MultiType

An Android library to retrofit multiple item view types

English Version | 《Android 复杂的列表视图新写法 · 详解篇》

Previously, when we need to develop a complex RecyclerView/ListView, it is a boring and troublesome work. We should override the getItemViewType of RecyclerView.Adapter and add some types, then we create some ViewHolder to relate the type, all of the process it is a very bad experience. And once we need to add a new type, we have to go to the original Adapter and modify some old codes, so sad.

Today, I create a new graceful way to easily develop the complex RecyclerView/ListView, with my MultiType library, no matter how complex and how frequently changing list, we could insert a new type without changing the old codes.

sample screenshots(示例程序截图)

Getting started

In your build.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile 'me.drakeet.multitype:multitype:2.5.0-beta'
}

NOTE: If you are updating from v2.4.0 to v2.5.0-beta, note that the setItems(items) method has removed the notifyDataSetChanged() and you need to call it by yourself.

Usage

Step 1. Create a class, It would be your `data model`/`Java bean`, for example:

public class TextItem {

    @NonNull public String text;

    public TextItem(@NonNull final String text) {
        this.text = text;
    }
}

Step 2. Create a class extends `ItemViewBinder<T, VH extends ViewHolder>`, for example:

public class TextItemViewBinder
    extends ItemViewBinder<TextItem, TextItemViewBinder.TextHolder> {

    static class TextHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        @NonNull private final TextView text;

        TextHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            this.text = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.text);
        }
    }

    @NonNull @Override
    protected TextHolder onCreateViewHolder(
        @NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
        View root = inflater.inflate(R.layout.item_text, parent, false);
        return new TextHolder(root);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull TextHolder holder, @NonNull TextItem textItem) {
        holder.text.setText("hello: " + textItem.text);
        Log.d("demo", "position: " + getPosition(holder));
        Log.d("demo", "adapter: " + getAdapter().toString());
    }
}

Step 3. You do not need to create another new class. Just `register` your types and add a `RecyclerView` and `List<Object>` to your `Activity`, for example:

public class NormalActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private MultiTypeAdapter adapter;

    @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.list);

        adapter = new MultiTypeAdapter();
        adapter.register(TextItem.class, new TextItemViewBinder());
        adapter.register(ImageItem.class, new ImageItemViewBinder());
        adapter.register(RichItem.class, new RichItemViewBinder());
        recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);

        TextItem textItem = new TextItem("world");
        ImageItem imageItem = new ImageItem(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);
        RichItem richItem = new RichItem("小艾大人赛高", R.mipmap.avatar);

        Items items = new Items();
        for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
            items.add(textItem);
            items.add(imageItem);
            items.add(richItem);
        }
        adapter.setItems(items);
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
}

You're good to go!

Change Log

https://github.com/drakeet/MultiType/releases

Wiki

Android Studio Plugin

drakeet/MultiTypeTemplates

An intellij idea plugin for Android to generate MultiType Item and ItemViewBinder easily.

Sample screenshots

You could check the sample module for more details and after running it will look like:

And it has been used in drakeet/TimeMachine:

Change logs & Releases