I want to create a listview like in play store installed apps fragment

Question

I want to create a list view which shows some detail (batch name in my case) on the top of some listview items like this screenshot of play store. Here it shows downloading on top of a few items and updates or installed on others. How can I do this?

Try Using ListView Header its simple [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13590627/android-listview-headers](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13590627/android-listview-headers) — g7pro, Mar 29 '17 at 08:40

blueware · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-29T08:22:51.790

Your official reference for creating RecyclerView:

Creating Lists and Cards

Also, you may follow this:

Using lists and grids in Android with RecylerView - Tutorial

You will exactly get the most of building RecyclerView considering design patterns

Here is an example of creating RecyclerView with header:

    public class HeaderAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
    private static final int TYPE_HEADER = 0;
    private static final int TYPE_ITEM = 1;
    String[] data;

    public HeaderAdapter(String[] data) {
        this.data = data;
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        if (viewType == TYPE_ITEM) {
            //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder
            return new VHItem(null);
        } else if (viewType == TYPE_HEADER) {
            //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder
            return new VHHeader(null);
        }

        throw new RuntimeException("there is no type that matches the type " + viewType + " + make sure your using types correctly");
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        if (holder instanceof VHItem) {
            String dataItem = getItem(position);
            //cast holder to VHItem and set data
        } else if (holder instanceof VHHeader) {
            //cast holder to VHHeader and set data for header.
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return data.length + 1;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        if (isPositionHeader(position))
            return TYPE_HEADER;

        return TYPE_ITEM;
    }

    private boolean isPositionHeader(int position) {
        return position == 0;
    }

    private String getItem(int position) {
        return data[position - 1];
    }

    class VHItem extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        TextView title;

        public VHItem(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
        }
    }

    class VHHeader extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        Button button;

        public VHHeader(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
        }
    }
}

Will I be able to add description at the top dynamically? @blueware — Aayush Gupta, Mar 29 '17 at 08:17
Yes, I will edit my answer to include an example of how to do this — blueware, Mar 29 '17 at 08:19
You can use the `getItemViewType` to determine which to notify the adapter about — blueware, Mar 29 '17 at 10:49
And what if I want to create multiple headers (like in the image in description) — Aayush Gupta, Mar 29 '17 at 11:41
You can use a `RecyclerView` inside your header item and push multiple items to it to show downaloding — blueware, Mar 29 '17 at 12:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 29 '17 at 08:20

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You can use CardView - Design library.

add library in app level Gradle-

compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.0.+'

here is guide of card view

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/CardView.html

answered Mar 29 '17 at 08:20

ITSGuru

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I shall try this one too. – Aayush Gupta Mar 29 '17 at 08:25
I hope it's helpful for make cardview design. It's works on everywhere. like listview, gridview, layout etc. – ITSGuru Mar 29 '17 at 08:33

I want to create a listview like in play store installed apps fragment

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