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How tot get the position of current item in a recycler view outside the recycler adapter

I am displaying a recycler view on the whole screen the recycler view has only item an image view i want to know how i can get the positon of the imageview shown on my screen outside the recycler adapter.
I have tried to implement an interface but the results are not accurate.I want to save the current position instantly.
My recycler adapter:
public class RecyclerAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerAdapter.MyViewHOlder> {
private List<ImageList> mlist;
private showPageNumber page;
public RecyclerAdapter(List<ImageList> dataList, showPageNumber page) {
mlist = dataList;
this.page = page;
}
#NonNull
#Override
public MyViewHOlder onCreateViewHolder(#NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.recycler_item,parent,false);
return new MyViewHOlder(view);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(#NonNull MyViewHOlder holder,int position) {
Picasso.get().load(mlist.get(position).getUrl()).into(holder.photoView);
page.showPage(position);
holder.pageNumber.setText(position+1+"");
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mlist.size();
}
class MyViewHOlder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
ImageView photoView;
TextView pageNumber;
public MyViewHOlder(#NonNull View itemView) {
super(itemView);
photoView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.pdfImage);
pageNumber = itemView.findViewById(R.id.pageNumber);
}
}
public interface showPageNumber{
void showPage(int position);
}
}
Whenever I implements the showPageNumber interface on my MainActivity the showPage method does't give accurate results on scrolling the items in recycler view.

I am not completely sure what you like to accomplish but if you like to find out which item is currently shown you might want to try this:
Assuming you are using a LinearLayoutManager on your RecyclerView you could listen to Scroll events an evaluate which page is shown when the ReclycerView settles after scrolling
RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.rcv);
recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
#Override
public void onScrollStateChanged(#NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);
// if you just want to know if the new "page" is completely visible
if(newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_SETTLING){
int pagePosition = ((LinearLayoutManager) recyclerView.getLayoutManager()).findFirstCompletelyVisibleItemPosition();
// if you just want to know if the new "page" comes in view
int pagePosition = ((LinearLayoutManager) recyclerView.getLayoutManager()).findFirstVisibleItemPosition();
}
}
});

Alright, I stumbled into this problem and I ran here, got disappointed with the output I got from other answers and here.
But here is what I found.
The concept behind it is to monitor where the recyclerview is going to and update a global variable. In my case I had cancelled scroll gestures on the recyclerView and I wanted it to only scroll smoothly when I press a button.
So, here I monitored the recyclerview position and updated my values accordingly.
//Global variable:
var rvPosition = 0
onClick(v: View?){
when (v?.id) {
R.id.schedule_previous -> {
if (rvPosition > 0) {
smoothScroller.targetPosition = rvPosition - 1
binding.scheduleRv.layoutManager?.startSmoothScroll(smoothScroller)
rvPosition -=1
}
}
R.id.schedule_next -> {
if (rvPosition < dataset.size) {
smoothScroller.targetPosition = rvPosition + 1
binding.scheduleRv.layoutManager?.startSmoothScroll(smoothScroller)
rvPosition +=1
}
}
R.id.schedule_users_card -> {}
}
}

What I would suggest is creating a lambda that takes a value (here it would be the item position), and assigns it to the variable you want.Then, pass that lambda to the recycler and use it there to assign value to your variable.
That way, now you have your variable value wherever you want.
Simple enough if I do say so myself ;)

Loading large number of items in recycler view

I have a recycler view within a fragment and basically I m trying to load song list in the recycler view .Each row of recycler view contains an imageview (for album art) and textview ( for song name). I am having trouble when the size of the dataset is huge, that is when there are too many songs, the recycler view lags and the app ends up giving an ANR.I am using Glide to load album arts in each row's imageview.
How is google music player able to show such large number of songs without any lag?
Edit:
This is my SongsFragment
public class SongsFragment extends Fragment {
static {
AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
}
ProgressBar progressBar; // progress bar to show after every 30 items
NestedScrollView nestedScrollView; //for smooth scrolling of recyclerview as well as to detect the end of recyclerview
RecyclerView recyclerView;
ArrayList<Song> songMainList = new ArrayList<>(); //partial list in which items are added
ArrayList<Song> songAllList = new ArrayList<>(); //Complete List of songs
SongAdapter songsAdapter;
private LinearLayoutManager layoutManager;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_songs, container, false);
nestedScrollView = (NestedScrollView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.nestedScrollView);
progressBar = (ProgressBar) rootView.findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
String songJson = getActivity().getIntent().getStringExtra("songList");
songAllList = new Gson().fromJson(songJson, new TypeToken<ArrayList<Song>>() {
}.getType());
//Getting list of all songs in songAllList
if (songAllList.size() > 30) {
songMainList = new ArrayList<>(songAllList.subList(0,30));
} else {
songMainList = songAllList;
}
//if size of fetched songAllList>30 then add only 30 rows to songMainList
recyclerView = (RecyclerView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.songs);
int spanCount = 1; // 2 columns
int spacing = 4; // 50px
recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new GridItemDecoration(spanCount, spacing, true));
recyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
recyclerView.setNestedScrollingEnabled(false);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity()));
songsAdapter = new SongAdapter(getActivity(), songMainList, recyclerView);
nestedScrollView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnScrollChangedListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnScrollChangedListener() {
#Override
public void onScrollChanged() {
View view = (View) nestedScrollView.getChildAt(nestedScrollView.getChildCount() - 1);
int diff = (view.getBottom() - (nestedScrollView.getHeight() + nestedScrollView
.getScrollY()));
if (diff == 0) { //NestedScrollView scrolled to bottom
progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); //show progressbar
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
if (songMainList.size() < songAllList.size()) {
int x = 0, y = 0;
if ((songAllList.size() - songMainList.size()) >= 30) {
x = songMainList.size();
y = x + 30;
} else {
x = songMainList.size();
y = x + songAllList.size() - songMainList.size();
}
for (int i = x; i < y; i++) {
songMainList.add(songAllList.get(i)); //Adding new items from songAllList to songMainList one by one
songsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}, 1500);
}
}
});
recyclerView.setAdapter(songsAdapter);
return rootView;
}
}
And this is my RecyclerViewAdapter along with viewholder
public class SongAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
private List<Song> songsList;
private Context c;
private RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder;
public SongAdapter(Context context) {
mainActivityContext = context;
}
public SongAdapter(Context context, List<Song> songs, RecyclerView recyclerView) {
songsList = songs;
LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = (LinearLayoutManager) recyclerView.getLayoutManager();
c = context;
}
public SongAdapter getInstance() {
return SongAdapter.this;
}
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.song_list_row, parent, false);
return new SongViewHolder(view,c);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
if (holder instanceof SongViewHolder) {
Song song = songsList.get(position);
this.holder = holder;
String name = song.getName();
String artist = song.getArtist();
String imagepath = song.getImagepath();
((SongViewHolder) holder).name.setText(name);
((SongViewHolder) holder).artist.setText(artist);
if (!imagepath.equalsIgnoreCase("no_image")) //if the album art has valid imagepath for this song
Glide.with(c).load(imagepath)
.centerCrop()
.into(((SongViewHolder) holder).iv);
else
((SongViewHolder) holder).iv.setImageResource(R.drawable.empty);
((SongViewHolder) holder).song = song;
}
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return songsList.size();
}
static class SongViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder{
ImageView iv;
TextView name, artist;
CardView songListCard;
private Context ctx;
private OnLongPressListener mListener;
SongViewHolder(View v, Context context) {
super(v);
this.ctx = context;
iv= (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.album_art);
name= (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.name);
artist= (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.artist_mini);
songListCard = (CardView) v.findViewById(R.id.song_list_card);
}
}
The recyclerview works fine when there are only 150-200 items but when reaching to 600-700 items , the whole app slows down. Could this be because of the way I have used glide in onBindViewHolder?

Sort answer:
LinearLayoutManager(context).apply { isAutoMeasureEnabled = false }
// or in Java
layoutManager.setAutoMeasureEnabled(false)
UPDATE 2020.08.14
Deprecated RecyclerView.LayoutManager#setAutoMeasureEnabled
This method was deprecated in API level 27.1.0.
Implementors of LayoutManager should define whether or not it uses AutoMeasure by overriding isAutoMeasureEnabled()
From the doc of RecyclerView.LayoutManager#setAutoMeasureEnabled() we know :
This method is usually called by the LayoutManager with value {#code true} if it wants to support WRAP_CONTENT
It works by calling {#link LayoutManager#onLayoutChildren(Recycler, State)} during an {#link RecyclerView#onMeasure(int, int)} call, then calculating desired dimensions based on children's positions.
If we set mAutoMeasure = true, it will call LayoutManager#onLayoutChildren(Recycler, State) during an RecyclerView#onMeasure(int, int) call. Every child view's onMeasure() method will be called, this cost too much time.
Let's look at LinearLayoutManager's constructor
public LinearLayoutManager(Context context, int orientation, boolean reverseLayout) {
setOrientation(orientation);
setReverseLayout(reverseLayout);
setAutoMeasureEnabled(true);
}
So, after we set mAutoMeasure = false, everything will be ok.

Solved the problem by removing the NestedScrollView over the recyclerview.
The nestedscrollview was not allowing the recyclerview.addOnScrollListener() to be called because of which I was getting a lag on loading more items.
Here is how i implemented the loadOnScroll for RecyclerView-
recyclerView.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
#Override
public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
if (!recyclerView.canScrollVertically(1))
onScrolledToBottom();
}
});
private void onScrolledToBottom() {
if (songMainList.size() < songAllList.size()) {
int x, y;
if ((songAllList.size() - songMainList.size()) >= 50) {
x = songMainList.size();
y = x + 50;
} else {
x = songMainList.size();
y = x + songAllList.size() - songMainList.size();
}
for (int i = x; i < y; i++) {
songMainList.add(songAllList.get(i));
}
songsAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}

Do you load the data all at once? RecycleView should not have problem, I think if you have too much data the processing itself can take too much time. You should load the data in chunks and check the scroll state of the user and load the next batch etc. kinda how Instagram or Facebook does it.

you may achieve this by using AndroidX Room & Paging
cache your data from network to local Room Database
using Paging to load your data from Room Database

Recyclervew clear viewholder when deleting item

file with working code to test my issue, you have to add 2 items, then delete any of those and then add a new one to see how the deleted gets on top of the newly addded
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ojuyz5g5f3kaz0h/Test.zip?dl=0
I have a problem when deleting an item from the recyclerview, when ever I delete an item, IF I add a new item, the deleted item will appear in top of the newly added item, how could I get a fresh view or avod this from happening as is a big issue.
this is how i add items from my main activity
if (!resta || (diff > (3*60*1000)))
{
Ri.add(dataroot);
Integer position = adapter.getItemCount() + 1;
adapter.notifyItemInserted(position);
}
here my Adapter
public class ComandaAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ComandaAdapter.ComandaAdapterViewHolder>{
private Context mContext;
private ArrayList<Integer> lista_entradas = new ArrayList<>();
private ArrayList<Integer> lista_fondos = new ArrayList<>();
private ArrayList<Integer> lista_postres= new ArrayList<>();
private Boolean primeritem;
private ArrayList<DataRoot> Rir;
private TextView txt_comandas;
private TextView txt_entracola;
private TextView txt_fondocola;
private TextView txt_postrecola;
public ComandaAdapter(Context context, TextView tx_entracola, TextView tx_fondocola, TextView tx_postrecola, TextView tx_comandas, ArrayList<DataRoot> Rir)
{
this.mContext = context;
this.txt_comandas = tx_comandas;
this.txt_entracola = tx_entracola;
this.txt_fondocola = tx_fondocola;
this.txt_postrecola = tx_postrecola;
this.Rir= Rir;
}
#Override
public ComandaAdapter.ComandaAdapterViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType)
{
return new ComandaAdapter.ComandaAdapterViewHolder(LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.row,parent,false));
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final ComandaAdapter.ComandaAdapterViewHolder holder, final int position)
{
DataRoot Rdata = Rir.get(position);
holder.setdata(Rdata);
}
public void delete(int position)
{
Rir.remove(position);
notifyItemRemoved(position);
}
public class ComandaAdapterViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
{
Button btn_cerrar;
public ComandaAdapterViewHolder(View itemView)
{
super(itemView);
btn_cerrar = (Button) itemView.findViewById(R.id.btn_cerrar);
void setData(final DataRoot Rdata)
{
btn_cerrar.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View view)
{
btn_cerrar.setEnabled(false);
btn_cerrar.setBackgroundTintList(mContext.getColorStateList(R.color.cboff));
updateRetrofitEstadoorden(Rdata.get_id());
updateRetrofitNrocomanda(Rdata.get_id(), txt_comanda.getText().toString());
delete(getAdapterPosition());
}
});
Rdata.gerOrder();
creaboton():
and here my recyler
private void setAdapter()
{
adapter = new ComandaAdapter(this, txt_entracola, txt_fondocola, txt_postrecola, txt_comandas, Ri);
recyclerView.getRecycledViewPool().setMaxRecycledViews(-1, Ri.size());//va en 0 supuestamente -1 es default
recyclerView.setItemViewCacheSize(Ri.size()); //ver si hay que cambiar con cada item
LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
linearLayoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
recyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
Thanks in advance for any help.
Images to show the problem

You are using the Recyclerview in a very non standard way. The issue you are seeing is because the views are being recycled (as they should be in a Recyclerview) but you are not clearing out the items from the previous view.
The problem in in this method:
public void setData(String value) {
container.removeAllViews(); // Remove all previously added views
textview.setText(value);
Random r = new Random();
int i1 = r.nextInt(5 - 1) + 1;
for (int i = 0; i < i1; i++) {
be = new Button(mContext);
be.setText("Boton " + i);
be.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(240, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
container.addView(be);
}
}
By calling container.addView(be), you are manually adding extra views to the views that the Recyclerview creates. When you remove these views, they are cached and reused the next time you press "Add". The problem is that the cached view still contains all of the manually added views so you are then adding more views under the existing ones.
As you can see in the code above, i added container.removeAllViews(); which removes the views that were added previously ensuring that "Container" is empty before you start adding your extra views to it.
Also, unless you have a very specific reason for doing so, I would removes these lines as I believe you are hurting performance by having them:
list.getRecycledViewPool().setMaxRecycledViews(-1, index);
list.setItemViewCacheSize(index);

Data on recycleview item is not correct when scroll

My adapter code:
public class BrandAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<BrandAdapter.BrandViewHolder> {
private static final String TAG = BrandAdapter.class.getSimpleName();
private List<BrandItem> brands;
private Context context;
public BrandAdapter(Context context, List<BrandItem> data) {
this.context = context;
this.brands = data;
}
public void setData(List<BrandItem> dataDownload) {
this.brands = dataDownload;
}
#Override
public BrandViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.row_item_brand, null);
BrandViewHolder holder = new BrandViewHolder(view);
return holder;
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(BrandViewHolder holder, int position) {
BrandItem brandItem = brands.get(position);
String name = brandItem.getName();
int count = brandItem.getCountArticles();
holder.tvName.setText(name);
if (count > 0) {
holder.tvCount.setText("" + count);
} else {
holder.tvCount.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return brands.size();
}
public static class BrandViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
TextView tvName;
TextView tvCount;
public BrandViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
tvName = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_brand_name);
tvCount = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_count_article);
}
}
}
Fragment code :
recyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.recycleView);
linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity());
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
adapter = new BrandAdapter(getActivity(), brands);
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
Data for brands is downloaded from server. After downloaded finished, I just set new data for adapter by this code :
brands = downloadedBrands();
adapter.setData(brands);
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
Everything is Ok when data loaded for first time after the download finish. But when I scroll down the recycleview and scroll up again, data for each item is wrong now, all textview tvCount is gone. I do not know why.
Is there any problem from my code ?

Greenrobo's answer is correct but here is an explanation as to WHY you are having this issue.
You are assuming that your view is always set to the default values in your onBindViewHolder method.
The RecyclerView re-uses views that have scrolled off screen and therefore the view you are binding to may have already been previously used (and changed).
You onBindViewHolder method should always set EVERYTHING up. i.e all views reset to the exact values you want and do not assume that because you default an item to visible, it will always be so.

Please make tvCount visible when setting a non-zero count.
if (count > 0) {
holder.tvCount.setText("" + count);
holder.tvCount.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
} else {
holder.tvCount.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
See if this helps.

You told that if count is less than 0, hide the view. What if count is greater than zero ? You are not making the view visible again. So simply make the below changes in your if condition:
if (count > 0) {
holder.tvCount.setText("" + count);
holder.tvCount.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
} else {
holder.tvCount.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}

RecyclerView with GridLayoutManager and Picasso showing wrong image

Update #1
Added hasStableIds(true) and updated Picasso to version 2.5.2.
It does not solve the issue.
Reproduction:
RecyclerView with GridLayoutManager (spanCount = 3).
List items are CardViews with ImageView inside.
When all the items does not fit the screen calling notifyItemChanged on one item causes more than one calls to onBindViewHolder().
One call is for position from notifyItemChanged others for items not visible on the screen.
Issue:
Sometimes the item at position passed to the notifyItemChanged is loaded with an image belonging to an item that is not on the screen (most likely due to recycling of the view holder - although I would assume that if the item remains in place then the passed viewholder would be the same).
I have found Jake's comment on other issue here about calling load() even if the file/uri is null. Image is loaded on every onBindViewHolder here.
Simple sample app:
git clone https://github.com/gswierczynski/recycler-view-grid-layout-with-picasso.git
Tap on an item calls notifyItemChanged with parameter equal to the position of that item.
Code:
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
if (savedInstanceState == null) {
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
.add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
.commit();
}
}
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
public PlaceholderFragment() {
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
RecyclerView rv = (RecyclerView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.rv);
rv.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(getActivity(), 3));
rv.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
rv.setAdapter(new ImageAdapter());
return rootView;
}
}
private static class ImageAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ImageViewHolder> implements ClickableViewHolder.OnClickListener {
public static final String TAG = "ImageAdapter";
List<Integer> resourceIds = Arrays.asList(
R.drawable.a0,
R.drawable.a1,
R.drawable.a2,
R.drawable.a3,
R.drawable.a4,
R.drawable.a5,
R.drawable.a6,
R.drawable.a7,
R.drawable.a8,
R.drawable.a9,
R.drawable.a10,
R.drawable.a11,
R.drawable.a12,
R.drawable.a13,
R.drawable.a14,
R.drawable.a15,
R.drawable.a16,
R.drawable.a17,
R.drawable.a18,
R.drawable.a19,
R.drawable.a20);
#Override
public ImageViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
return new ImageViewHolder(v, this);
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ImageViewHolder holder, int position) {
Log.d(TAG, "onBindViewHolder position: " + position + " | holder obj:" + holder.toString());
Picasso.with(holder.iv.getContext())
.load(resourceIds.get(position))
.fit()
.centerInside()
.into(holder.iv);
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return resourceIds.size();
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view, int position) {
Log.d(TAG, "onClick position: " + position);
notifyItemChanged(position);
}
#Override
public boolean onLongClick(View view, int position) {
return false;
}
}
private static class ImageViewHolder extends ClickableViewHolder {
public ImageView iv;
public ImageViewHolder(View itemView, OnClickListener onClickListener) {
super(itemView, onClickListener);
iv = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.iv);
}
}
}
public class ClickableViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener, View.OnLongClickListener {
OnClickListener onClickListener;
public ClickableViewHolder(View itemView, OnClickListener onClickListener) {
super(itemView);
this.onClickListener = onClickListener;
itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
itemView.setOnLongClickListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
onClickListener.onClick(view, getPosition());
}
#Override
public boolean onLongClick(View view) {
return onClickListener.onLongClick(view, getPosition());
}
public static interface OnClickListener {
void onClick(View view, int position);
boolean onLongClick(View view, int position);
}
}

I spent more time than I'd like to admit to work around oddities with RecyclerView and the new adapter that comes with it. The only thing that finally worked for me in terms of correct updates and making sure notifyDataSetChanges and all of its other siblings didn't cause odd behavior was this:
On my adapter, I set
setHasStableIds(true);
In the constructor. I then overrode this method:
#Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
// return a unique id here
}
And made sure that all my items returned a unique id.
How you achieve this is up to you. For me, the data was supplied from my web service in the form of a UUID and I cheated by converting parts of the UUID to long using this:
SomeContent content = _data.get(position);
Long code = Math.abs(content.getContentId().getLeastSignificantBits());
Obviously this is not a very safe approach but chances are it works for my lists which will contain < 1000 items. So far I haven't run into any trouble with it.
What I recommend is to try this approach and see if it works for you. Since you have an array, getting a unique number for you should be simple. Maybe try returning the position of the actual item (and not the position that is passed in the getItemId()) or create a unique long for each of your records and pass that in.

Have you tried calling the mutate() method on the Drawable? See here, for instance.

here a working solution but has graphics glitches when calling notifyDataSetChanged()
holder.iv.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Picasso.with(holder.iv.getContext())
.load(resourceIds.get(position))
.resize(holder.iv.getWidth(), 0)
.into(holder.iv);
});
it works because at this point image has a width, unfortunately when I need to update all the checkboxes the in the viewholder (like a select all action), and I call notifyDataSetChanged() and the effect is very ugly
still searching for a better solution
edit:
this solution works for me:
holder.iv.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
holder.iv.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
else
holder.iv.getViewTreeObserver().removeGlobalOnLayoutListener(this);
Picasso.with(holder.iv.getContext())
.load(resourceIds.get(position))
.resize(holder.iv.getMeasuredWidth(), 0)
.into(holder.iv);
}
});