In case any 1 find this problem, I hope this helps some1 in the future. I wanted to share the final solution because I think it helps more than the code I started with and couldn't get any answer which led to this solution.
This was a reference for my solution: How can I select only one checkbox in Recyclerview and notifydataset changed
I'm only sharing crucial parts of the code, which affect directly to the radio button selection problem.
this was my solution:
public class NewGameCourseAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<NewGameCourseAdapter.NewGameCourseViewHolder> {
private int selectedPosition = -1;// no selection by default
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull final NewGameCourseViewHolder holder, final int position) {
/** This can prevent some unwanted actions in some cases **/
holder.mRadioButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener(null);
holder.mRadioButton.setChecked(selectedPosition == position);
holder.mRadioButton.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean b) {
selectedPosition = holder.getAdapterPosition();
if (selectedPosition == position) {
holder.mRadioButton.setChecked(true);
notifyDataSetChanged();
} else {
holder.mRadioButton.setChecked(false);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
});