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2 recycler views in one scrollable activity

I have implemented two recyclerviews in an activity. However, the layout, as a whole, is not scrollable and so when the number of items in any one of the recyclerview is more, the contents of other recycler are no longer visible.
I searched SO and found that one should not use a scrollable view inside another scrollable view. I should not set custom height for each recycler as the user has an option to add items in the list. I am using a custom linear layout manager for that.
How should i go about making the whole screen scrollable?

1) You should write setNestedScrollingEnabled(false); for both recylerview if they are inside scrollview.
2) If your recyler view is of LinearLayoutManager(Vertical) than you
should write below class instead of default
public class RecylerViewHeightRuntime extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static Field insetsDirtyField = null;
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private final RecyclerView view;
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
private int overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS;
private final Rect tmpRect = new Rect();
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public RecylerViewHeightRuntime(Context context) {
super(context);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public RecylerViewHeightRuntime(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public RecylerViewHeightRuntime(RecyclerView view) {
super(view.getContext());
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public RecylerViewHeightRuntime(RecyclerView view, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(view.getContext(), orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void setOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode) {
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (this.view == null) throw new IllegalStateException("view == null");
this.overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, overScrollMode);
}
private static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean hasWidthSize = widthMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean hasHeightSize = heightMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, childDimensions);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, childDimensions);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
if (hasWidthSize) {
width = Math.min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
if (hasHeightSize) {
height = Math.min(height, heightSize);
}
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (view != null && overScrollMode == ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_IF_CONTENT_SCROLLS) {
final boolean fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, fit ? ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER : ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS);
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
private void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize, int[] dimensions) {
final View child;
try {
child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
/* if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "LinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}*/
return;
}
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
makeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, tmpRect);
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
makeInsetsDirty(p);
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
private static void makeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p) {
if (!canMakeInsetsDirty) {
return;
}
try {
if (insetsDirtyField == null) {
insetsDirtyField = RecyclerView.LayoutParams.class.getDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
insetsDirtyField.setAccessible(true);
}
insetsDirtyField.set(p, true);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed() {
canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
/* if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
}*/
}
}
This code is written by some buddy in StackOverflow and it worked for me.Thanks to him for this code

Center a CardView in a RecyclerView with only one element

I'm using a RecyclerView that contains CardViews with a TextView and a ImageView (Every card represents a city). I also have a onClickListener on every card that leads me to a list of museum in the city. (The RecyclerView is populated by an ArrayList).
The list is a RecyclerView composed by the same Cardview that scrolls vertically.
When a city has only one museum, how can I display the unique CardView at the center of the screen?
This is the activity xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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"
tools:context="com.bebbo203.mymuseum.MuseumActivity">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/recyclerViewMuseum"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:scrollIndicators="none"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
And this is the RecyclerView xml:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:id="#+id/cardView"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="2dp"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:id="#+id/imageViewList"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|top"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewList"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:textSize="40sp"
android:textIsSelectable="false"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:gravity="fill"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|top"/>
</FrameLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</RelativeLayout>`
Thanks for helping.
So this is the MainActivity. A list of Cities. All is good here.
When I click on Parigi that has only one museum I wanted to show the single cardview at the center of the screen
(And if it's possible i would like to make the cardview starting from the center of the screen, not from the top. Like if the central cardview is always at the center when I open the activity. For example translating NationalGallery at the center mantaining the order of the other)

I've implemented simple HelloWorld app, which shows list of cities and based on how many museums it has - shows full-sized city-card or the centered, wrapped version of it.
(Yes, I'm not exactly good at arts :-) )
Here's how I did it.
TL;DR:
The crucial part is ItemDecoration: set proper items offset and you'll get what you need; Here's how I've done it:
RecyclerView recyclerViewMuseum = (RecyclerView)findViewById(R.id.recyclerViewMuseum);
recyclerViewMuseum.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false));
recyclerViewMuseum.setAdapter(adapter);
recyclerViewMuseum.addItemDecoration(new RecyclerView.ItemDecoration() {
#Override
public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
if (view instanceof CityWithOneMuseumCardView) {
int totalWidth = parent.getWidth();
int cardWidth = getResources().getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.small_card_width);
int sidePadding = (totalWidth - cardWidth) / 2;
sidePadding = Math.max(0, sidePadding);
outRect.set(sidePadding, 0, sidePadding, 0);
}
}
});
Here's my model - City and Museum classes:
public class Museum {
public String title;
public Museum(String title) {
this.title = title;
}
}
public class City {
public String title;
public int imageRes;
public List<Museum> museums = new ArrayList<>();
public City(String title, int imageRes) {
this.title = title;
this.imageRes = imageRes;
}
}
Then Views: CityWithManyMuseumsCardView and CityWithOneMuseumCardView. Both of them are using helper-interface IItemDisplayer.
public class CityWithOneMuseumCardView extends CardView implements IItemDisplayer<City> {
public CityWithOneMuseumCardView(Context context) {
super(context);
LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.one_museum_layout, this);
}
#Override
public void displayItem(City city) {
TextView cityTitleTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.cityTitleTextView);
cityTitleTextView.setText(city.title);
}
}
public class CityWithManyMuseumsCardView extends CardView implements IItemDisplayer<City> {
public CityWithManyMuseumsCardView(Context context) {
super(context);
LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.many_museums_layout, this);
}
#Override
public void displayItem(City city) {
ImageView cityBackgroundImageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.cityBackgroundImageView);
cityBackgroundImageView.setImageResource(city.imageRes);
TextView cityTitleTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.cityTitleTextView);
cityTitleTextView.setText(city.title);
TextView cityNumberOrMuseumsTextView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.cityNumberOrMuseumsTextView);
cityNumberOrMuseumsTextView.setText(String.valueOf(city.museums.size()));
}
}
public interface IItemDisplayer<TItem> {
public void displayItem(TItem item);
}
And their layouts :
<!-- One Museum card -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:background="#BB2050AB"
android:layout_width="#dimen/small_card_width"
android:layout_height="200dp">
<TextView
android:background="#AA000000"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:text="Only one museum available"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:padding="4dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/cityTitleTextView"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:background="#AAFFFFFF"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:paddingStart="16dp"
android:paddingEnd="16dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp" />
</FrameLayout>
<!-- Many museums card -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="240dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/cityBackgroundImageView"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_width="500dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/cityNumberOrMuseumsTextView"
android:layout_gravity="top|end"
android:background="#AA000000"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:padding="4dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/cityTitleTextView"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:background="#AA000000"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:paddingStart="16dp"
android:paddingEnd="16dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp" />
</FrameLayout>
Then we need to create an adapter for our RecyclerView
CityAdapter.java
public class CityAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
final static int ITEM_TYPE_MANY_MUSEUMS = 0;
final static int ITEM_TYPE_ONE_MUSEUM = 1;
private List<City> items;
public CityAdapter(List<City> items) {
this.items = items;
}
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, int viewType) {
switch (viewType) {
case ITEM_TYPE_MANY_MUSEUMS:
return new ViewHolder(new CityWithManyMuseumsCardView(viewGroup.getContext()));
case ITEM_TYPE_ONE_MUSEUM:
return new ViewHolder(new CityWithOneMuseumCardView(viewGroup.getContext()));
default:
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unexpected viewType: %d", viewType));
}
}
#Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
if (items == null || items.size() < position) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong position!");
}
if (items.get(position).museums.size() > 1) {
return ITEM_TYPE_MANY_MUSEUMS;
} else if (items.get(position).museums.size() == 1){
return ITEM_TYPE_ONE_MUSEUM;
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong number of museums!");
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
((IItemDisplayer<City>) holder.itemView).displayItem(items.get(position));
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return items.size();
}
public class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
}
}
}
I've uploaded this project to my dropbox - feel free to check it out! Hope, it helps.

Can you try this:
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
/**
* {#link android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager} which wraps its content. Note that this class will always
* wrap the content regardless of {#link android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView} layout parameters.
* <p/>
* Now it's impossible to run add/remove animations with child views which have arbitrary dimensions (height for
* VERTICAL orientation and width for HORIZONTAL). However if child views have fixed dimensions
* {#link #setChildSize(int)} method might be used to let the layout manager know how big they are going to be.
* If animations are not used at all then a normal measuring procedure will run and child views will be measured during
* the measure pass.
*/
public class WrapContentLinearLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static Field insetsDirtyField = null;
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private final RecyclerView view;
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
private int overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS;
private final Rect tmpRect = new Rect();
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view) {
super(view.getContext());
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(view.getContext(), orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void setOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode) {
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (this.view == null) throw new IllegalStateException("view == null");
this.overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, overScrollMode);
}
public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean hasWidthSize = widthMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean hasHeightSize = heightMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
if (hasWidthSize) {
width = Math.min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
if (hasHeightSize) {
height = Math.min(height, heightSize);
}
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (view != null && overScrollMode == ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_IF_CONTENT_SCROLLS) {
final boolean fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, fit ? ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER : ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS);
}
}
private void logMeasureWarning(int child) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #setChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
public void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize, int[] dimensions) {
final View child;
try {
child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "LinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}
return;
}
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
makeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, tmpRect);
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
makeInsetsDirty(p);
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
private static void makeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p) {
if (!canMakeInsetsDirty) {
return;
}
try {
if (insetsDirtyField == null) {
insetsDirtyField = RecyclerView.LayoutParams.class.getDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
insetsDirtyField.setAccessible(true);
}
insetsDirtyField.set(p, true);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed() {
canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
}
}
}
Put this WrapContentLinearLayoutManager in your recyclerview
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(activity));
And this in the xml (with the relative in parent)
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:id="#+id/recyclerViewMuseum"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:scrollIndicators="none"/>
This should work :)

1.Try set LayoutParams CENTER_IN_PARENT when recyclerview has 1 child
2.Or Use a FrameLayout as parent of recyclerView and set layout_gravity
3.Or just compute the space above cardview and set marginTop to recyclerView or setTranslationY to recyclerView
4.Or add a itemDecaration with space'height at Recylerview.
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rLp = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) recyclerView.getLayoutParams();
if(data != null || data.size()>1){
rLp.removeRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT);
}else{
rLp.addRule(RelativeLayout.CENTER_IN_PARENT, RelativeLayout.TRUE);
}
recyclerView.setLayoutParams(rLp);
When recyclerView has only one child use this LayoutManager:
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
public class FullyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
private static final String TAG = FullyLinearLayoutManager.class.getSimpleName();
private MeasureEndListener mMeasureEndListener;
public FullyLinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
private float divHeight =0;
public FullyLinearLayoutManager(Context context,float height) {
super(context);
divHeight = height;
}
public FullyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
Log.i(TAG, "onMeasure called. \nwidthMode " + widthMode
+ " \nheightMode " + heightSpec
+ " \nwidthSize " + widthSize
+ " \nheightSize " + heightSize
+ " \ngetItemCount() " + getItemCount());
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
// LogUtils.e(mMeasuredDimension[1]);
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if(i!= getItemCount()-1){
height += divHeight;
// LogUtils.e(divHeight + "xxx add"+DensityUtils.dp2px(divHeight));
}else{
height += 2*divHeight;
// LogUtils.e(divHeight+ "xxx no add"+ DensityUtils.dp2px(divHeight));
}
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
if(mMeasureEndListener!=null){
mMeasureEndListener.onMeasureEnd(width,height);
// new Thread().interrupt();
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
try {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(0);//fix 动态添加时报IndexOutOfBoundsException
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
}
}
public interface MeasureEndListener{
void onMeasureEnd(int width,int height);
}
public void setMeasureEndListener(MeasureEndListener mMeasureEndListener){
this.mMeasureEndListener = mMeasureEndListener;
}
}

Try set height of RecyclerView when have only one item or more.
Refer this topic for to do that. When have only one item, set RecyclerView to WRAP_CONTENT. And when have more one item, set RecyclerView to MATCH_CONTENT. Good luck!

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/margin_twenty"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/margin_twenty">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

How to force a RecyclerView to wrap over its content (instead of staying at 0 height)?

The structure of the view is as follows.
In an Activity:
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/frag_totals"
android:name="MyFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<!-- more fragments -->
The fragment itself is simple:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
<!-- this attribute - I mean layout_height - is meaningless, setting it to a hardcoded value still does nothing -->
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/user_details_button_selected"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context="com.azumio.android.argus.insights.TotalInsightsFragment"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
<!-- this attribute doesn't work, unless set to a fixed value -->
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
I'm populating the RecyclerView with two items and I expect it to stretch its height to accomodate for these two items.
It doesn't work, it stays at 0, making the Fragment invisible unless I add something else to the layout.
I tried all possible combinations of match_parent, wrap_content, I set fillViewport to true, I tried calling requestLayout and invalidate on it, I tried switching Fragment's visilibility off (GONE) and on again, it didn't do the trick.
Any ideas?

Edit
Using new support library use android:layout_height="wrap_content" that will solve your problem
I had the same issue following worked for me
Use this layout manger to Wrap RecyclerView
public class VerticalWrapLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static Field insetsDirtyField = null;
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private final RecyclerView view;
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
private int overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS;
private final Rect tmpRect = new Rect();
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public VerticalWrapLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public VerticalWrapLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public VerticalWrapLayoutManager(RecyclerView view) {
super(view.getContext());
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public VerticalWrapLayoutManager(RecyclerView view, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(view.getContext(), orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void setOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode) {
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (this.view == null) throw new IllegalStateException("view == null");
this.overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, overScrollMode);
}
public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean hasWidthSize = widthMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean hasHeightSize = heightMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
if (hasWidthSize) {
width = Math.min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
if (hasHeightSize) {
height = Math.min(height, heightSize);
}
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (view != null && overScrollMode == ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_IF_CONTENT_SCROLLS) {
final boolean fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, fit ? ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER : ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS);
}
}
private void logMeasureWarning(int child) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #setChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
public void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize, int[] dimensions) {
final View child;
try {
child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "LinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}
return;
}
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
makeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, tmpRect);
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
makeInsetsDirty(p);
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
private static void makeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p) {
if (!canMakeInsetsDirty) {
return;
}
try {
if (insetsDirtyField == null) {
insetsDirtyField = RecyclerView.LayoutParams.class.getDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
insetsDirtyField.setAccessible(true);
}
insetsDirtyField.set(p, true);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed() {
canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
}
}
}
Set to RecyclerView like
VerticalWrapLayoutManager layoutManager
= new VerticalWrapLayoutManager(mContext, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);

I had exactly the same problem, i fixed it by using the latest recyclerview.
replace your old recyclerview with the following one.
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'

How do I make WRAP_CONTENT work on a RecyclerView

I have a DialogFragment that contains a RecyclerView (a list of cards).
Within this RecyclerView are one or more CardViews that can have any height.
I want to give this DialogFragment the correct height based on the CardViews that are contained within.
Normally this would be simple, I would set wrap_content on the RecyclerView like this.
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView ...
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/recycler_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:scrollbars="vertical" >
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
Because I am using a RecyclerView this does not work:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37001674
and
Nested Recycler view height doesn't wrap its content
On both of these pages people suggest to extend LinearLayoutManager and to override onMeasure()
I first used the LayoutManager that someone provided in the first link:
public static class WrappingLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public WrappingLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
measureScrapChild(recycler, 0,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
int width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
int height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
width = widthSize;
break;
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
height = heightSize;
break;
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth();
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight();
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}
However this did not work because
heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
returns a very large value that appear to be related to match_parent.
By commenting height = heightSize; (in the second switch case) I managed to make the height work but only if a TextView child inside the CardView does not wrap its own text (a long sentence).
As soon as that TextView wraps it's own text the height SHOULD increase but it doesn't. It calculated the height for that long sentence as a single line, not a wrapped line (2 or more).
Any advice on how I should improve this LayoutManager so my RecyclerView works with WRAP_CONTENT?
Edit: This layout manager might work for most people, but it still has problems with scrolling and calculating heights of wrapping textviews
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

From Android Support Library 23.2.1 update, all WRAP_CONTENT should work correctly.
Please update version of a library in gradle file OR to further :
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'
solved some issue like Fixed bugs related to various measure-spec methods
Check http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7-recyclerview
you can check Support Library revision history

UPDATE 02.07.2020
This method may prevent recycling and should not be used on large data sets.
UPDATE 05.07.2019
If you are using RecyclerView inside a ScrollView, just change ScrollView to androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView. Inside this view there is no need to pack RecyclerView inside a RelativeLayout.
<androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- other views -->
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<!-- other views -->
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
Finally found the solution for this problem.
All you need to do is wrap the RecyclerView in a RelativeLayout. Maybe there are other Views which may also work.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

Here is the refined version of the class which seems to work and lacks problems other solutions have:
package org.solovyev.android.views.llm;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
/**
* {#link android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager} which wraps its content. Note that this class will always
* wrap the content regardless of {#link android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView} layout parameters.
*
* Now it's impossible to run add/remove animations with child views which have arbitrary dimensions (height for
* VERTICAL orientation and width for HORIZONTAL). However if child views have fixed dimensions
* {#link #setChildSize(int)} method might be used to let the layout manager know how big they are going to be.
* If animations are not used at all then a normal measuring procedure will run and child views will be measured during
* the measure pass.
*/
public class LinearLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSpec, unspecified, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSpec, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if ((vertical && height < heightSize) || (!vertical && width < widthSize)) {
// we really should wrap the contents of the view, let's do it
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
} else {
// if calculated height/width exceeds requested height/width let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
}
}
private void logMeasureWarning(int child) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #setChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
public void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec, int heightSpec, int[] dimensions) {
final View child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
}
This is also available as a library. Link to relevant class.

UPDATE
By Android Support Library 23.2 update, all WRAP_CONTENT should work correctly.
Please update version of a library in gradle file.
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.0'
Original Answer
As answered on other question, you need to use original onMeasure() method when your recycler view height is bigger than screen height. This layout manager can calculate ItemDecoration and can scroll with more.
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
// If child view is more than screen size, there is no need to make it wrap content. We can use original onMeasure() so we can scroll view.
if (height < heightSize && width < widthSize) {
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
} else {
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
}
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
// For adding Item Decor Insets to view
super.measureChildWithMargins(view, 0, 0);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight() + getDecoratedLeft(view) + getDecoratedRight(view), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom() + getPaddingBottom() + getDecoratedBottom(view) , p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
// Get decorated measurements
measuredDimension[0] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(view) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(view) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}
original answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/28510031/1577792

Here is the c# version for mono android
/*
* Ported by Jagadeesh Govindaraj (#jaganjan)
*Copyright 2015 serso aka se.solovyev
*
* 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
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* Contact details
*
* Email: se.solovyev #gmail.com
* Site: http://se.solovyev.org
*/
using Android.Content;
using Android.Graphics;
using Android.Support.V4.View;
using Android.Support.V7.Widget;
using Android.Util;
using Android.Views;
using Java.Lang;
using Java.Lang.Reflect;
using System;
using Math = Java.Lang.Math;
namespace Droid.Helper
{
public class WrapLayoutManager : LinearLayoutManager
{
private const int DefaultChildSize = 100;
private static readonly Rect TmpRect = new Rect();
private int _childSize = DefaultChildSize;
private static bool _canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static readonly int[] ChildDimensions = new int[2];
private const int ChildHeight = 1;
private const int ChildWidth = 0;
private static bool _hasChildSize;
private static Field InsetsDirtyField = null;
private static int _overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OverScrollAlways;
private static RecyclerView _view;
public WrapLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, bool reverseLayout)
: base(context, orientation, reverseLayout)
{
_view = null;
}
public WrapLayoutManager(Context context) : base(context)
{
_view = null;
}
public WrapLayoutManager(RecyclerView view) : base(view.Context)
{
_view = view;
_overScrollMode = ViewCompat.GetOverScrollMode(view);
}
public WrapLayoutManager(RecyclerView view, int orientation, bool reverseLayout)
: base(view.Context, orientation, reverseLayout)
{
_view = view;
_overScrollMode = ViewCompat.GetOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void SetOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode)
{
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OverScrollAlways || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OverScrollNever)
throw new ArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (_view == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(_view));
_overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.SetOverScrollMode(_view, overScrollMode);
}
public static int MakeUnspecifiedSpec()
{
return View.MeasureSpec.MakeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpecMode.Unspecified);
}
public override void OnMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec)
{
var widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.GetMode(widthSpec);
var heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.GetMode(heightSpec);
var widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.GetSize(widthSpec);
var heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.GetSize(heightSpec);
var hasWidthSize = widthMode != MeasureSpecMode.Unspecified;
var hasHeightSize = heightMode != MeasureSpecMode.Unspecified;
var exactWidth = widthMode == MeasureSpecMode.Exactly;
var exactHeight = heightMode == MeasureSpecMode.Exactly;
var unspecified = MakeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight)
{
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
base.OnMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
var vertical = Orientation == Vertical;
InitChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
var width = 0;
var height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter
// entities. This happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method.
// As a workaround let's clear the recycler now (it should not cause any performance
// issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never called whiles scrolling)
recycler.Clear();
var stateItemCount = state.ItemCount;
var adapterItemCount = ItemCount;
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data
// before the animation is done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we
// must use data from the adapter and not from the state
for (var i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++)
{
if (vertical)
{
if (!_hasChildSize)
{
if (i < stateItemCount)
{
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get
// IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items we will use previously
// calculated dimensions
MeasureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, ChildDimensions);
}
else
{
LogMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += ChildDimensions[ChildHeight];
if (i == 0)
{
width = ChildDimensions[ChildWidth];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize)
{
break;
}
}
else
{
if (!_hasChildSize)
{
if (i < stateItemCount)
{
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get
// IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items we will use previously
// calculated dimensions
MeasureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, ChildDimensions);
}
else
{
LogMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += ChildDimensions[ChildWidth];
if (i == 0)
{
height = ChildDimensions[ChildHeight];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize)
{
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth)
{
width = widthSize;
}
else
{
width += PaddingLeft + PaddingRight;
if (hasWidthSize)
{
width = Math.Min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight)
{
height = heightSize;
}
else
{
height += PaddingTop + PaddingBottom;
if (hasHeightSize)
{
height = Math.Min(height, heightSize);
}
}
SetMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (_view == null || _overScrollMode != ViewCompat.OverScrollIfContentScrolls) return;
var fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.SetOverScrollMode(_view, fit ? ViewCompat.OverScrollNever : ViewCompat.OverScrollAlways);
}
private void LogMeasureWarning(int child)
{
#if DEBUG
Log.WriteLine(LogPriority.Warn, "LinearLayoutManager",
"Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #SetChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
#endif
}
private void InitChildDimensions(int width, int height, bool vertical)
{
if (ChildDimensions[ChildWidth] != 0 || ChildDimensions[ChildHeight] != 0)
{
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical)
{
ChildDimensions[ChildWidth] = width;
ChildDimensions[ChildHeight] = _childSize;
}
else
{
ChildDimensions[ChildWidth] = _childSize;
ChildDimensions[ChildHeight] = height;
}
}
public void ClearChildSize()
{
_hasChildSize = false;
SetChildSize(DefaultChildSize);
}
public void SetChildSize(int size)
{
_hasChildSize = true;
if (_childSize == size) return;
_childSize = size;
RequestLayout();
}
private void MeasureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize,
int[] dimensions)
{
View child = null;
try
{
child = recycler.GetViewForPosition(position);
}
catch (IndexOutOfRangeException e)
{
Log.WriteLine(LogPriority.Warn, "LinearLayoutManager",
"LinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}
if (child != null)
{
var p = child.LayoutParameters.JavaCast<RecyclerView.LayoutParams>()
var hPadding = PaddingLeft + PaddingRight;
var vPadding = PaddingTop + PaddingBottom;
var hMargin = p.LeftMargin + p.RightMargin;
var vMargin = p.TopMargin + p.BottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
MakeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
CalculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, TmpRect);
var hDecoration = GetRightDecorationWidth(child) + GetLeftDecorationWidth(child);
var vDecoration = GetTopDecorationHeight(child) + GetBottomDecorationHeight(child);
var childWidthSpec = GetChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.Width,
CanScrollHorizontally());
var childHeightSpec = GetChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.Height,
CanScrollVertically());
child.Measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[ChildWidth] = GetDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.LeftMargin + p.RightMargin;
dimensions[ChildHeight] = GetDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.BottomMargin + p.TopMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
MakeInsetsDirty(p);
}
recycler.RecycleView(child);
}
private static void MakeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p)
{
if (!_canMakeInsetsDirty)
{
return;
}
try
{
if (InsetsDirtyField == null)
{
var klass = Java.Lang.Class.FromType (typeof (RecyclerView.LayoutParams));
InsetsDirtyField = klass.GetDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
InsetsDirtyField.Accessible = true;
}
InsetsDirtyField.Set(p, true);
}
catch (NoSuchFieldException e)
{
OnMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
catch (IllegalAccessException e)
{
OnMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void OnMakeInsertDirtyFailed()
{
_canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
#if DEBUG
Log.Warn("LinearLayoutManager",
"Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
#endif
}
}
}

Put the recyclerview in any other layout (Relative layout is
preferable). Then change recyclerview's height/width as match parent
to that layout and set the parent layout's height/width as wrap
content.
Source: This comment.

RecyclerView added support for wrap_content in 23.2.0 which was buggy , 23.2.1 was just stable , so you can use:
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.0'
You can see the revision history here:
https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions.html
Note:
Also note that after updating support library the RecyclerView will respect wrap_content as well as match_parent so if you have a Item View of a RecyclerView set as match_parent the single view will fill whole screen

Simply put your RecyclerView inside a NestedScrollView. Works perfectly
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="25dp">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/kliste"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

The problem with scrolling and text wrapping is that this code is assuming that both the width and the height are set to wrap_content. However, the LayoutManager needs to know that the horizontal width is constrained. So instead of creating your own widthSpec for each child view, just use the original widthSpec:
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
widthSpec,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(widthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}

Try this (It's a nasty solution but It may work):
In the onCreate method of your Activity or in the onViewCreated method of your fragment. Set a callback ready to be triggered when the RecyclerView first render, like this:
vRecyclerView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
calculeRecyclerViewFullHeight();
}
});
In the calculeRecyclerViewFullHeight calculate the RecyclerView full height based in the height of its children.
protected void calculateSwipeRefreshFullHeight() {
int height = 0;
for (int idx = 0; idx < getRecyclerView().getChildCount(); idx++ ) {
View v = getRecyclerView().getChildAt(idx);
height += v.getHeight();
}
SwipeRefreshLayout.LayoutParams params = getSwipeRefresh().getLayoutParams();
params.height = height;
getSwipeRefresh().setLayoutParams(params);
}
In my case my RecyclerView is contain in a SwipeRefreshLayout for that reason I'm setting the height to the SwipeRefreshView and not to the RecyclerView but if you don't have any SwipeRefreshView then you can set the height to the RecyclerView instead.
Let me know if this helped you or not.

This now works as they've made a release in version 23.2, as stated in this post.
Quoting the official blogpost
This release brings an exciting new feature to the LayoutManager API: auto-measurement! This allows a RecyclerView to size itself based on the size of its contents. This means that previously unavailable scenarios, such as using WRAP_CONTENT for a dimension of the RecyclerView, are now possible. You’ll find all built in LayoutManagers now support auto-measurement.

i suggest you to put the recyclerview in any other layout (Relative layout is preferable). Then change recyclerview's height/width as match parent to that layout and set the parent layout's height/width as wrap content. it works for me

I had used some of the above solutions but it was working for width but height.
If your specified compileSdkVersion greater than 23, you can directly use RecyclerView provided in their respective support libraries of recycler view, like for 23 it will be 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'. These support libraries support attributes of wrap_content for both width and height.
You have to add it to your dependencies
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'
If your compileSdkVersion less than 23, you can use below-mentioned solution.
I found this Google thread regarding this issue. In this thread, there is one contribution which leads to the implementation of LinearLayoutManager.
I have tested it for both height and width and it worked fine for me in both cases.
/*
* Copyright 2015 serso aka se.solovyev
*
* 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
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* Contact details
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package org.solovyev.android.views.llm;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
/**
* {#link android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager} which wraps its content. Note that this class will always
* wrap the content regardless of {#link android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView} layout parameters.
* <p/>
* Now it's impossible to run add/remove animations with child views which have arbitrary dimensions (height for
* VERTICAL orientation and width for HORIZONTAL). However if child views have fixed dimensions
* {#link #setChildSize(int)} method might be used to let the layout manager know how big they are going to be.
* If animations are not used at all then a normal measuring procedure will run and child views will be measured during
* the measure pass.
*/
public class LinearLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static Field insetsDirtyField = null;
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private final RecyclerView view;
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
private int overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS;
private final Rect tmpRect = new Rect();
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view) {
super(view.getContext());
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public LinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(view.getContext(), orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void setOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode) {
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (this.view == null) throw new IllegalStateException("view == null");
this.overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, overScrollMode);
}
public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean hasWidthSize = widthMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean hasHeightSize = heightMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
if (hasWidthSize) {
width = Math.min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
if (hasHeightSize) {
height = Math.min(height, heightSize);
}
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (view != null && overScrollMode == ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_IF_CONTENT_SCROLLS) {
final boolean fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, fit ? ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER : ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS);
}
}
private void logMeasureWarning(int child) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #setChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
public void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize, int[] dimensions) {
final View child;
try {
child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "LinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}
return;
}
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
makeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, tmpRect);
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
makeInsetsDirty(p);
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
private static void makeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p) {
if (!canMakeInsetsDirty) {
return;
}
try {
if (insetsDirtyField == null) {
insetsDirtyField = RecyclerView.LayoutParams.class.getDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
insetsDirtyField.setAccessible(true);
}
insetsDirtyField.set(p, true);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed() {
canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("LinearLayoutManager", "Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
}
}
}

Instead of using any library, easiest solution till the new version comes out is to just open b.android.com/74772. You'll easily find the best solution known to date there.
PS: b.android.com/74772#c50 worked for me

Update your view with null value instead of parent viewgroup in Adapter viewholder onCreateViewHolder method.
#Override
public AdapterItemSku.MyViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = inflator.inflate(R.layout.layout_item, null, false);
return new MyViewHolder(view);
}

Also check if auto measure is enabled on the layout manager. if not: layoutManager.setAutoMeasureEnabled(true);

Replace measureScrapChild to follow code:
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension)
{
View view = recycler.GetViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null)
{
MeasureChildWithMargins(view, widthSpec, heightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.MeasuredWidth;
measuredDimension[1] = view.MeasuredHeight;
recycler.RecycleView(view);
}
}
I use xamarin, so this is c# code. I think this can be easily "translated" to Java.

You must put a FrameLayout as Main view then put inside a RelativeLayout with ScrollView and at least your RecyclerView, it works for me.
The real trick here is the RelativeLayout...
Happy to help.

I have the same problem similar to you and I can solve it by using LayoutManager as StaggeredGridLayoutManager instead of trying to apply with LinearLayoutManager by calculate screen width or GridLayoutManager
Please find sample code bellow without required you to do any other customization
StaggeredGridLayoutManager horizontalManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(spanCount, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(horizontalManager);
Note: spanCount is number of item per row but it will auto wrap-content for you if current RecyclerView item reach the screen width.
Hope it can help you and good luck!!!

I have not worked on my answer but the way I know it StaggridLayoutManager with no. of grid 1 can solve your problem as StaggridLayout will automatically adjust its height and width on the size of the content.

Nested Recycler view height doesn't wrap its content

I have an application that manage collections of books (like playlists).
I want to display a list of collection with a vertical RecyclerView and inside each row, a list of book in an horizontal RecyclerView.
When i set the layout_height of the inner horizontal RecyclerView to 300dp, it is displayed correctly but when i set it to wrap_content, it doesn't display anything.
I need to use wrap_content because I want to be able to change the layout manager programmatically to switch between vertical and horizontal display.
Do you know what i'm doing wrong ?
My Fragment layout :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/white">
<com.twibit.ui.view.CustomSwipeToRefreshLayout
android:id="#+id/swipe_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/shelf_collection_listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="10dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</com.twibit.ui.view.CustomSwipeToRefreshLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Collection element layout :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFF">
<!-- Simple Header -->
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="#string/empty_collection"
android:id="#+id/empty_collection_tv"
android:visibility="gone"
android:gravity="center"/>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/collection_book_listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> <!-- android:layout_height="300dp" -->
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Book list item :
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="220dp"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/shelf_item_cover"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:maxWidth="150dp"
android:maxHeight="200dp"
android:src="#drawable/placeholder"
android:contentDescription="#string/cover"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#android:drawable/dialog_holo_light_frame"/>
</FrameLayout>
Here is my Collection Adapter :
private class CollectionsListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CollectionsListAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private final String TAG = CollectionsListAdapter.class.getSimpleName();
private Context mContext;
// Create the ViewHolder class to keep references to your views
class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private final TextView mHeaderTitleTextView;
private final TextView mHeaderCountTextView;
private final RecyclerView mHorizontalListView;
private final TextView mEmptyTextView;
public ViewHolder(View view) {
super(view);
mHeaderTitleTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.collection_header_tv);
mHeaderCountTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.collection_header_count_tv);
mHorizontalListView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.collection_book_listview);
mEmptyTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.empty_collection_tv);
}
}
public CollectionsListAdapter(Context context) {
mContext = context;
}
#Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int i) {
Log.d(TAG, "CollectionsListAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(" + parent.getId() + ", " + i + ")");
// Create a new view by inflating the row item xml.
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.shelf_collection, parent, false);
// Set the view to the ViewHolder
ViewHolder holder = new ViewHolder(v);
holder.mHorizontalListView.setHasFixedSize(false);
holder.mHorizontalListView.setHorizontalScrollBarEnabled(true);
// use a linear layout manager
LinearLayoutManager mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(mContext);
mLayoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
holder.mHorizontalListView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);
return holder;
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int i) {
Log.d(TAG, "CollectionsListAdapter.onBindViewHolder(" + holder.getPosition() + ", " + i + ")");
Collection collection = mCollectionList.get(i);
Log.d(TAG, "Collection : " + collection.getLabel());
holder.mHeaderTitleTextView.setText(collection.getLabel());
holder.mHeaderCountTextView.setText("" + collection.getBooks().size());
// Create an adapter if none exists
if (!mBookListAdapterMap.containsKey(collection.getCollectionId())) {
mBookListAdapterMap.put(collection.getCollectionId(), new BookListAdapter(getActivity(), collection));
}
holder.mHorizontalListView.setAdapter(mBookListAdapterMap.get(collection.getCollectionId()));
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mCollectionList.size();
}
}
And finally, the Book adapter :
private class BookListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<BookListAdapter.ViewHolder> implements View.OnClickListener {
private final String TAG = BookListAdapter.class.getSimpleName();
// Create the ViewHolder class to keep references to your views
class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public ImageView mCoverImageView;
public ViewHolder(View view) {
super(view);
mCoverImageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.shelf_item_cover);
}
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
BookListAdapter.ViewHolder holder = (BookListAdapter.ViewHolder) v.getTag();
int position = holder.getPosition();
final Book book = mCollection.getBooks().get(position);
// Click on cover image
if (v.getId() == holder.mCoverImageView.getId()) {
downloadOrOpenBook(book);
return;
}
}
private void downloadOrOpenBook(final Book book) {
// do stuff
}
private Context mContext;
private Collection mCollection;
public BookListAdapter(Context context, Collection collection) {
Log.d(TAG, "BookListAdapter(" + context + ", " + collection + ")");
mCollection = collection;
mContext = context;
}
#Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int i) {
Log.d(TAG, "onCreateViewHolder(" + parent.getId() + ", " + i + ")");
// Create a new view by inflating the row item xml.
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.shelf_grid_item, parent, false);
// Set the view to the ViewHolder
ViewHolder holder = new ViewHolder(v);
holder.mCoverImageView.setOnClickListener(BookListAdapter.this); // Download or Open
holder.mCoverImageView.setTag(holder);
return holder;
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int i) {
Log.d(TAG, "onBindViewHolder(" + holder.getPosition() + ", " + i + ")");
Book book = mCollection.getBooks().get(i);
ImageView imageView = holder.mCoverImageView;
ImageLoader.getInstance().displayImage(book.getCoverUrl(), imageView);
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mCollection.getBooks().size();
}
}

#user2302510 solution works not as good as you may expected. Full workaround for both orientations and dynamically data changes is:
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

Update
Many issues relating to this feature in version 23.2.0 have been fixed in 23.2.1, update to that instead.
With the release of Support Library version 23.2, RecyclerView now supports that!
Update build.gradle to:
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'
or any version beyond that.
This release brings an exciting new feature to the LayoutManager API: auto-measurement! This allows a RecyclerView to size itself based on the size of its contents. This means that previously unavailable scenarios, such as using WRAP_CONTENT for a dimension of the RecyclerView, are now possible. You’ll find all built in LayoutManagers now support auto-measurement.
This can be disabled via setAutoMeasurementEnabled() if need be. Check in detail here.

The code up above doesn't work well when you need to make your items "wrap_content", because it measures both items height and width with MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED. After some troubles I've modified that solution so now items can expand. The only difference is that it provides parents height or width MeasureSpec depends on layout orientation.
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
heightSpec,
mMeasuredDimension);
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
widthSpec,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
recycler.bindViewToPosition(view, position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

Existing layout manager do not yet support wrap content.
You can create a new LayoutManager that extends the existing one and overrides onMeasure method to measure for wrap content.

As #yiğit mentioned, you need to override onMeasure(). Both #user2302510 and #DenisNek have good answers but if you want to support ItemDecoration you can use this custom layout manager.
And other answers cannot scroll when there are more items than can be displayed on the screen though. This one is using default implemantation of onMeasure() when there are more items than screen size.
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
// If child view is more than screen size, there is no need to make it wrap content. We can use original onMeasure() so we can scroll view.
if (height < heightSize && width < widthSize) {
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
} else {
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
}
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
// For adding Item Decor Insets to view
super.measureChildWithMargins(view, 0, 0);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight() + getDecoratedLeft(view) + getDecoratedRight(view), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom() + getPaddingBottom() + getDecoratedBottom(view) , p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
// Get decorated measurements
measuredDimension[0] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(view) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(view) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}
And if you want to use it with GridLayoutManager just extends it from GridLayoutManager and change
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++)
to
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i = i + getSpanCount())

UPDATE March 2016
By Android Support Library 23.2.1 of a support library version. So all WRAP_CONTENT should work correctly.
Please update version of a library in gradle file.
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.1'
This allows a RecyclerView to size itself based on the size of its contents. This means that previously unavailable scenarios, such as using WRAP_CONTENT for a dimension of the RecyclerView, are now possible.
you’ll be required to call setAutoMeasureEnabled(true)
Fixed bugs related to various measure-spec methods in update
Check https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/features.html

This answer is based on the solution given by Denis Nek. It solves the problem of not taking decorations like dividers into account.
public class WrappingRecyclerViewLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public WrappingRecyclerViewLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context, VERTICAL, false);
}
public WrappingRecyclerViewLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec, int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec, getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec, getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
Rect outRect = new Rect();
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(view, outRect);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin + outRect.bottom + outRect.top;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

An alternative to extend LayoutManager can be just set the size of the view manually.
Number of items per row height (if all the items have the same height and the separator is included on the row)
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = (LinearLayout.LayoutParams) mListView.getLayoutParams();
params.height = mAdapter.getItemCount() * getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.row_height);
mListView.setLayoutParams(params);
Is still a workaround, but for basic cases it works.

Here I have found a solution: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=74772
It is in no way my solution. I have just copied it from there, but I hope it will help someone as much as it helped me when implementing horizontal RecyclerView and wrap_content height (should work also for vertical one and wrap_content width)
The solution is to extend the LayoutManager and override its onMeasure method as #yigit suggested.
Here is the code in case the link dies:
public static class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
measureScrapChild(recycler, 0,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
int width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
int height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
width = widthSize;
break;
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
height = heightSize;
break;
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth();
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight();
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

Used solution from #sinan-kozak, except fixed a few bugs. Specifically, we shouldn't use View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED for both the width and height when calling measureScrapChild as that won't properly account for wrapped text in the child. Instead, we will pass through the width and height modes from the parent which will allow things to work for both horizontal and vertical layouts.
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(heightSize, heightMode),
mMeasuredDimension);
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(widthSize, widthMode),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
// If child view is more than screen size, there is no need to make it wrap content. We can use original onMeasure() so we can scroll view.
if (height < heightSize && width < widthSize) {
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
} else {
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
}
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
// For adding Item Decor Insets to view
super.measureChildWithMargins(view, 0, 0);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight() + getDecoratedLeft(view) + getDecoratedRight(view), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom() + getDecoratedTop(view) + getDecoratedBottom(view) , p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
// Get decorated measurements
measuredDimension[0] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(view) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(view) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}
`

Yes the workaround shown in all answer is correct , that is we need to customize the linear layout manager to calculate the height of its child items dynamically at run time. But all answers not working as expected .Please the below answer for custom layout manger with all orientation support.
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty = true;
private static Field insetsDirtyField = null;
private static final int CHILD_WIDTH = 0;
private static final int CHILD_HEIGHT = 1;
private static final int DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE = 100;
private final int[] childDimensions = new int[2];
private final RecyclerView view;
private int childSize = DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE;
private boolean hasChildSize;
private int overScrollMode = ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS;
private final Rect tmpRect = new Rect();
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context) {
super(context);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = null;
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public MyLinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view) {
super(view.getContext());
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
#SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
public MyLinearLayoutManager(RecyclerView view, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(view.getContext(), orientation, reverseLayout);
this.view = view;
this.overScrollMode = ViewCompat.getOverScrollMode(view);
}
public void setOverScrollMode(int overScrollMode) {
if (overScrollMode < ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS || overScrollMode > ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown overscroll mode: " + overScrollMode);
if (this.view == null) throw new IllegalStateException("view == null");
this.overScrollMode = overScrollMode;
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, overScrollMode);
}
public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec() {
return View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
}
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state, int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
final boolean hasWidthSize = widthMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean hasHeightSize = heightMode != View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
final boolean exactWidth = widthMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final boolean exactHeight = heightMode == View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
final int unspecified = makeUnspecifiedSpec();
if (exactWidth && exactHeight) {
// in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let's use default "onMeasure" implementation
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
return;
}
final boolean vertical = getOrientation() == VERTICAL;
initChildDimensions(widthSize, heightSize, vertical);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
// it's possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old (invalid) adapter entities. This
// happens because their invalidation happens after "onMeasure" method. As a workaround let's clear the
// recycler now (it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as "onMeasure" is never
// called whiles scrolling)
recycler.clear();
final int stateItemCount = state.getItemCount();
final int adapterItemCount = getItemCount();
// adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data (f.e. data before the animation is
// done). As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from the
// state
for (int i = 0; i < adapterItemCount; i++) {
if (vertical) {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, widthSize, unspecified, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
height += childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
if (i == 0) {
width = childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
}
if (hasHeightSize && height >= heightSize) {
break;
}
} else {
if (!hasChildSize) {
if (i < stateItemCount) {
// we should not exceed state count, otherwise we'll get IndexOutOfBoundsException. For such items
// we will use previously calculated dimensions
measureChild(recycler, i, unspecified, heightSize, childDimensions);
} else {
logMeasureWarning(i);
}
}
width += childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH];
if (i == 0) {
height = childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT];
}
if (hasWidthSize && width >= widthSize) {
break;
}
}
}
if (exactWidth) {
width = widthSize;
} else {
width += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
if (hasWidthSize) {
width = Math.min(width, widthSize);
}
}
if (exactHeight) {
height = heightSize;
} else {
height += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
if (hasHeightSize) {
height = Math.min(height, heightSize);
}
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
if (view != null && overScrollMode == ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_IF_CONTENT_SCROLLS) {
final boolean fit = (vertical && (!hasHeightSize || height < heightSize))
|| (!vertical && (!hasWidthSize || width < widthSize));
ViewCompat.setOverScrollMode(view, fit ? ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_NEVER : ViewCompat.OVER_SCROLL_ALWAYS);
}
}
private void logMeasureWarning(int child) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("MyLinearLayoutManager", "Can't measure child #" + child + ", previously used dimensions will be reused." +
"To remove this message either use #setChildSize() method or don't run RecyclerView animations");
}
}
private void initChildDimensions(int width, int height, boolean vertical) {
if (childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] != 0 || childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] != 0) {
// already initialized, skipping
return;
}
if (vertical) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = width;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = childSize;
} else {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = childSize;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = height;
}
}
#Override
public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
// might be called before the constructor of this class is called
//noinspection ConstantConditions
if (childDimensions != null) {
if (getOrientation() != orientation) {
childDimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = 0;
childDimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = 0;
}
}
super.setOrientation(orientation);
}
public void clearChildSize() {
hasChildSize = false;
setChildSize(DEFAULT_CHILD_SIZE);
}
public void setChildSize(int childSize) {
hasChildSize = true;
if (this.childSize != childSize) {
this.childSize = childSize;
requestLayout();
}
}
private void measureChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSize, int heightSize, int[] dimensions) {
final View child;
try {
child = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
} catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("MyLinearLayoutManager", "MyLinearLayoutManager doesn't work well with animations. Consider switching them off", e);
}
return;
}
final RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
final int hPadding = getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
final int vPadding = getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
final int hMargin = p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
final int vMargin = p.topMargin + p.bottomMargin;
// we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work
makeInsetsDirty(p);
// this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx() methods
calculateItemDecorationsForChild(child, tmpRect);
final int hDecoration = getRightDecorationWidth(child) + getLeftDecorationWidth(child);
final int vDecoration = getTopDecorationHeight(child) + getBottomDecorationHeight(child);
final int childWidthSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(widthSize, hPadding + hMargin + hDecoration, p.width, canScrollHorizontally());
final int childHeightSpec = getChildMeasureSpec(heightSize, vPadding + vMargin + vDecoration, p.height, canScrollVertically());
child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
dimensions[CHILD_WIDTH] = getDecoratedMeasuredWidth(child) + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
dimensions[CHILD_HEIGHT] = getDecoratedMeasuredHeight(child) + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
// as view is recycled let's not keep old measured values
makeInsetsDirty(p);
recycler.recycleView(child);
}
private static void makeInsetsDirty(RecyclerView.LayoutParams p) {
if (!canMakeInsetsDirty) {
return;
}
try {
if (insetsDirtyField == null) {
insetsDirtyField = RecyclerView.LayoutParams.class.getDeclaredField("mInsetsDirty");
insetsDirtyField.setAccessible(true);
}
insetsDirtyField.set(p, true);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
onMakeInsertDirtyFailed();
}
}
private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed() {
canMakeInsetsDirty = false;
if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
Log.w("MyLinearLayoutManager", "Can't make LayoutParams insets dirty, decorations measurements might be incorrect");
}
}
}

Android Support Library now handles WRAP_CONTENT property as well. Just import this in your gradle.
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.0'
And done!

Based on the work of Denis Nek,
it works well if the sum of item's widths is smaller than the size of the container. other than that, it will make the recyclerview non scrollable and only will show subset of the data.
to solve this problem, i modified the solution alittle so that it choose the min of the provided size and calculated size. see below:
package com.linkdev.gafi.adapters;
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import com.linkdev.gafi.R;
public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
public MyLinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
this.c = context;
}
private Context c;
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
int widthDesired = Math.min(widthSize,width);
setMeasuredDimension(widthDesired, height);
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}}

I have tried all solutions, they are very useful
but this only works fine for me
public class LinearLayoutManager extends android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager {
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
super(context, orientation, reverseLayout);
}
private int[] mMeasuredDimension = new int[2];
#Override
public void onMeasure(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state,
int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
final int widthMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
final int heightMode = View.MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
final int widthSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(widthSpec);
final int heightSize = View.MeasureSpec.getSize(heightSpec);
int width = 0;
int height = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < getItemCount(); i++) {
if (getOrientation() == HORIZONTAL) {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
heightSpec,
mMeasuredDimension);
width = width + mMeasuredDimension[0];
if (i == 0) {
height = mMeasuredDimension[1];
}
} else {
measureScrapChild(recycler, i,
widthSpec,
View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(i, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED),
mMeasuredDimension);
height = height + mMeasuredDimension[1];
if (i == 0) {
width = mMeasuredDimension[0];
}
}
}
if (height < heightSize || width < widthSize) {
switch (widthMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
width = widthSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
switch (heightMode) {
case View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY:
height = heightSize;
case View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST:
case View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED:
}
setMeasuredDimension(width, height);
} else {
super.onMeasure(recycler, state, widthSpec, heightSpec);
}
}
private void measureScrapChild(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, int position, int widthSpec,
int heightSpec, int[] measuredDimension) {
View view = recycler.getViewForPosition(position);
recycler.bindViewToPosition(view, position);
if (view != null) {
RecyclerView.LayoutParams p = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(widthSpec,
getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), p.width);
int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(heightSpec,
getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), p.height);
view.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);
measuredDimension[0] = view.getMeasuredWidth() + p.leftMargin + p.rightMargin;
measuredDimension[1] = view.getMeasuredHeight() + p.bottomMargin + p.topMargin;
recycler.recycleView(view);
}
}
}

Simply wrap the content using RecyclerView with the Grid Layout
Image:
Recycler as GridView layout
Just use the GridLayoutManager like this:
RecyclerView.LayoutManager mRecyclerGrid=new GridLayoutManager(this,3,LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL,false);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mRecyclerGrid);
You can set how many items should appear on a row (replace the 3).