Recyclical

recyclical, an easy-to-use Kotlin DSL API for setting up and manipulating RecyclerViews.

Gradle Dependency

Add this to your module's build.gradle file:

dependencies {

  implementation 'com.afollestad:recyclical:0.5.1'
}
Gradle

The Basics

First, declare an Item class:

data class Person(
  var name: String,
  var arg: Int
)
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Second, a layout and a View Holder:

<LinearLayout ...>

  <TextView 
     android:id="@+id/text_name"
     ... />    
     
  <TextView 
     android:id="@+id/text_age"
     ... />
     
</LinearLayout>
XML
class PersonViewHolder(itemView: View) : ViewHolder(itemView) {
  val name: TextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_name)
  val age: TextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_age)
}
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Finally, you can begin using the DSL API:

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
      
      val dataSource = dataSourceOf(
          Person("Aidan", 24),
          Person("Nina", 24)
      )
      
      // setup{} is an extension method on RecyclerView
      recyclerView.setup {
          withDataSource(dataSource)
          
          withItem<Person>(R.layout.person_item_layout) {
            onBind(::PersonViewHolder) { index, item ->
              name.text = item.name
              age.text = "${item.age}"
            }
            onClick { index, item ->
              toast("Clicked $index: ${item.name}")
            }
            onLongClick { index, item -> 
              toast("Long clicked $index: ${item.name}")
            }
         }
      }
  }
}
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More Options

There are other things you can give to the setup extension:

recyclerView.setup {
  // Custom layout manager, rather than the default which is a vertical LinearLayoutManager
  withLayoutManager(GridLayoutManager(context, 2))
  // Assigns a view that is made visible when the data source has content, else is hidden (gone)
  withEmptyView(view)
  // Global click listener for any item type. Individual item click listeners are called first.
  withClickListener { index, item -> }
  // Global long click listener for any item type. Individual item long click listeners are called first.
  withLongClickListener { index, item -> }
}
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Multiple Item Types

You can mix different types of items - but you need to specify view holders and layouts for them too:

val dataSource = dataSourceOf(
  Car(2012, "Volkswagen GTI"),
  Motorcycle(2018, "Triumph", "Thruxton R"),
  Person("Aidan", 24)
)

recyclerView.setup {
  withDataSource(dataSource)
    
  withItem<Person>(R.layout.person_item_layout) {
     onBind(::PersonViewHolder) { index, item ->
        name.text = item.name
        age.text = "${item.age}"
     }
  }
  withItem<Motorcycle>(R.layout.motorcycle_item_layout) {
     onBind(::MotorcycleViewHolder) { index, item ->
        year.text = "${item.year}"
        make.text = item.make
        model.text = item.model
     }
  }
  withItem<Car>(R.layout.car_item_layout) {
     onBind(::CarViewHolder) { index, item ->
        year.text = "${item.year}"
        name.text = item.name
     } 
  }
}
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DataSource

DataSource is an interface which provides data and allows manipulation of the data, to display in a RecyclerView.
Being an interface means you make your own implementations of it, you can mock it in tests, you could even provide it
via Dagger to a presenter and manipulate the RecyclerView outside of your UI layer.

Construction

The included implementation of data source operates on a List of objects (of any type).

// Empty by default, but can still add, insert, etc.
val dataSource: DataSource = emptyDataSource()

// Initial data set of items from a vararg list
val dataSource: DataSource = dataSourceOf(item1, item2)

// Initial data set of items from an existing list
val items = listOf(item1, item2)
val dataSource: DataSource = dataSourceOf(items)
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Manipulation

val dataSource: DataSource = // ...

// getters
val item: Any = dataSource.get(5)
val contains: Boolean = dataSource.contains(item)
val size: Int = dataSource.size()
val isEmpty: Boolean = dataSource.isEmpty()
val isNotEmpty: Boolean = dataSource.isNotEmpty()
val firstIndex: Int = dataSource.indexOfFirst { }
val lastIndex: Int = dataSource.indexOfLast { }

// mutation
val person = Person("Aidan", 24)
dataSource.add(person)
dataSource.set(listOf(person))
dataSource.insert(1, person)
dataSource.removeAt(1)
dataSource.remove(person)
dataSource.swap(1, 4)
dataSource.move(1, 4)
dataSource.clear()

// iteration
for (item in dataSource) { }
dataSource.forEach { }  // emits all items
dataSource.forEachOf<Person> { }  // only emits items that are a Person

// operators
val item: Any = dataSource[5]  // get(5)
val contains: Boolean = item in dataSource  // contains(item)
dataSource += person  // add(person)
dataSource -= person  // remove(person)
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Diffing

When performing a set on the data set, you can opt to use diff utils:

dataSource.set(
  newItems = newItems,
  areTheSame = ::areItemsTheSame,
  areContentsTheSame = ::areItemContentsTheSame
)

// Return true if items represent the same entity, e.g. by ID or name
private fun areItemsTheSame(left: Any, right: Any): Boolean {
  return when (left) {
    is Person -> {
      right is Person && right.name == left.name
    }
    else -> false
  }
}

// Return true if all contents in the items are equal
private fun areItemContentsTheSame(left: Any, right: Any): Boolean {
  return when (left) {
    is Person -> {
      right is Person &&
        right.name == left.name &&
        right.age == left.age
    }
    else -> false
  }
}
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This will automatically coordinate notifying of adds, moves, and insertions so that
update of the data set is pretty and animated by the RecyclerView.

SelectableDataSource

A SelectableDataSource is built on top of a regular [DataSource]. It provides additional APIs
to manage the selection state of items in your list.

Construction

Construction methods for SelectableDataSource are the same as the DataSource ones, they just
include selectable in their names.

// Empty by default, but can still add, insert, etc.
val dataSource: SelectableDataSource = emptySelectableDataSource()

// Initial data set of items from a vararg list
val dataSource: SelectableDataSource = selectableDataSourceOf(item1, item2)

// Initial data set of items from an existing list
val items = listOf(item1, item2)
val dataSource: SelectableDataSource = selectableDataSourceOf(items)
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Manipulation

There are some additional methods added on top of the DataSource methods:

val dataSource: SelectableDataSource = // ...

// Index operations
dataSource.selectAt(1)
dataSource.deselectAt(1)
dataSource.toggleSelectionAt(1)
val selected: Boolean = dataSource.isSelectedAt(1)

// Item operations, uses index operations under the hood
val item: Any = // ...
dataSource.select(item)
dataSource.deselect(item)
dataSource.toggleSelection(item)
val selected: Boolean = dataSource.isSelected(item)

// Mass operations
dataSource.selectAll()
dataSource.deselectAll()

// Misc operations
val count: Int = dataSource.getSelectionCount()
val hasSelection: Boolean = dataSource.hasSelection()

// Set a callback invoked when something is selected or deselected
dataSource.onSelectionChange { dataSource -> }
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Use in Binding

During binding of your items, you can access selection states even if you don't have a direct
reference to your DataSource.

In onBind blocks, this is done with extensions in ViewHolder which provide functions to check
selection state and select/deselect the current item that is being bound.

In onClick and onLongClick blocks, this is done using a type that is passed as this which provides the same set
of functions.

recyclerView.setup {
    withEmptyView(emptyView)
    withDataSource(dataSource)
    
    withItem<MyListItem>(R.layout.my_list_item) {
      onBind(::MyViewHolder) { index, item ->
          // Selection-related methods that can be used here:
          isSelected()
          select()
          deselect()
          toggleSelection()
          hasSelection()
      }
      
      onClick { index, item ->
          // Selection-related methods that can be used here:
          isSelected()
          select()
          deselect()
          toggleSelection()
          hasSelection()
      }
      
      onLongClick { index, _ ->
          // The same methods used in onClick can be used here as well
      }
    }
}
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