FlexibleAdapter

A pattern for every RecyclerView

Stable light version: 4.2 built on 2015.12.16
NEW! Beta version: 5.0.0-b6 built on 2016.05.01 (usable library!)

####ANNOUNCEMENT: Important and Revolutionary changes are foreseen in v5.0.0. Please see issues and releases.

When initially Android introduced the RecyclerView widget, we had to implement the Adapter in several applications, again and again to provide the items for our views. Since I created this library, it has become easy to configure how views will be displayed in a list. Thanks to a library like this, nobody wants to use a ListView anymore.

The FlexibleAdapter helps developers to simplify this process without to worry about the adapter anymore. It's easy to extends, it has predefined logic for different situations and prevents common mistakes. This library is configurable and it guides the developers (thanks to quality comments on the methods) to create a better user experience and now, even more with the new ViewHolders and new actions.

Main functionalities

Simple item selection with ripple effect, Single & Multi selection mode.
Restore deleted items (undo delete), NEW works with Expandable items too!
FastScroller, NEW now in the library and with GridLayout support.
Customizable ItemDecoration.
SearchFilter with Spannable text, NEW now items are animated. Works with sub items too!
Add and Remove items with custom animations.
NEW! Adapter Animations with custom configuration based on adapter position and beyond.
NEW! Predefined ViewHolders.
NEW! Expandable items with Selection Coherence, multi-level expansion.
NEW! Drag&Drop and Swipe-To-Dismiss with Leave-Behind pattern, with Selection Coherence.
NEW! Headers/Sections with sticky behaviour fully clickable, collapsible, automatic linkage!
NEW! Auto mapping ViewTypes with Item interfaces.
NEW! 1 simple constructor for all events.
NEW! EndlessScroll with Adapter binding.
NEW! UndoHelper & ActionModeHelper.

How is made

Some simple functionalities have been implemented thanks to the some Blogs (see at the bottom of the page), merged and methods have been improved for speed and scalability, for all Activities that use a RecyclerView.

At lower level there is SelectableAdapter class. It provides selection functionalities and it's able to maintain the state after the rotation: you just need to call the onSave/onRestore methods from the Activity!
At middle level, the AnimatorAdapter class has been added to give some animation at startup and when user scrolls.
At front level, the core class FlexibleAdapter. It holds and handles the main list, performs actions on all different types of item paying attention at the adding and removal of the items, as well as the new concept of "selection coherence".
Item interfaces and predefined ViewHolders complete the whole library giving more actions to the items and configuration options to the developers and the end user.

Screenshots

Setup

repositories {
	jcenter()
	maven {url = "http://dl.bintray.com/davideas/maven" }
	maven {url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" } //For Snapshots
}

dependencies {
	//Using bintray.com
	compile 'eu.davidea:flexible-adapter:4.2.0@aar'
	compile 'eu.davidea:flexible-adapter:5.0.0-b6@aar'
	
	//Using JCenter
	compile 'eu.davidea:flexible-adapter:4.2.0'
	compile 'eu.davidea:flexible-adapter:5.0.0-b6'
	
	//Using MavenSnapshots repository for continuous updates from my development
	compile 'eu.davidea:flexible-adapter:5.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
}

Pull requests / Issues / Improvement requests

Feel free to contribute and ask!
Active discussion Test FlexibleAdapter v5.0.0.

Wiki!

I strong suggest to read the new Wiki pages.

Wiki pages have been completely reviewed to support all the coming functionalities from 5.0.0.

Not all pages are filled, working in progress :-)

Change Log

v5.0.0-b6 - 2016.05.01

Refactor

Removed isSelected() and setSelected() from IFlexible interface.
Deprecated and removed getSectionableOf() in favor of the new getSectionItems().
Improved instance state on rotation.
Renamed package eu.davidea.examples in eu.davidea.samples.

Improvements

Brand new Swipe-To-Dismiss implementation: added custom rear views Left/Right! [See #21].
Added UndoHelper [See #29].
Added ActionModeHelper [See #30].
Added EndlessScroll/OnLoadMore, using adapter binding, not scroll listener! [See #43].
Modified DividerItemDecorator to accept a custom resource and gap between sections [See #60].
New methods: addSection(), addItemToSection() [See #62].
Improved isEnabled() on IExpandable items.
Improved methods getSectionItems() and getHeaderItems().
Support for StaggeredGridLayoutManager when using Adapter Animation.
Added possibility to filter Header item AND to keep the header also if a subItem has been filtered in [See #73].

Multi-level expansion

Added possibility to chain Expandable items into others expandable [See #63].
Item restoration works in multi-level expansion: expanded children are forced to collapse before restoration.
Selection coherence in multi-level expansion.

FastScroller

Added a small gap between bubble and handle.
Auto handling a change of a new LayoutManager when FastScroller is configured. Now FastScroller should work in every situations.
Added SmoothScroll for GridLayoutManager and optimized smooth scrolling classes.

Fixes

Fixed inconsistency bug when expanding/collapsing sticky header items not fully visible.
Fixed StickyHeaders with GridLayoutManager when all sub-items of a section fit the single row of span count [See #61].
Fixed #74: Initialization of the stickyHeader is laid out in post.
Fixed the automatic linkage for headers and sections when delete and undo.
Fixed the automatic linkage for headers and sections. Force collapsing when dragging expandable.
Fixed NPE when setting a null FastScroller instance [See #66].
Fixed new position in addSection().
Adjusted behaviours for swipe and drag view activation.
Fixed the delay on the 1st item when animating the view.

Demo App

Big code reorganization using fragments [See #36].
Fixed #64 for demo app for API < 23.
Enabled Header and Sections example with Design BottomSheet.
Enabled FragmentSelectionModes example.
Enabled Instagram example with Endless Scroll with Glide lib.

Old releases

See releases for old versions.

v5.0.0-b5 - 2016.04.04 | v5.0.0-b4 - 2016.02.21 | v5.0.0-b3 - 2016.02.08 | v5.0.0-b2 - 2016.01.31 | v5.0.0-b1 - 2016.01.03 | v4.2.0 - 2015.12.12 | v4.1.0 - 2015.11.29 | v4.0.1 - 2015.11.01 | v4.0 - 2015.10.18 | v3.1 - 2015.08.18 | v3.0 - 2015.07.29 | v2.2 - 2015.07.20 | v2.1 - 2015.07.03 | v2.0 - 2015.06.19 | v1.0 - 2015.05.03

Thanks

I've used these blogs as starting point:

http://enoent.fr/blog/2015/01/18/recyclerview-basics/

https://www.grokkingandroid.com/statelistdrawables-for-recyclerview-selection/

Imported libraries

LollipopContactsRecyclerViewFastScroller
Improved and adapted to work in conjunction with FlexibleAnimatorAdapter.

License

Copyright 2015-2016 Davide Steduto

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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