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How do I make an infinitely looping RecyclerView while also being able to scroll to an item programmatically?

I want to make a RecyclerView that scrolls infinitely while also being able to scroll to an item programmatically.
At the moment I've made the RecyclerView loop infinitely using this hacky method: https://stackoverflow.com/a/31254146/7443375
i.e. Overriding my adapter
#Override
public int getCount() {
return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
Getting position of item in my adapter like so:
int positionInList = position % fragmentList.size();
And then initializing my RecyclerView's scroll position like so:
recyclerView.getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(Integer.MAX_VALUE / 2);
However, in my Fragment that has the RecyclerView, I want to be able to scroll to a specific item in my list (i.e. item 3 out of a list of 10 items). When I call
recyclerView.getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(2);
The list goes into an infinite scroll. I can't figure out how to go to the specific item itself.
Furthermore, how can I make sure that the specific item is centered in the screen? I am using LinearSnapHelper to snap the items in the center of the screen as I scroll, but LinearSnapHelper does not seem to work when setting positions programmatically.

Try this way..
recyclerView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
new CountDownTimer(Integer.MAX_VALUE, 20 ) {
public void onTick(long millis) {
recyclerView.scrollBy(0, 20);
}
public void onFinish() {
}
}.start();
}
});

Android - Adding an item to a scroll view and scroll programmatically

I have an empty scrollview. I create with inflater a text view, add it to the ScrollView programmatically and then do:
rsView.smoothScrollBy((viewLeft + viewWidth / 2) - center, 0);
BUT viewLeft and viewWidth are 0 as the view is not measured yet. Any suggestions on how to make it scroll the view properly?

In this post: getWidth() and getHeight() of View returns 0 you have a lot of good options to solve this problem. Particularly I use this one:
Listen to Draw/Layout Events: ViewTreeObserver
A ViewTreeObserver gets fired for different drawing events. Usually the OnGlobalLayoutListener is what you want for getting the measurement, so the code in the listener will be called after the layout phase, so the measurments are ready:
view.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
rsView.smoothScrollBy((viewLeft + viewWidth / 2) - center, 0);
}
});

Move the smoothScrollBy() call to a Runnable and post that to the new TextView's handler after it's been added, which will cause it to run after it's been laid out. For example:
viewGroup.addView(childView);
childView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
rsView.smoothScrollBy((childView.getLeft() + childView.getWidth() / 2) - center, 0);
}
}
);
I'm not sure how you're calculating center, but if it depends on the new TextView's dimensions, you'll need to move the calculation to the Runnable, as well.

setSelected to listview item at coordinates after scrolling

I have a listview that has a fixed top & bottom padding. What I want to to is
When scrolling is stopped, check the coordinates at the middle of the
listview and assign selected state to true.
What I have tried to do is using
AbsListView.OnScrollListener to check if the scroll stateis SCROLL_STATE_IDLE, then do the assigning.
pointToPosition to get the item index, this is the adapter position
Use getChildAt(index) and setSelected(true)
The problem here is when I do getChildAt, at some point, the app will be broken, maybe because the getChildAt only works with visible items. I have tried following approaches too:
Used getView's getAdapter then assigning, but no luck.
Doing calculation with getFirstVisiblePosition, then using getChildAt but the issue here is the number of visible items which are not constant.
OnScrollListener:
public class fromListScrollListener implements AbsListView.OnScrollListener {
#Override
public void onScrollStateChanged(final AbsListView view, int scrollState) {
switch (scrollState) {
case AbsListView.OnScrollListener.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE:
index = view.pointToPosition(view.getWidth()/2,view.getHeight()/2);
view.smoothScrollToPositionFromTop(index, 0, 500);
if (actionUp == 1){
view.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
index = view.pointToPosition(view.getWidth() / 2, view.getHeight() / 2);
view.getChildAt(index).setSelected(true);
}
}, 600);
actionUp = 0;
}
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}

Found a solution while doing another project. I did not specify what type of View I should be applying selected state to. Following is my solution.
index = view.pointToPosition(view.getWidth() / 2, view.getHeight() / 2);
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout)toList.getChildAt(index - toList.getFirstVisiblePosition());
ll.setSelected(true);

Android fragment animation first time stuck

I am doing an animation inside a fragment.
I have 2 views on top of each other, one of them set on View.GONE.
when I press a button I want my 2nd fragment to translate animation from the bottom to top.
I am doing it fine and it's working great,
the problem is that in my first run, the xml view is gone, but he is in the same Y he is suppose to be.
so the first animation I do isn't doing anything, just switch from GONE to VISIBLE, after that, I press dismiss and the fragment goes away and comes back just like I want too.
my problem is just the first run.
how can I set my view Y to be 100% below my screen?
here's the code I use :
private void moreCustomAnimation() {
int yOffset = moreMenuFrameLayout.getMeasuredHeight();
TranslateAnimation moveAnim = new TranslateAnimation(0, 0, yOffset, 0);
moveAnim.setDuration(500);
moveAnim.setFillAfter(true);
blackView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
moreMenuFrameLayout.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
moreMenuFrameLayout.startAnimation(moveAnim);
moveAnim.setAnimationListener(new Animation.AnimationListener() {
#Override
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
}
#Override
public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
}
});
}
on the way out of the screen I use the same code just switch the
yOffset to the other Y integer, and set the view to GONE at animation end.
thanks a lot in advance for any help !

You can use the onGlobalLayout event to set the position of the view.
Like this:
moreMenuFrameLayout.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
#Override
public void onGlobalLayout() {
moreMenuFrameLayout.setTranslationY(moreMenuFrameLayout.getMeasuredHeight());
moreMenuFrameLayout.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
}
});
This event happens when your views get their actual size and position before being drawn to the screen. However, they happen every time the view is drawn so you must remember to remove the listener right after the first time.
HTH

First time you can add the 'yOffset' value to the view orginal points
moreMenuFrameLayout.setY(currentYpostition + yOffset)
and this will place the view to the bottom of the screen. You can enable the visibility when the animation starts.

Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edit text?

I have a very long activity with a scrollview. It is a form with various fields that the user must fill in. I have a checkbox half way down my form, and when the user checks it I want to scroll to a specific part of the view. Is there any way to scroll to an EditText object (or any other view object) programmatically?
Also, I know this is possible using X and Y coords but I want to avoid doing this as the form may changed from user to user.

private final void focusOnView(){
yourScrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
yourScrollView.scrollTo(0, yourEditText.getBottom());
}
});
}

The answer of Sherif elKhatib can be greatly improved, if you want to scroll the view to the center of the scroll view. This reusable method smooth scrolls the view to the visible center of a HorizontalScrollView.
private final void focusOnView(final HorizontalScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int vLeft = view.getLeft();
int vRight = view.getRight();
int sWidth = scroll.getWidth();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(((vLeft + vRight - sWidth) / 2), 0);
}
});
}
For a vertical ScrollView use
...
int vTop = view.getTop();
int vBottom = view.getBottom();
int sHeight = scroll.getBottom();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(0, ((vTop + vBottom - sHeight) / 2));
...

This works well for me :
targetView.getParent().requestChildFocus(targetView,targetView);
public void RequestChildFocus (View child, View focused)
child - The child of this ViewParent that wants focus. This view will contain the focused view. It is not necessarily the view that actually has focus.
focused - The view that is a descendant of child that actually has focus

In my opinion the best way to scroll to a given rectangle is via View.requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect, Boolean). You should call it on a View you want to scroll to and pass a local rectangle you want to be visible on the screen. The second parameter should be false for smooth scrolling and true for immediate scrolling.
final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, view.getWidth(), view.getHeight());
view.requestRectangleOnScreen(rect, false);

I made a small utility method based on Answer from WarrenFaith, this code also takes in account if that view is already visible in the scrollview, no need for scroll.
public static void scrollToView(final ScrollView scrollView, final View view) {
// View needs a focus
view.requestFocus();
// Determine if scroll needs to happen
final Rect scrollBounds = new Rect();
scrollView.getHitRect(scrollBounds);
if (!view.getLocalVisibleRect(scrollBounds)) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, view.getBottom());
}
});
}
}

You should make your TextView request focus:
mTextView.requestFocus();

Another varition would be:
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, img_transparent.getTop());
}
}, 200);
or you can use the post() method.

My EditText was nested several layers inside my ScrollView, which itself isn't the layout's root view. Because getTop() and getBottom() were seeming to report the coordinates within it's containing view, I had it compute the distance from the top of the ScrollView to the top of the EditText by iterating through the parents of the EditText.
// Scroll the view so that the touched editText is near the top of the scroll view
new Thread(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public
void run ()
{
// Make it feel like a two step process
Utils.sleep(333);
// Determine where to set the scroll-to to by measuring the distance from the top of the scroll view
// to the control to focus on by summing the "top" position of each view in the hierarchy.
int yDistanceToControlsView = 0;
View parentView = (View) m_editTextControl.getParent();
while (true)
{
if (parentView.equals(scrollView))
{
break;
}
yDistanceToControlsView += parentView.getTop();
parentView = (View) parentView.getParent();
}
// Compute the final position value for the top and bottom of the control in the scroll view.
final int topInScrollView = yDistanceToControlsView + m_editTextControl.getTop();
final int bottomInScrollView = yDistanceToControlsView + m_editTextControl.getBottom();
// Post the scroll action to happen on the scrollView with the UI thread.
scrollView.post(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
int height =m_editTextControl.getHeight();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, ((topInScrollView + bottomInScrollView) / 2) - height);
m_editTextControl.requestFocus();
}
});
}
}).start();

The above answers will work fine if the ScrollView is the direct parent of the ChildView. If your ChildView is being wrapped in another ViewGroup in the ScrollView, it will cause unexpected behavior because the View.getTop() get the position relative to its parent. In such case, you need to implement this:
public static void scrollToInvalidInputView(ScrollView scrollView, View view) {
int vTop = view.getTop();
while (!(view.getParent() instanceof ScrollView)) {
view = (View) view.getParent();
vTop += view.getTop();
}
final int scrollPosition = vTop;
new Handler().post(() -> scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, scrollPosition));
}

I know this may be too late for a better answer but a desired perfect solution must be a system like positioner. I mean, when system makes a positioning for an Editor field it places the field just up to the keyboard, so as UI/UX rules it is perfect.
What below code makes is the Android way positioning smoothly. First of all we keep the current scroll point as a reference point. Second thing is to find the best positioning scroll point for an editor, to do this we scroll to top, and then request the editor fields to make the ScrollView component to do the best positioning. Gatcha! We've learned the best position. Now, what we'll do is scroll smoothly from the previous point to the point we've found newly. If you want you may omit smooth scrolling by using scrollTo instead of smoothScrollTo only.
NOTE: The main container ScrollView is a member field named scrollViewSignup, because my example was a signup screen, as you may figure out a lot.
view.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(final View view, boolean b) {
if (b) {
scrollViewSignup.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int scrollY = scrollViewSignup.getScrollY();
scrollViewSignup.scrollTo(0, 0);
final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, view.getWidth(), view.getHeight());
view.requestRectangleOnScreen(rect, true);
int new_scrollY = scrollViewSignup.getScrollY();
scrollViewSignup.scrollTo(0, scrollY);
scrollViewSignup.smoothScrollTo(0, new_scrollY);
}
});
}
}
});
If you want to use this block for all EditText instances, and quickly integrate it with your screen code. You can simply make a traverser like below. To do this, I've made the main OnFocusChangeListener a member field named focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor, and call it during onCreate as below.
traverseEditTextChildren(scrollViewSignup, focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
And the method implementation is as below.
private void traverseEditTextChildren(ViewGroup viewGroup, View.OnFocusChangeListener focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor) {
int childCount = viewGroup.getChildCount();
for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
View view = viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
if (view instanceof EditText)
{
((EditText) view).setOnFocusChangeListener(focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
}
else if (view instanceof ViewGroup)
{
traverseEditTextChildren((ViewGroup) view, focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
}
}
}
So, what we've done here is making all EditText instance children to call the listener at focus.
To reach this solution, I've checked it out all the solutions here, and generated a new solution for better UI/UX result.
Many thanks to all other answers inspiring me much.

yourScrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, yourEditText.getTop());
Just Do It ;)

scrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, myTextView.getTop());
}
});
Answering from my practical project.

I think I have found more elegant and less error prone solution using
ScrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen
There is no math involved, and contrary to other proposed solutions, it will handle correctly scrolling both up and down.
/**
* Will scroll the {#code scrollView} to make {#code viewToScroll} visible
*
* #param scrollView parent of {#code scrollableContent}
* #param scrollableContent a child of {#code scrollView} whitch holds the scrollable content (fills the viewport).
* #param viewToScroll a child of {#code scrollableContent} to whitch will scroll the the {#code scrollView}
*/
void scrollToView(ScrollView scrollView, ViewGroup scrollableContent, View viewToScroll) {
Rect viewToScrollRect = new Rect(); //coordinates to scroll to
viewToScroll.getHitRect(viewToScrollRect); //fills viewToScrollRect with coordinates of viewToScroll relative to its parent (LinearLayout)
scrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen(scrollableContent, viewToScrollRect, false); //ScrollView will make sure, the given viewToScrollRect is visible
}
It is a good idea to wrap it into postDelayed to make it more reliable, in case the ScrollView is being changed at the moment
/**
* Will scroll the {#code scrollView} to make {#code viewToScroll} visible
*
* #param scrollView parent of {#code scrollableContent}
* #param scrollableContent a child of {#code scrollView} whitch holds the scrollable content (fills the viewport).
* #param viewToScroll a child of {#code scrollableContent} to whitch will scroll the the {#code scrollView}
*/
private void scrollToView(final ScrollView scrollView, final ViewGroup scrollableContent, final View viewToScroll) {
long delay = 100; //delay to let finish with possible modifications to ScrollView
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Rect viewToScrollRect = new Rect(); //coordinates to scroll to
viewToScroll.getHitRect(viewToScrollRect); //fills viewToScrollRect with coordinates of viewToScroll relative to its parent (LinearLayout)
scrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen(scrollableContent, viewToScrollRect, false); //ScrollView will make sure, the given viewToScrollRect is visible
}
}, delay);
}

reference : https://stackoverflow.com/a/6438240/2624806
Following worked far better.
mObservableScrollView.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
mObservableScrollView.fullScroll([View_FOCUS][1]);
}
});

Examining Android source code, you can find that there already is a member function of ScrollView– scrollToChild(View) – that does exactly what is requested. Unfortunatelly, this function is for some obscure reason marked private. Based on that function I've written following function that finds the first ScrollView above the View specified as a parameter and scrolls it so that it becomes visible within the ScrollView:
private void make_visible(View view)
{
int vt = view.getTop();
int vb = view.getBottom();
View v = view;
for(;;)
{
ViewParent vp = v.getParent();
if(vp == null || !(vp instanceof ViewGroup))
break;
ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup)vp;
if(parent instanceof ScrollView)
{
ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)parent;
// Code based on ScrollView.computeScrollDeltaToGetChildRectOnScreen(Rect rect) (Android v5.1.1):
int height = sv.getHeight();
int screenTop = sv.getScrollY();
int screenBottom = screenTop + height;
int fadingEdge = sv.getVerticalFadingEdgeLength();
// leave room for top fading edge as long as rect isn't at very top
if(vt > 0)
screenTop += fadingEdge;
// leave room for bottom fading edge as long as rect isn't at very bottom
if(vb < sv.getChildAt(0).getHeight())
screenBottom -= fadingEdge;
int scrollYDelta = 0;
if(vb > screenBottom && vt > screenTop)
{
// need to move down to get it in view: move down just enough so
// that the entire rectangle is in view (or at least the first
// screen size chunk).
if(vb-vt > height) // just enough to get screen size chunk on
scrollYDelta += (vt - screenTop);
else // get entire rect at bottom of screen
scrollYDelta += (vb - screenBottom);
// make sure we aren't scrolling beyond the end of our content
int bottom = sv.getChildAt(0).getBottom();
int distanceToBottom = bottom - screenBottom;
scrollYDelta = Math.min(scrollYDelta, distanceToBottom);
}
else if(vt < screenTop && vb < screenBottom)
{
// need to move up to get it in view: move up just enough so that
// entire rectangle is in view (or at least the first screen
// size chunk of it).
if(vb-vt > height) // screen size chunk
scrollYDelta -= (screenBottom - vb);
else // entire rect at top
scrollYDelta -= (screenTop - vt);
// make sure we aren't scrolling any further than the top our content
scrollYDelta = Math.max(scrollYDelta, -sv.getScrollY());
}
sv.smoothScrollBy(0, scrollYDelta);
break;
}
// Transform coordinates to parent:
int dy = parent.getTop()-parent.getScrollY();
vt += dy;
vb += dy;
v = parent;
}
}

My solution is:
int[] spinnerLocation = {0,0};
spinner.getLocationOnScreen(spinnerLocation);
int[] scrollLocation = {0, 0};
scrollView.getLocationInWindow(scrollLocation);
int y = scrollView.getScrollY();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, y + spinnerLocation[1] - scrollLocation[1]);

Vertical scroll, good for forms. Answer is based on Ahmadalibaloch horizontal scroll.
private final void focusOnView(final HorizontalScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int top = view.getTop();
int bottom = view.getBottom();
int sHeight = scroll.getHeight();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(0, ((top + bottom - sHeight) / 2));
}
});
}

You can use ObjectAnimator like this:
ObjectAnimator.ofInt(yourScrollView, "scrollY", yourView.getTop()).setDuration(1500).start();

Add postDelayed to the view so that getTop() does not return 0.
binding.scrollViewLogin.postDelayed({
val scrollTo = binding.textInputLayoutFirstName.top
binding.scrollViewLogin.isSmoothScrollingEnabled = true
binding.scrollViewLogin.smoothScrollTo(0, scrollTo)
}, 400
)
Also make sure the view is a direct child of scrollView, otherwise you would get getTop() as zero. Example: getTop() of edittext which is embedded inside TextInputLayout would return 0. So in this case, we have to compute getTop() of TextInputLayout which is a direct child of ScrollView.
<ScrollView>
<TextInputLayout>
<EditText/>
</TextInputLayout>
</ScrollView>

In my case, that's not EditText, that's googleMap.
And it works successfully like this.
private final void focusCenterOnView(final ScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int centreX=(int) (view.getX() + view.getWidth() / 2);
int centreY= (int) (view.getY() + view.getHeight() / 2);
scrollView.smoothScrollBy(centreX, centreY);
}
});
}

Que:Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edittext?
Ans:Nested scroll view in recyclerview last position added record data.
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
nested_scroll.setScrollY(more Detail Recycler.getBottom());
Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edit text?

The following is what I'm using:
int amountToScroll = viewToShow.getBottom() - scrollView.getHeight() + ((LinearLayout.LayoutParams) viewToShow.getLayoutParams()).bottomMargin;
// Check to see if scrolling is necessary to show the view
if (amountToScroll > 0){
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, amountToScroll);
}
This gets the scroll amount necessary to show the bottom of the view, including any margin on the bottom of that view.

Based on Sherif's answer, the following worked best for my use case. Notable changes are getTop() instead of getBottom() and smoothScrollTo() instead of scrollTo().
private void scrollToView(final View view){
final ScrollView scrollView = findViewById(R.id.bookmarksScrollView);
if(scrollView == null) return;
scrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, view.getTop());
}
});
}

If you want to scroll to a view when a soft keyboard is opened, then it might get a bit tricky.
The best solution I've got so far is to use a combination of inset callbacks and requestRectangleOnScreen method.
First, you need to setup inset callbacks:
fun View.doOnApplyWindowInsetsInRoot(block: (View, WindowInsetsCompat, Rect) -> Unit) {
val initialPadding = recordInitialPaddingForView(this)
val root = getRootForView(this)
ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(root) { v, insets ->
block(v, insets, initialPadding)
insets
}
requestApplyInsetsWhenAttached()
}
fun View.requestApplyInsetsWhenAttached() {
if (isAttachedToWindow) {
requestApplyInsets()
} else {
addOnAttachStateChangeListener(object : View.OnAttachStateChangeListener {
override fun onViewAttachedToWindow(v: View) {
v.removeOnAttachStateChangeListener(this)
v.requestApplyInsets()
}
override fun onViewDetachedFromWindow(v: View) = Unit
})
}
}
We are setting a callback on a root view to make sure we get called. Insets could be consumed before our view in question received them, so we have to do additional work here.
Now it's almost easy:
doOnApplyWindowInsetsInRoot { _, _, _ ->
post {
if (viewInQuestion.hasFocus()) {
requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect(0, 0, width, height))
}
}
}
You can get rid of a focus check. It's there to limit number of calls to requestRectangleOnScreen. I use post to run an action after scrollable parent scheduled scroll to a focused view.

If anybody is looking for a Kotlin version you can do this with an extension function
fun ScrollView.scrollToChild(view: View, onScrolled: (() -> Unit)? = null) {
view.requestFocus()
val scrollBounds = Rect()
getHitRect(scrollBounds)
if (!view.getLocalVisibleRect(scrollBounds)) {
findViewTreeLifecycleOwner()?.lifecycleScope?.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {
smoothScrollTo(0, view.bottom - 40)
onScrolled?.invoke()
}
}
}
There is a little callback that lets you do something after the scroll.

If scrlMain is your NestedScrollView, then use the following:
scrlMain.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrlMain.fullScroll(View.FOCUS_UP);
}
});

here is another better version for efficient scrolling:
kotlin code to scroll to particular position of view added in scrollview(horizontal)
horizontalScrollView.post {
val targetView = findViewById<View>(R.id.target_view)
val targetX = targetView.left
horizontalScrollView.smoothScrollTo(targetX, 0)
}
for vertical scroll just change targetView.left to targetView.top
for JAVA here is a sample code:
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int targetViewY = targetView.getTop();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, targetViewY);
}
}, 500);