DividerItemDecoration.java

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.view.View;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.graphics.Canvas;

public class DividerItemDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

	private Drawable mDivider;

	public DividerItemDecoration(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
		final TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, new int [] { android.R.attr.listDivider });
		mDivider = a.getDrawable(0);
		a.recycle();
	}

	public DividerItemDecoration(Drawable divider) { mDivider = divider; }

	@Override
	public void getItemOffsets (Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
		super.getItemOffsets(outRect, view, parent, state);
		if (mDivider == null) return;
		if (parent.getChildPosition(view) < 1) return;

		if (getOrientation(parent) == LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL) outRect.top = mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight();
		else outRect.left = mDivider.getIntrinsicWidth();
	}

	@Override
	public void onDrawOver(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent) {
		if (mDivider == null) { super.onDrawOver(c, parent); return; }

		if (getOrientation(parent) == LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL) {
			final int left = parent.getPaddingLeft();
			final int right = parent.getWidth() - parent.getPaddingRight();
			final int childCount = parent.getChildCount();

			for (int i=1; i < childCount; i++) {
				final View child = parent.getChildAt(i);
				final RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
				final int size = mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight();
				final int top = child.getTop() - params.topMargin;
				final int bottom = top + size;
				mDivider.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
				mDivider.draw(c);
			}
		} else { //horizontal
			final int top = parent.getPaddingTop();
			final int bottom = parent.getHeight() - parent.getPaddingBottom();
 			final int childCount = parent.getChildCount();

			for (int i=1; i < childCount; i++) {
				final View child = parent.getChildAt(i);
				final RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child.getLayoutParams();
				final int size = mDivider.getIntrinsicWidth();
				final int left = child.getLeft() - params.leftMargin;
				final int right = left + size;
				mDivider.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
				mDivider.draw(c);
			}
		}
	}

	private int getOrientation(RecyclerView parent) {
		if (parent.getLayoutManager() instanceof LinearLayoutManager) {
			LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = (LinearLayoutManager) parent.getLayoutManager();
			return layoutManager.getOrientation();
		} else throw new IllegalStateException("DividerItemDecoration can only be used with a LinearLayoutManager.");
	}

}

something like
...
mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.recycler_view);
mRecyclerView.addItemDecoration(new DividerItemDecoration(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.abc_list_divider_mtrl_alpha)));

is it most easy if declare a xml with margin top and margin bottom?

This si also deprecated now, onDrawOver should now also take in RecyclerView.State

@fatfingers
Thanks for sharing this git.
I forked and modified your DividerItemDecoration. I hope can be useful to somebody.

https://gist.github.com/lapastillaroja/858caf1a82791b6c1a36

Great work, but how can I set the divider height?

Thank you

Why do we now need 75 lines of code to draw a list divider?

Because GOOGLE assumes android developers are not humans ...... but super humans... who for example if asked for time will first invent a clock and then a time machine to go back into the moment you asked for time and then tell you the time... developing for iOS is much more human...

@cbedoy you still have a problem with the first and the last items, usually you don't need margin top for the first item and margin bottom for the last one

Hi, I tried it. but I get an error, Call require API level 21

mListView.addItemDecoration(
new DividerItemDecoration(getActivity().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_launcher), true, true));

@MrThiago, getDrawable(int, theme) is for API 21+ only. Use

ContextCompat.getDrawable(getApplicationContext(), R.drawable.ic_launcher)

this only for LinearLayoutManager ? How can I draw dividers for StaggeredGridManager or GridLayoutManager?

getChildPosition and onDrawOver deprecated. What should i do?

@pratikbutani
use getChildAdapterPosition or getChildLayoutPosition instead getChildPosition

use

public void onDrawOver(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state)

instead

public void onDrawOver(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent)

@fatfingers
Hi, I'm Seyoung.
I want to use your code in my commercial app.
But I can'f find any terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution.
I wonder if I can use the code for commercial distribution or not.
Please let me know how I can use the code for commercial distribution.
Thanks.