Attach TextView to RecyclerView

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I realize the following is incorrect but I suppose you can treat it as pseudocode. I'm wondering, how can I "attach" a whole layout to my RecyclerView so that when I scroll down the layout scrolls out of sight along with it. Presently the TextView above the RecyclerView is fixed on the screen, whereas all the data in my RecyclerView is scrollable. I want the TextView to move out of sight as the user scrolls down the page as well. If you look at Instagram, all the user profile information at the top of your gallery disappears as you scroll down the page. How can I do this? How can I add the TextView programatically?

<TextView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:text="Hello!" />

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginBottom="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
    android:padding="@dimen/item_margin"
    android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
    android:clipToPadding="false">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:text="Hello!" />

</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

Possible duplicate of [RecyclerView header and footer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26585941/recyclerview-header-and-footer) — starkshang, Dec 23 '15 at 04:34

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 04:31

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You can try Android-ObservableScrollView.

Refer following link: https://github.com/ksoichiro/Android-ObservableScrollView

answered Dec 23 '15 at 04:31

Rahul Lad

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 23 '15 at 04:25

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You can add that TextView as one of the RecyclerView's items using a custom RecyclerAdapter or you could use a ScrollView with LinearLayout as its content, instead of a RecyclerView as it's not advisable to use one inside a ScrollView.

answered Dec 23 '15 at 04:25

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I see... I really don't want to change from RecyclerView as I'm already deeply entrenched in it and it seems more performant for my purposes. I suppose I'll look into adding the TextView programatically. – Martin Erlic Dec 23 '15 at 04:29
@bluemunch that would definitely be much efficient. – Kyle Emmanuel Dec 23 '15 at 04:31

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 06 '20 at 18:01

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I did the same using these two great resources:

https://plus.google.com/114432517923423045208/posts/EdkQFx1RqhE

https://gist.github.com/gabrielemariotti/4c189fb1124df4556058

edited Jan 06 '20 at 18:01

Gal

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answered Dec 23 '15 at 04:41

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Could you add an explanation of those links in the answer? If in the future any of them goes down, nobody will be able to benefit from this answer. – This company is turning evil. Dec 23 '15 at 11:28

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 24 '16 at 07:39

One possible solution: You could treat your TextView as one of the RecyclerView's items but it will have different appearance.

 @Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    if (position == 0) {
        return HEADER;
    } else {
        return NORMAL_ITEM;
    }
}

@Override
public StandardViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    if (viewType == HEADER) {
        //inflate your textview layout header. Create a viewholder                  //for it
    } else {
        // inflate normal layour
    }
}

@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final ViewHolder holder, final int position) {
    if (getItemViewType(position) == HEADER) {
        // BIND header View
    } else {
        //BIND NormalView
    }
}

Attach TextView to RecyclerView

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