RecyclerView notifyDataSetChanged scrolls to top position

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when calling notifyDataSetChanged on RecyclerView it doesn't retain the scroll position and scrolls to top, is there any solution to retain it's scroll position?

**DON'T** call `notifyDataSetChanged()` on the `RecyclerView`. Use the new methods like `notifyItemChanged()`, `notifyItemRangeChanged()`, `notifyItemInserted()`, etc... — Xaver Kapeller, Apr 01 '15 at 13:03
I tried notifyItemRangeInserted(), but even that scrolls to the top. Any idea? — Siddharth Srivastava, Apr 02 '15 at 12:15
As @XaverKapeller said , I have used notifyItemInserted(),notifyItemRangeInserted, it works properly without scrolling the listview to the top. — Mohamed Hatem Abdu, Apr 05 '15 at 07:47
@MohamedHatemAbdu what do you set into `notifyItemInserted` or `notifyItemRangeInserted` ?could you please explain your solution? — Omid Zamani, Oct 05 '16 at 18:16
Please look at this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/49263790/5060269 — Shubham Goel, Sep 12 '20 at 07:04

serefakyuz · Answer 1 · 2018-12-18T08:22:39.903

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If your RecyclerView list item parent has "wrap_content" property, Recyclerview calculates the heights again and scrolls top.

There are two solutions:

Set your height a constant value like this: layout_height="100dp"
Use StaggeredGridLayoutManager like this:

mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(1, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL));

The second solution is more efficient and I suggest this one

edited Dec 18 '18 at 08:22

answered May 29 '16 at 13:22

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Yes, Recycler view calculates height in case of "wrap_content" so fix is setting fixed layout height or making height to "match_parent". – anp8850 Dec 28 '17 at 08:39

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 09:14

Not sure if this solves your problem but I was having the same issue and it was because I was calling setAdapter after notify. So, not calling setAdapter after notify solved the problem.

mAdapter.notifyItemRangeInserted(mAdapter.getItemCount(), list.size() - 1);
recyclerView.setAdapter(); // remove this line. 
//Do this only when you're setting the data for the first time or when adapter is null.

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 17 '17 at 00:58

As I am guessing, what you are doing is resetting the adapter to the RecyclerView and then calling notifyDataSetChanged().

You need to pass only the dataList to the adapter by passing dataList in adapter method like adapter update(dataList). And in this method you can assign this list to adapter list like;

public void update(ArrayList<Hashmap<String,String> list){
  this.mList = list;
}

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '20 at 02:41

notifyItemChanged() make the RecyclerView scroll and jump to UP

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"

Horizontal recyclerView inside vertical recyclerView generally causes that problem and this is best approach to get rid of problem. Don't put this attr into horizontal recyclerViews, it needs to be in only Parent (vertical RecyclerView).

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 20 '15 at 14:06

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You can use swapAdapter() and after call notifyDataSetChange(). This works for me.

edited Nov 20 '15 at 14:06

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answered Nov 20 '15 at 13:39

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Maxwell · Answer 6 · 2019-11-14T16:14:01.417

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RecycleViews will scroll back to the top on any variant of notifyDataSetChanged if they don't have a layout manager. Here's an example of how to set one.

LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(context, OrientationHelper.VERTICAL, false);
recycleView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);

edited Nov 14 '19 at 16:14

answered May 20 '17 at 05:07

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can you please help with this one https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58849910/how-to-stop-refreshing-recyclerview-data-scroll-to-top-position-android – AAA Nov 14 '19 at 07:14

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 12 '18 at 09:58

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In my case, the recyclerview was paginated. Every time it reaches the end and loads/inserts item using notifyItemInserted, the recyclerView used to scroll. So following worked for me:

recycler_view.stopScroll();

As stated in the doc:

Stop any current scroll in progress, such as one started by smoothScrollBy(int, int), fling(int, int) or a touch-initiated fling.

answered Apr 12 '18 at 09:58

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My order was: 1 find target view's position 1.1 calc what position will have our view after inserting new data 2 save current view's top offset 3 swap adapter's data 4 call notifyDataSetChanged 5 call recyclerView stopScroll 6 call recyclerView scrollToPositionWithOffset with calced view's position and latest offset – deadfish Jul 28 '18 at 14:41

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 01 '23 at 12:00

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Use scrollToPosition() of recyclerView to scroll to the specific position. call this method after notifyDataSetChanged() by passing the length of adapter

arrayList.add(new ChatBotModalClass("aaaa","bbbb"));
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
recyclerview.scrollToPosition(adapter.getItemCount()-1);

edited Jun 01 '23 at 12:00

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answered May 31 '23 at 05:32

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered May 11 '21 at 12:40

Use android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants" in the parent recyclerView . It will fix the issue. I had a child recyclerView inside the parent recyclerView and this trick helped me. Also except first time you should always use notifyDataSetChanged on the adapter.

score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Sep 12 '20 at 00:49

You can't scroll to position without having set the adapter first. Set your adapter first, even if your list is empty. Update your list when you get the data. Then call adapter.notifydatasetchanged() method. You can then scroll to the last position. Let me know if this answers your question or if I have to put an answer – mmmcho

score -1 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 25 '23 at 20:16

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This worked for me:

Set the fixed size property on the RecyclerView to "true" which prevents scroll up after calling notifyDataSetChanged on the adapter:

mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true)

answered Jan 25 '23 at 20:16

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