:id="#+id/empty_view"/>
<LinearLayout style="#style/ListStatusView"
android:id="#+id/error_view"/>
<LinearLayout style="#style/ListStatusView"
android:id="#+id/loading_view"
android:padding="30dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
//MyFragment.java
#Bind(R.id.content) protected ViewGroup contentView;
#Bind(R.id.loading_view) protected ViewGroup loadingView;
#Bind(R.id.empty_view) protected ViewGroup emptyView;
#Bind(R.id.error_view) protected ViewGroup errorView;
#Bind({R.id.loading_view, R.id.error_view, R.id.empty_view, R.id.content})
protected List<ViewGroup> stateViews;
protected void activateView(View view) {
for (ViewGroup vg : stateViews)
vg.setVisibility(View.GONE);
view.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(#Nullable Bundle state) {
super.onActivityCreated(state);
if (state == null) {
activateView(loadingView);
loadData();
} else if (data.isEmpty())
activateView(emptyView);
else
activateView(contentView);
}
Edit: Here's a simplified version without Butter Knife.
private ViewGroup contentView;
private ViewGroup emptyView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle state) {
super.onCreate(state);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
contentView = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.content_view);
emptyView = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.empty_view);
}
#Override
public boolean onQueryTextChange(String query) {
final ArrayList<List> filteredModelList = filter(mModel, query);
mAdapter.animateTo(filteredModelList);
rv.scrollToPosition(0);
if(query.isEmpty()){
contentView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
emptyView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
} else {
contentView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
emptyView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
return true;
}
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/rtpew"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/content_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/rv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/empty_view">
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/sadface"/>
<TextView android:text="foo"/>
<Button android:id="#+id/ButtonAddEntity"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Here is what you can try:
1. Replace
EmptyViewHolder evh = new EmptyViewHolder(v);
with
RecyclerView.ViewHolder evh = new EmptyViewHolder(v);
This is probably why the compilation fails.
2. Replace
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return list.size() > 0 ? list.size() : 1;
}
with
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return list.get(position) != null ? 1 : 0;
}
For this to work, you must insert a null object whenever you want to show an EmptyView:
int progressPosition = list.size();
list.add(null);
adapter.notifyItemInserted(progressPosition);
and remove the null object when you want to hide the EmptyView:
int progressPosition = existingList.size() - 1;
existingList.remove(progressPosition);
adapter.notifyItemRemoved(progressPosition);
Also, you must modify your onCreateViewHolder() method as follows:
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
if (viewType == 1) {
// inflate your default ViewHolder here ...
} else {
// inflate the EmptyViewHolder here
}
}
I believe we have discussed this before ... see this question for a detailed discussion on this.
3. Instead of using a SearchView, consider using an AutoCompleteTextView with a Filter. This may be easier to integrate with your RecyclerView's Adapter. See this answer for an example of this.
I will update this answer as I understand your question better ... do try this and update me.

Android ListView with different layouts for each row

I am trying to determine the best way to have a single ListView that contains different layouts for each row. I know how to create a custom row + custom array adapter to support a custom row for the entire list view, but how can I implement many different row styles in the ListView?

Since you know how many types of layout you would have - it's possible to use those methods.
getViewTypeCount() - this methods returns information how many types of rows do you have in your list
getItemViewType(int position) - returns information which layout type you should use based on position
Then you inflate layout only if it's null and determine type using getItemViewType.
Look at this tutorial for further information.
To achieve some optimizations in structure that you've described in comment I would suggest:
Storing views in object called ViewHolder. It would increase speed because you won't have to call findViewById() every time in getView method. See List14 in API demos.
Create one generic layout that will conform all combinations of properties and hide some elements if current position doesn't have it.
I hope that will help you. If you could provide some XML stub with your data structure and information how exactly you want to map it into row, I would be able to give you more precise advise. By pixel.

I know how to create a custom row + custom array adapter to support a custom row for the entire list view. But how can one listview support many different row styles?
You already know the basics. You just need to get your custom adapter to return a different layout/view based on the row/cursor information being provided.
A ListView can support multiple row styles because it derives from AdapterView:
An AdapterView is a view whose children are determined by an Adapter.
If you look at the Adapter, you'll see methods that account for using row-specific views:
abstract int getViewTypeCount()
// Returns the number of types of Views that will be created ...
abstract int getItemViewType(int position)
// Get the type of View that will be created ...
abstract View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
// Get a View that displays the data ...
The latter two methods provide the position so you can use that to determine the type of view you should use for that row.
Of course, you generally don't use AdapterView and Adapter directly, but rather use or derive from one of their subclasses. The subclasses of Adapter may add additional functionality that change how to get custom layouts for different rows. Since the view used for a given row is driven by the adapter, the trick is to get the adapter to return the desired view for a given row. How to do this differs depending on the specific adapter.
For example, to use ArrayAdapter,
override getView() to inflate, populate, and return the desired view for the given position. The getView() method includes an opportunity reuse views via the convertView parameter.
But to use derivatives of CursorAdapter,
override newView() to inflate, populate, and return the desired view for the current cursor state (i.e. the current "row") [you also need to override bindView so that widget can reuse views]
However, to use SimpleCursorAdapter,
define a SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder with a setViewValue() method to inflate, populate, and return the desired view for a given row (current cursor state) and data "column". The method can define just the "special" views and defer to SimpleCursorAdapter's standard behavior for the "normal" bindings.
Look up the specific examples/tutorials for the kind of adapter you end up using.

Take a look in the code below.
First, we create custom layouts. In this case, four types.
even.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#ff500000"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
odd.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#ff001f50"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
white.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffffff"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
black.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#ff000000"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="33sp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
Then, we create the listview item. In our case, with a string and a type.
public class ListViewItem {
private String text;
private int type;
public ListViewItem(String text, int type) {
this.text = text;
this.type = type;
}
public String getText() {
return text;
}
public void setText(String text) {
this.text = text;
}
public int getType() {
return type;
}
public void setType(int type) {
this.type = type;
}
}
After that, we create a view holder. It's strongly recommended because Android OS keeps the layout reference to reuse your item when it disappears and appears back on the screen. If you don't use this approach, every single time that your item appears on the screen Android OS will create a new one and causing your app to leak memory.
public class ViewHolder {
TextView text;
public ViewHolder(TextView text) {
this.text = text;
}
public TextView getText() {
return text;
}
public void setText(TextView text) {
this.text = text;
}
}
Finally, we create our custom adapter overriding getViewTypeCount() and getItemViewType(int position).
public class CustomAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
public static final int TYPE_ODD = 0;
public static final int TYPE_EVEN = 1;
public static final int TYPE_WHITE = 2;
public static final int TYPE_BLACK = 3;
private ListViewItem[] objects;
#Override
public int getViewTypeCount() {
return 4;
}
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return objects[position].getType();
}
public CustomAdapter(Context context, int resource, ListViewItem[] objects) {
super(context, resource, objects);
this.objects = objects;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder viewHolder = null;
ListViewItem listViewItem = objects[position];
int listViewItemType = getItemViewType(position);
if (convertView == null) {
if (listViewItemType == TYPE_EVEN) {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.type_even, null);
} else if (listViewItemType == TYPE_ODD) {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.type_odd, null);
} else if (listViewItemType == TYPE_WHITE) {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.type_white, null);
} else {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.type_black, null);
}
TextView textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
viewHolder = new ViewHolder(textView);
convertView.setTag(viewHolder);
} else {
viewHolder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
viewHolder.getText().setText(listViewItem.getText());
return convertView;
}
}
And our activity is something like this:
private ListView listView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); // here, you can create a single layout with a listview
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
final ListViewItem[] items = new ListViewItem[40];
for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
if (i == 4) {
items[i] = new ListViewItem("White " + i, CustomAdapter.TYPE_WHITE);
} else if (i == 9) {
items[i] = new ListViewItem("Black " + i, CustomAdapter.TYPE_BLACK);
} else if (i % 2 == 0) {
items[i] = new ListViewItem("EVEN " + i, CustomAdapter.TYPE_EVEN);
} else {
items[i] = new ListViewItem("ODD " + i, CustomAdapter.TYPE_ODD);
}
}
CustomAdapter customAdapter = new CustomAdapter(this, R.id.text, items);
listView.setAdapter(customAdapter);
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), items[i].getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}
now create a listview inside mainactivity.xml
like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout 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:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context="com.example.shivnandan.gygy.MainActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="#style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="#layout/content_main" />
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/listView"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_marginTop="100dp" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

In your custom array adapter, you override the getView() method, as you presumably familiar with. Then all you have to do is use a switch statement or an if statement to return a certain custom View depending on the position argument passed to the getView method. Android is clever in that it will only give you a convertView of the appropriate type for your position/row; you do not need to check it is of the correct type. You can help Android with this by overriding the getItemViewType() and getViewTypeCount() methods appropriately.

If we need to show different type of view in list-view then its good to use getViewTypeCount() and getItemViewType() in adapter instead of toggling a view VIEW.GONE and VIEW.VISIBLE can be very expensive task inside getView() which will affect the list scroll.
Please check this one for use of getViewTypeCount() and getItemViewType() in Adapter.
Link : the-use-of-getviewtypecount

ListView was intended for simple use cases like the same static view for all row items.
Since you have to create ViewHolders and make significant use of getItemViewType(), and dynamically show different row item layout xml's, you should try doing that using the RecyclerView, which is available in Android API 22. It offers better support and structure for multiple view types.
Check out this tutorial on how to use the RecyclerView to do what you are looking for.