RecyclerView grid spacing decoration for use with GridLayoutManager.

GridInsetDecoration.java

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/**
 * Adds spacing in between items in a grid. Meaning, there will be no margin added at the outer
 * edges of the grid.
 */
public class GridInsetDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

    private int insetHorizontal;
    private int insetVertical;

    public GridInsetDecoration(Context context) {
        insetHorizontal = context.getResources()
                .getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.grid_horizontal_spacing);
        insetVertical = context.getResources()
                .getDimensionPixelOffset(R.dimen.grid_vertical_spacing);
    }

    @Override
    public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent,
            RecyclerView.State state) {
        GridLayoutManager.LayoutParams layoutParams
                = (GridLayoutManager.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();

        int position = layoutParams.getViewPosition();
        if (position == RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
            outRect.set(0, 0, 0, 0);
            return;
        }

        // add edge margin only if item edge is not the grid edge
        int itemSpanIndex = layoutParams.getSpanIndex();
        // is left grid edge?
        outRect.left = itemSpanIndex == 0 ? 0 : insetHorizontal;
        // is top grid edge?
        outRect.top = itemSpanIndex == position ? 0 : insetVertical;
        outRect.right = 0;
        outRect.bottom = 0;
    }
}

The first square is wider than the other two. Is there any solution for that?

@philipgiuliani yep, you have to apply a different offset to edge items.

I don't think decorations can work as line/column dividers if the RecyclerView has no padding at all.