A SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter: use this class to realize a simple sectioned grid `RecyclerView.Adapter`.

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You can use this class to realize a simple sectioned grid RecyclerView.Adapter without changing your code.

The RecyclerView has to use a GridLayoutManager.

This is a porting of the class SimpleSectionedListAdapter provided by Google

If you are looking for a sectioned list RecyclerView.Adapter you can take a look here

Example:

         //Your RecyclerView
        mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) getActivity().findViewById(R.id.list);
        mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
        mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(getActivity(),4));

        //Your RecyclerView.Adapter
        mAdapter = new SimpleAdapter(getActivity());

        //This is the code to provide a sectioned grid
        List<SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section> sections =
                new ArrayList<SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section>();

        //Sections
        sections.add(new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section(0,"Section 1"));
        sections.add(new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section(5,"Section 2"));
        sections.add(new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section(12,"Section 3"));
        sections.add(new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section(14,"Section 4"));
        sections.add(new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section(20,"Section 5"));

        //Add your adapter to the sectionAdapter
        SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section[] dummy = new SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.Section[sections.size()];
        SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter mSectionedAdapter = new
                SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter(getActivity(),R.layout.section,R.id.section_text,mRecyclerView,mAdapter);
        mSectionedAdapter.setSections(sections.toArray(dummy));

        //Apply this adapter to the RecyclerView
        mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mSectionedAdapter);

You can customize the section layout, changing the layout section.xml and changing the code in the SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.SectionViewHolder class and SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter#onBindViewHolder method.

item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@+id/title"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="130dp"
          android:gravity="center"
          android:layout_margin="4dp"
          android:textColor="#999999"
          android:textStyle="bold"
          android:textSize="22sp"
          android:background="@drawable/item_background"/>

section.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="48dp"
          android:gravity="center_vertical"
          android:paddingLeft="16dp"
          android:singleLine="true"
          android:textAllCaps="true"
          android:background="#90CAF9"
          android:textSize="16sp"
          android:id="@+id/section_text"
          android:textStyle="bold" />

SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter.java

/**
 * @author Gabriele Mariotti (gabri.mariotti@gmail.com)
 */
public class SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {

    private final Context mContext;
    private static final int SECTION_TYPE = 0;

    private boolean mValid = true;
    private int mSectionResourceId;
    private int mTextResourceId;
    private LayoutInflater mLayoutInflater;
    private RecyclerView.Adapter mBaseAdapter;
    private SparseArray<Section> mSections = new SparseArray<Section>();
    private RecyclerView mRecyclerView;


    public SectionedGridRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, int sectionResourceId, int textResourceId,RecyclerView recyclerView,
                                            RecyclerView.Adapter baseAdapter) {

        mLayoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        mSectionResourceId = sectionResourceId;
        mTextResourceId = textResourceId;
        mBaseAdapter = baseAdapter;
        mContext = context;
        mRecyclerView = recyclerView;

        mBaseAdapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(new RecyclerView.AdapterDataObserver() {
            @Override
            public void onChanged() {
                mValid = mBaseAdapter.getItemCount()>0;
                notifyDataSetChanged();
            }

            @Override
            public void onItemRangeChanged(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
                mValid = mBaseAdapter.getItemCount()>0;
                notifyItemRangeChanged(positionStart, itemCount);
            }

            @Override
            public void onItemRangeInserted(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
                mValid = mBaseAdapter.getItemCount()>0;
                notifyItemRangeInserted(positionStart, itemCount);
            }

            @Override
            public void onItemRangeRemoved(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
                mValid = mBaseAdapter.getItemCount()>0;
                notifyItemRangeRemoved(positionStart, itemCount);
            }
        });

        final GridLayoutManager layoutManager = (GridLayoutManager)(mRecyclerView.getLayoutManager());
        layoutManager.setSpanSizeLookup(new GridLayoutManager.SpanSizeLookup() {
            @Override
            public int getSpanSize(int position) {
                return (isSectionHeaderPosition(position))? layoutManager.getSpanCount() : 1 ;
            }
        });
    }


    public static class SectionViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        public TextView title;

        public SectionViewHolder(View view,int mTextResourceid) {
            super(view);
            title = (TextView) view.findViewById(mTextResourceid);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int typeView) {
        if (typeView == SECTION_TYPE) {
            final View view = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(mSectionResourceId, parent, false);
            return new SectionViewHolder(view,mTextResourceId);
        }else{
            return mBaseAdapter.onCreateViewHolder(parent, typeView -1);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder sectionViewHolder, int position) {
        if (isSectionHeaderPosition(position)) {
            ((SectionViewHolder)sectionViewHolder).title.setText(mSections.get(position).title);
        }else{
            mBaseAdapter.onBindViewHolder(sectionViewHolder,sectionedPositionToPosition(position));
        }

    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        return isSectionHeaderPosition(position)
                ? SECTION_TYPE
                : mBaseAdapter.getItemViewType(sectionedPositionToPosition(position)) +1 ;
    }


    public static class Section {
        int firstPosition;
        int sectionedPosition;
        CharSequence title;

        public Section(int firstPosition, CharSequence title) {
            this.firstPosition = firstPosition;
            this.title = title;
        }

        public CharSequence getTitle() {
            return title;
        }
    }


    public void setSections(Section[] sections) {
        mSections.clear();

        Arrays.sort(sections, new Comparator<Section>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(Section o, Section o1) {
                return (o.firstPosition == o1.firstPosition)
                        ? 0
                        : ((o.firstPosition < o1.firstPosition) ? -1 : 1);
            }
        });

        int offset = 0; // offset positions for the headers we're adding
        for (Section section : sections) {
            section.sectionedPosition = section.firstPosition + offset;
            mSections.append(section.sectionedPosition, section);
            ++offset;
        }

        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    public int positionToSectionedPosition(int position) {
        int offset = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < mSections.size(); i++) {
            if (mSections.valueAt(i).firstPosition > position) {
                break;
            }
            ++offset;
        }
        return position + offset;
    }

    public int sectionedPositionToPosition(int sectionedPosition) {
        if (isSectionHeaderPosition(sectionedPosition)) {
            return RecyclerView.NO_POSITION;
        }

        int offset = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < mSections.size(); i++) {
            if (mSections.valueAt(i).sectionedPosition > sectionedPosition) {
                break;
            }
            --offset;
        }
        return sectionedPosition + offset;
    }

    public boolean isSectionHeaderPosition(int position) {
        return mSections.get(position) != null;
    }


    @Override
    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return isSectionHeaderPosition(position)
                ? Integer.MAX_VALUE - mSections.indexOfKey(position)
                : mBaseAdapter.getItemId(sectionedPositionToPosition(position));
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return (mValid ? mBaseAdapter.getItemCount() + mSections.size() : 0);
    }

}

SimpleAdapter.java

/**
 * @author Gabriele Mariotti (gabri.mariotti@gmail.com)
 */
public class SimpleAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<SimpleAdapter.SimpleViewHolder> {
    private static final int COUNT = 100;

    private final Context mContext;
    private final List<Integer> mItems;
    private int mCurrentItemId = 0;

    public static class SimpleViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public final TextView title;

        public SimpleViewHolder(View view) {
            super(view);
            title = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.title);
        }
    }

    public SimpleAdapter(Context context) {
        mContext = context;
        mItems = new ArrayList<Integer>(COUNT);
        for (int i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
            addItem(i);
        }
    }

    public SimpleViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        final View view = LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.item, parent, false);
        return new SimpleViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(SimpleViewHolder holder, final int position) {
        holder.title.setText(mItems.get(position).toString());
    }

    public void addItem(int position) {
        final int id = mCurrentItemId++;
        mItems.add(position, id);
        notifyItemInserted(position);
    }

    public void removeItem(int position) {
        mItems.remove(position);
        notifyItemRemoved(position);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mItems.size();
    }
}

Thanks for the gist, Gabriele, pretty useful! 👍

Kotlin version: https://gist.github.com/ppamorim/1f18448c1441716f8ab15b9ad2e8874e

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