CursorRecyclerViewAdapter

CursorRecyclerViewAdapter.java

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import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.DataSetObserver;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

/**
 * Created by skyfishjy on 10/31/14.
 */
 
public abstract class CursorRecyclerViewAdapter<VH extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder> extends RecyclerView.Adapter<VH> {

    private Context mContext;

    private Cursor mCursor;

    private boolean mDataValid;

    private int mRowIdColumn;

    private DataSetObserver mDataSetObserver;

    public CursorRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, Cursor cursor) {
        mContext = context;
        mCursor = cursor;
        mDataValid = cursor != null;
        mRowIdColumn = mDataValid ? mCursor.getColumnIndex("_id") : -1;
        mDataSetObserver = new NotifyingDataSetObserver();
        if (mCursor != null) {
            mCursor.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
        }
    }

    public Cursor getCursor() {
        return mCursor;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        if (mDataValid && mCursor != null) {
            return mCursor.getCount();
        }
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int position) {
        if (mDataValid && mCursor != null && mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
            return mCursor.getLong(mRowIdColumn);
        }
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void setHasStableIds(boolean hasStableIds) {
        super.setHasStableIds(true);
    }

    public abstract void onBindViewHolder(VH viewHolder, Cursor cursor);

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(VH viewHolder, int position) {
        if (!mDataValid) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("this should only be called when the cursor is valid");
        }
        if (!mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("couldn't move cursor to position " + position);
        }
        onBindViewHolder(viewHolder, mCursor);
    }

    /**
     * Change the underlying cursor to a new cursor. If there is an existing cursor it will be
     * closed.
     */
    public void changeCursor(Cursor cursor) {
        Cursor old = swapCursor(cursor);
        if (old != null) {
            old.close();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Swap in a new Cursor, returning the old Cursor.  Unlike
     * {@link #changeCursor(Cursor)}, the returned old Cursor is <em>not</em>
     * closed.
     */
    public Cursor swapCursor(Cursor newCursor) {
        if (newCursor == mCursor) {
            return null;
        }
        final Cursor oldCursor = mCursor;
        if (oldCursor != null && mDataSetObserver != null) {
            oldCursor.unregisterDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
        }
        mCursor = newCursor;
        if (mCursor != null) {
            if (mDataSetObserver != null) {
                mCursor.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
            }
            mRowIdColumn = newCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id");
            mDataValid = true;
            notifyDataSetChanged();
        } else {
            mRowIdColumn = -1;
            mDataValid = false;
            notifyDataSetChanged();
            //There is no notifyDataSetInvalidated() method in RecyclerView.Adapter
        }
        return oldCursor;
    }

    private class NotifyingDataSetObserver extends DataSetObserver {
        @Override
        public void onChanged() {
            super.onChanged();
            mDataValid = true;
            notifyDataSetChanged();
        }

        @Override
        public void onInvalidated() {
            super.onInvalidated();
            mDataValid = false;
            notifyDataSetChanged();
            //There is no notifyDataSetInvalidated() method in RecyclerView.Adapter
        }
    }
}

MyListCursorAdapter.java

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by skyfishjy on 10/31/14.
 */
public class MyListCursorAdapter extends CursorRecyclerViewAdapter<MyListCursorAdapter.ViewHolder>{

    public MyListCursorAdapter(Context context,Cursor cursor){
       super(context,cursor);
    }

    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public TextView mTextView;
        public ViewHolder(View view) {
            super(view);
            mTextView = view.findViewById(R.id.text);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View itemView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.my_view, parent, false);
        ViewHolder vh = new ViewHolder(itemView);
        return vh;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, Cursor cursor) {
        MyListItem myListItem = MyListItem.fromCursor(cursor);
        viewHolder.mTextView.setText(myListItem.getName());
    }
}

MyListItem.java

public class MyListItem{
  private String name;
  
  public void setName(String name){
    this.name=name;
  }
  public String getName(){
    return name;
  }
  
  public static MyListItem fromCursor(Cursor cursor) {
    //TODO return your MyListItem from cursor.
  }
}

zishanj do you found your answer abov question. i want in my project display data with RecyclerView using above CursorLoader from .db file asset folder

Hey,
Where do you call on click? Cause the implementation doesn't trigger it, and when I call it in the onBind method with the cursor, the if is wrong.. Any ideas? Thanks!

I am facing some problem with this code. I am populating some items in recyclerview using above cursor adapter. But after scrolling, i am getting wrong cursor position on click event. Sometimes it work fine, sometime mislead the cursor by 1 or 2 positions

Same problem here. Will try to search a solution tomorrow. Does anyone else know a solution?

public static MyListItem fromCursor(Cursor cursor) {
MyListItem listItem = new MyListItem();
listItem.setName(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(STUDENT_NAME)));
return listItem;
}

How to sort items in ascending and descending order?

I still don't get the last part, where you used the holder.mTextView.setText part to set text, MyListItem.fromCursor(cursor); to get the data, but how did you get the each data from the cursor, can you explain better? thanks

I'm confused with this. I added my layout file for list item to the onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) method.
Then I instantiated the adapter by calling adapter = new MyListCursorAdapter(getContext(), cursor);,
instantiated my RecyclerView: recyclerView = v.findViewById(R.id.my_recycler_view);
and then I set the adapter to the recycler view: recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);.
What am I missing? The RecyclerView with items still doesn't show up. I added a log to the fromCursor(Cursor cursor) method in MyListItem class to see if the method is getting triggered, and no logs appear - so the fromCursor method is never called. Should I somewhere explicitly call e.g. the onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, Cursor cursor) method? What would be the ViewHolder - my list item?
Actually, a simple working example would be extremely helpful. I just need a guide how to "connect" the solution to my app. For comparison - when I tried using ListView and SimpleCursorAdapter to display data from Cursor, I only had to instantiate the SimpleCursorAdapter, the ListView and set the adapter to the ListView - and that was it, it was working. This solution requires me to do something more it seems, and I just can't wrap my head around it.

Edit: Nevermind, I forgot to set layout manager to the RecyclerView. I got it working now, thanks.

work flawlessly

android.support.v7.util.AsyncListUtil can also be simple to implement.

Hello, first of all many thanks for sharing this code! Can you help me with a problem please? I have an Activity with a RecyclerView that uses an AsyncTaskLoader to load data from the database and update MyListCursorAdapter with cursor. All works fine until I delete a row from the database using ContentProvider, the adapter don't refresh and the RecyclerView that continue to show the item I deleted with a ContextMenu.
Any idea?

@skyfishjy
thanks for the example
@PRosenb
Thanks for the help. Now everything works fine ))

Thank you so much for this code! The example usage was also incredibly helpful.

I wonder if we can notifyChanged just for certain range, maybe we can have a lastBindIdx and compare idx within 10 item. It will make the animation work properly.

Thank you so much for this code!

Hi! Can you help me to update my adapter with yours?

Me too