Recyclerview with header and footer android example

by Amardeep Yadav · Published April 12, 2018 · Updated April 15, 2018

Recyclerview becoming one of the most useful component of android applications. It uses less memory while displaying data from large Data-sets and Collections. Further more it provides seamless user experience.There are lot’s of customizing possibilities packed with Recyclerview.In these Post we will create Recyclerview with header and footer android example application.

While Playing with lists instead of Listview always use Recyclerview for best optimization and experience.

before creating Recyclerview with header and footer lets understand some important concepts.

Creating RecyclerView with multiple view type

Best way to understand this concept is by using example. So consider i want develop media player. Now media player has search option. When we search it will show all the songs and albums matching search term. To display this list we are using Recyclerview. Now If we show same view for both of them then how user is going to differentiate between song and album. Song view should contain song name , artist , art, length. Album view should contain album name and number of songs. Let say we have two layouts song_layout.xml and album_layout.xml. Now inside Recyclerview adapter override getItemViewType() method.

getItemViewType() : This method used when you want different types of views for different rows.

Now in our case we want two views. We can return different integer for different views. Suppose i will return 0 for song and for album return 1. Create two separate viewHolders for song and album. Now when we will initialize Recyclerview.

It will first call getItemViewType() method and will return view type
Then control will be passed to onCreateViewHolder() method. Check view type and create view holder for song or album view accordingly
Now onBindViewHolder() method will be called. In This method check instance of viewHolder and Bind data Accordingly
Recyclerview adapter will repeat this process until all rows are created

Working of adapter for multiple view types

Recyclerview with header and footer android example

In this example we will create beautiful material designed application of hotel menu. This menu list will have a header with menu info and footer with some random food quote.

Recyclerview with header and footer android example

DEMO

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STEP 1 : Recyclerview is included in android support library package. So to use Recyclerview add dependency for Support library as shown below. Glide and CardView dependencies are optional as we need in this project.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {

compileSdkVersion 27

defaultConfig {

applicationId "com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter"

minSdkVersion 15

targetSdkVersion 27

versionCode 1

versionName "1.0"

}

buildTypes {

release {

minifyEnabled false

proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

}

dependencies {

implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'

/*Dependency for design library*/

implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'

/*Dependency for glide library*/

implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.6.1'

annotationProcessor 'com.github.bumptech.glide:compiler:4.6.1'

//Dependency for cardview library

implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:27.1.0'

}

STEP 2 : Create three new packages adapter, models, utils to keep this classes in more organized manner.

STEP 3 : Now we will create data models for our view. There are three types of views in our Recyclerview. Now to store different objects in single reference we need to create a parent class. Let’s call this class as RecyclerViewItem. Now all the data models of views will extend this class as shown below.

models -> RecyclerViewItem.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models;

/**

* Created by amary on 25-03-2018.

//Empty class for inheriting

//You can also write common properties here

public class RecyclerViewItem {

}

models -> Header.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models;

/**

* Created by amary on 25-03-2018.

//Object of Header item

public class Header extends RecyclerViewItem{

private String HeaderText;

private String Category;

private String ImageUrl;

public Header(String headerText, String category, String imageUrl) {

HeaderText = headerText;

Category = category;

ImageUrl = imageUrl;

}

public String getHeaderText() {

return HeaderText;

}

public void setHeaderText(String headerText) {

HeaderText = headerText;

}

public String getCategory() {

return Category;

}

public void setCategory(String category) {

Category = category;

}

public String getImageUrl() {

return ImageUrl;

}

public void setImageUrl(String imageUrl) {

ImageUrl = imageUrl;

}

models -> Footer.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models;

/**

* Created by amary on 25-03-2018.

//Object of Footer item

public class Footer extends RecyclerViewItem{

private String Quote;

private String Author;

private String ImageUrl;

public Footer(String quote, String author, String imageUrl) {

Quote = quote;

Author = author;

ImageUrl = imageUrl;

}

public String getQuote() {

return Quote;

}

public void setQuote(String quote) {

Quote = quote;

}

public String getAuthor() {

return Author;

}

public void setAuthor(String author) {

Author = author;

}

public String getImageUrl() {

return ImageUrl;

}

public void setImageUrl(String imageUrl) {

ImageUrl = imageUrl;

}

models -> FoodItem.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models;

//Object of food item
public class FoodItem extends RecyclerViewItem {
    private String title;
    private String description;
    private String imageUrl;
    private String price;
    private boolean isHot = false;

public FoodItem(String title, String description, String imageUrl, String price, boolean isHot) {
        this.title = title;
        this.description = description;
        this.imageUrl = imageUrl;
        this.price = price;
        this.isHot = isHot;
    }

public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.description = description;
    }

public String getImageUrl() {
        return imageUrl;
    }

public void setImageUrl(String imageUrl) {
        this.imageUrl = imageUrl;
    }

public String getPrice() {
        return price;
    }

public void setPrice(String price) {
        this.price = price;
    }

public boolean isHot() {
        return isHot;
    }

public void setHot(boolean hot) {
        isHot = hot;
    }
}

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models;

//Object of food item

public class FoodItem extends RecyclerViewItem {

private String title;

private String description;

private String imageUrl;

private String price;

private boolean isHot = false;

public FoodItem(String title, String description, String imageUrl, String price, boolean isHot) {

this.title = title;

this.description = description;

this.imageUrl = imageUrl;

this.price = price;

this.isHot = isHot;

}

public String getTitle() {

return title;

}

public void setTitle(String title) {

this.title = title;

}

public String getDescription() {

return description;

}

public void setDescription(String description) {

this.description = description;

}

public String getImageUrl() {

return imageUrl;

}

public void setImageUrl(String imageUrl) {

this.imageUrl = imageUrl;

}

public String getPrice() {

return price;

}

public void setPrice(String price) {

this.price = price;

}

public boolean isHot() {

return isHot;

}

public void setHot(boolean hot) {

isHot = hot;

}

STEP 5 : Create three different layouts for header, footer and food item layout.

res -> layout -> custom_row_food.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content">

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="vertical">

<RelativeLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="180dp">

<ImageView

android:id="@+id/imageViewFood"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

android:scaleType="centerCrop" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/textViewIsHot"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"

android:layout_alignParentRight="true"

android:background="@android:color/holo_green_dark"

android:padding="4dp"

android:text="HOT"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large.Inverse"

android:textStyle="bold" />

</RelativeLayout>

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="horizontal"

android:padding="8dp"

android:weightSum="10">

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="3"

android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/texViewFoodTitle"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:ellipsize="end"

android:lines="1"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"

android:textStyle="bold" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/texViewDescription"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:ellipsize="end"

android:lines="1"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small" />

</LinearLayout>

<FrameLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_weight="7">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/textViewPrice"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_gravity="center"

android:gravity="center_vertical|right"

android:text="15"

android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"

android:textSize="30dp"

android:textStyle="bold" />

</FrameLayout>

</LinearLayout>

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

res -> layout -> custom_row_header.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="220dp">

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="220dp">

<ImageView

android:scaleType="centerCrop"

android:id="@+id/imageViewHeader"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<FrameLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:background="#b53e3b3b"

android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

<LinearLayout

android:layout_gravity="center"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/texViewHeaderText"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large.Inverse" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/textViewCategory"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small.Inverse" />

</LinearLayout>

</FrameLayout>

res -> layout -> custom_row_footer.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="220dp">

</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="220dp">

<ImageView

android:scaleType="centerCrop"

android:id="@+id/imageViewFooter"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent" />

<FrameLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:background="#b53e3b3b"

android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

<LinearLayout

android:layout_gravity="center"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView

android:id="@+id/texViewQuote"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large.Inverse" />

<TextView

android:id="@+id/textViewAuthor"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:gravity="center"

android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small.Inverse" />

</LinearLayout>

</FrameLayout>

STEP 6 : Now we will create adapter. In the adapter first we check item type. Then create viewholders according to view type as shown below

adapter -> Adapter.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.adapter;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.R;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.FoodItem;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Footer;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Header;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.RecyclerViewItem;

import java.util.List;

public class Adapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
    //Declare List of Recyclerview Items
    List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems;
    //Header Item Type
    private static final int HEADER_ITEM = 0;
    //Footer Item Type
    private static final int FOOTER_ITEM = 1;
    ////Food Item Type
    private static final int FOOD_ITEM = 2;
    Context mContext;

public Adapter(List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems, Context mContext) {
        this.recyclerViewItems = recyclerViewItems;
        this.mContext = mContext;
    }

@Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
        View row;
        //Check fot view Type inflate layout according to it
        if (viewType == HEADER_ITEM) {
            row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_header, parent, false);
            return new HeaderHolder(row);
        } else if (viewType == FOOTER_ITEM) {
            row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_footer, parent, false);
            return new FooterHolder(row);
        } else if (viewType == FOOD_ITEM) {
            row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_food, parent, false);
            return new FoodItemHolder(row);

}
        return null;
    }

@Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        RecyclerViewItem recyclerViewItem = recyclerViewItems.get(position);
        //Check holder instance to populate data  according to it
        if (holder instanceof HeaderHolder) {
            HeaderHolder headerHolder = (HeaderHolder) holder;
            Header header = (Header) recyclerViewItem;
            //set data
            headerHolder.texViewHeaderText.setText(header.getHeaderText());
            headerHolder.textViewCategory.setText(header.getCategory());
            Glide.with(mContext).load(header.getImageUrl()).into(headerHolder.imageViewHeader);

} else if (holder instanceof FooterHolder) {
            FooterHolder footerHolder = (FooterHolder) holder;
            Footer footer = (Footer) recyclerViewItem;
            //set data
            footerHolder.texViewQuote.setText(footer.getQuote());
            footerHolder.textViewAuthor.setText(footer.getAuthor());
            Glide.with(mContext).load(footer.getImageUrl()).into(footerHolder.imageViewFooter);

} else if (holder instanceof FoodItemHolder) {
            FoodItemHolder foodItemHolder = (FoodItemHolder) holder;
            FoodItem foodItem = (FoodItem) recyclerViewItem;
            //set data
            foodItemHolder.texViewFoodTitle.setText(foodItem.getTitle());
            foodItemHolder.texViewDescription.setText(foodItem.getDescription());
            foodItemHolder.textViewPrice.setText(foodItem.getPrice());
            Glide.with(mContext).load(foodItem.getImageUrl()).into(foodItemHolder.imageViewFood);
            //check food item is hot or not to set visibility of hot text on image
            if (foodItem.isHot())
                foodItemHolder.textViewIsHot.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
            else
                foodItemHolder.textViewIsHot.setVisibility(View.GONE);

}

@Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        //here we can set view type
        RecyclerViewItem recyclerViewItem = recyclerViewItems.get(position);
        //if its header then return header item
        if (recyclerViewItem instanceof Header)
            return HEADER_ITEM;
            //if its Footer then return Footer item
        else if (recyclerViewItem instanceof Footer)
            return FOOTER_ITEM;
        //if its FoodItem then return Food item
        else if (recyclerViewItem instanceof FoodItem)
            return FOOD_ITEM;
        else
            return super.getItemViewType(position);

}

@Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return recyclerViewItems.size();
    }
    //Food item holder
    private class FoodItemHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        TextView texViewFoodTitle, texViewDescription, textViewPrice, textViewIsHot;
        ImageView imageViewFood;

FoodItemHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            texViewFoodTitle = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewFoodTitle);
            texViewDescription = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewDescription);
            imageViewFood = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewFood);
            textViewPrice = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewPrice);
            textViewIsHot = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewIsHot);
        }
    }
    //header holder
    private class HeaderHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        TextView texViewHeaderText, textViewCategory;
        ImageView imageViewHeader;

HeaderHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            texViewHeaderText = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewHeaderText);
            textViewCategory = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewCategory);
            imageViewHeader = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewHeader);
        }
    }
    //footer holder
    private class FooterHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        TextView texViewQuote, textViewAuthor;
        ImageView imageViewFooter;

FooterHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            texViewQuote = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewQuote);
            textViewAuthor = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewAuthor);
            imageViewFooter = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewFooter);
        }
    }
}

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package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.adapter;

import android.content.Context;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

import android.view.LayoutInflater;

import android.view.View;

import android.view.ViewGroup;

import android.widget.ImageView;

import android.widget.TextView;

import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.R;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.FoodItem;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Footer;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Header;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.RecyclerViewItem;

import java.util.List;

public class Adapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {

//Declare List of Recyclerview Items

List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems;

//Header Item Type

private static final int HEADER_ITEM = 0;

//Footer Item Type

private static final int FOOTER_ITEM = 1;

////Food Item Type

private static final int FOOD_ITEM = 2;

Context mContext;

public Adapter(List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems, Context mContext) {

this.recyclerViewItems = recyclerViewItems;

this.mContext = mContext;

}

@Override

public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {

LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());

View row;

//Check fot view Type inflate layout according to it

if (viewType == HEADER_ITEM) {

row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_header, parent, false);

return new HeaderHolder(row);

} else if (viewType == FOOTER_ITEM) {

row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_footer, parent, false);

return new FooterHolder(row);

} else if (viewType == FOOD_ITEM) {

row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_food, parent, false);

return new FoodItemHolder(row);

}

return null;

}

@Override

public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {

RecyclerViewItem recyclerViewItem = recyclerViewItems.get(position);

//Check holder instance to populate data according to it

if (holder instanceof HeaderHolder) {

HeaderHolder headerHolder = (HeaderHolder) holder;

Header header = (Header) recyclerViewItem;

//set data

headerHolder.texViewHeaderText.setText(header.getHeaderText());

headerHolder.textViewCategory.setText(header.getCategory());

Glide.with(mContext).load(header.getImageUrl()).into(headerHolder.imageViewHeader);

} else if (holder instanceof FooterHolder) {

FooterHolder footerHolder = (FooterHolder) holder;

Footer footer = (Footer) recyclerViewItem;

//set data

footerHolder.texViewQuote.setText(footer.getQuote());

footerHolder.textViewAuthor.setText(footer.getAuthor());

Glide.with(mContext).load(footer.getImageUrl()).into(footerHolder.imageViewFooter);

} else if (holder instanceof FoodItemHolder) {

FoodItemHolder foodItemHolder = (FoodItemHolder) holder;

FoodItem foodItem = (FoodItem) recyclerViewItem;

//set data

foodItemHolder.texViewFoodTitle.setText(foodItem.getTitle());

foodItemHolder.texViewDescription.setText(foodItem.getDescription());

foodItemHolder.textViewPrice.setText(foodItem.getPrice());

Glide.with(mContext).load(foodItem.getImageUrl()).into(foodItemHolder.imageViewFood);

//check food item is hot or not to set visibility of hot text on image

if (foodItem.isHot())

foodItemHolder.textViewIsHot.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

else

foodItemHolder.textViewIsHot.setVisibility(View.GONE);

}

@Override

public int getItemViewType(int position) {

//here we can set view type

RecyclerViewItem recyclerViewItem = recyclerViewItems.get(position);

//if its header then return header item

if (recyclerViewItem instanceof Header)

return HEADER_ITEM;

//if its Footer then return Footer item

else if (recyclerViewItem instanceof Footer)

return FOOTER_ITEM;

//if its FoodItem then return Food item

else if (recyclerViewItem instanceof FoodItem)

return FOOD_ITEM;

else

return super.getItemViewType(position);

}

@Override

public int getItemCount() {

return recyclerViewItems.size();

}

//Food item holder

private class FoodItemHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

TextView texViewFoodTitle, texViewDescription, textViewPrice, textViewIsHot;

ImageView imageViewFood;

FoodItemHolder(View itemView) {

super(itemView);

texViewFoodTitle = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewFoodTitle);

texViewDescription = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewDescription);

imageViewFood = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewFood);

textViewPrice = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewPrice);

textViewIsHot = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewIsHot);

}

//header holder

private class HeaderHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

TextView texViewHeaderText, textViewCategory;

ImageView imageViewHeader;

HeaderHolder(View itemView) {

super(itemView);

texViewHeaderText = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewHeaderText);

textViewCategory = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewCategory);

imageViewHeader = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewHeader);

}

//footer holder

private class FooterHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

TextView texViewQuote, textViewAuthor;

ImageView imageViewFooter;

FooterHolder(View itemView) {

super(itemView);

texViewQuote = itemView.findViewById(R.id.texViewQuote);

textViewAuthor = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textViewAuthor);

imageViewFooter = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageViewFooter);

}

STEP 7 : Now to add space between Recyclerview items we will create new decoration class. Read more in-depth article about recyclerview decoration here.

utils -> Space.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.utils;

import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;

//Recyclerview decoration class to add space between items
public class Space extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {
    int space;

public Space(int space) {
        this.space = space;
    }

@Override
    public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        super.getItemOffsets(outRect, view, parent, state);
        //Check if its header or footer because we don't want to add space for header and footer
        if (!(parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == 0 | parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == parent.getAdapter().getItemCount() - 1)) {
            if (parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == 1) {
                outRect.top = space;
            }
            outRect.right = space;
            outRect.left = space;
            outRect.bottom = space;
        }

}
}

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.utils;

import android.graphics.Rect;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

import android.view.View;

//Recyclerview decoration class to add space between items

public class Space extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

int space;

public Space(int space) {

this.space = space;

}

@Override

public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {

super.getItemOffsets(outRect, view, parent, state);

//Check if its header or footer because we don't want to add space for header and footer

if (!(parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == 0 | parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == parent.getAdapter().getItemCount() - 1)) {

if (parent.getChildLayoutPosition(view) == 1) {

outRect.top = space;

}

outRect.right = space;

outRect.left = space;

outRect.bottom = space;

}

STEP 8 : Now recyclerview adapter, layouts, decoration classe, models are ready. Now to it’s time to create activity. Create new layout

layout -> content_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

android:id="@+id/recyclerView"

app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"

tools:context="com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.MainActivity"

tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">

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

layout -> activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.MainActivity">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways|snap"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="match_parent"

tools:context="com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.MainActivity">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar

android:id="@+id/toolbar"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"

android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"

app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways|snap"

app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Inside activity class bind Recyclerview adpater. Add decoration to recylerview. Provide some dummy data to recyclerview as shown below.

Package Name -> MainActivity.java

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.adapter.Adapter;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.FoodItem;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Footer;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Header;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.RecyclerViewItem;
import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.utils.Space;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        //init RecyclerView
        initRecyclerView();
    }

private void initRecyclerView() {
        RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
        //add space item decoration and pass space you want to give
        recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new Space(20));
        //finally set adapter
        recyclerView.setAdapter(new Adapter(createDummyList(), this));

}
    //Method to create dummy data
    private List<RecyclerViewItem> createDummyList() {
        List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems = new ArrayList<>();
        Header header = new Header("Welcome To Food Express", "Non-Veg Menu",
                "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/30/15/10/pizza-2802332_640.jpg");
        //add header
        recyclerViewItems.add(header);
        String[] imageUrls = {"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/11/18/17/42/barbecue-1836053_640.jpg",
                "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/07/11/03/23/chicken-rice-1508984_640.jpg",
                "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/03/30/08/10/chicken-intestine-2187505_640.jpg",
                "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/15/15/17/meal-2069021_640.jpg",
                "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/06/01/07/15/food-2362678_640.jpg"};
        String[] titles = {"5 in 1 Chicken Zinger Box",
                "Paneer Butter Masala",
                "Chicken Lollipop Masala", "Paneer Manchurian", "Non-Veg. Lemon & Coriander Soup"};
        String[] descriptions = {"Chicken zinger+hot wings [2 pieces]+veg strip [1 piece]+Pillsbury cookie cake+Pepsi [can]",
                "A spicy North Indian dish made from cottage cheese, cream, butter and select spices",
                "Chicken wings coated with batter of flour",
                "Deep-fried cottage cheese balls sautéed with ginger", "Meat shreds, lime juice and coriander"};
        String[] price = {"₹220", "₹530", "₹400", "₹790", "₹150"};
        boolean[] isHot = {true, false, true, true, false};
        for (int i = 0; i < imageUrls.length; i++) {
            FoodItem foodItem = new FoodItem(titles[i], descriptions[i], imageUrls[i], price[i],isHot[i]);
            //add food items
            recyclerViewItems.add(foodItem);
        }

Footer footer = new Footer("Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.",
                "Bethenny Frankel", "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/12/26/17/28/background-1932466_640.jpg");
        //add footer
        recyclerViewItems.add(footer);
        return recyclerViewItems;
    }

}

package com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.adapter.Adapter;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.FoodItem;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Footer;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.Header;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.models.RecyclerViewItem;

import com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter.utils.Space;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);

setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

//init RecyclerView

initRecyclerView();

}

private void initRecyclerView() {

RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);

recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));

//add space item decoration and pass space you want to give

recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new Space(20));

//finally set adapter

recyclerView.setAdapter(new Adapter(createDummyList(), this));

}

//Method to create dummy data

private List<RecyclerViewItem> createDummyList() {

List<RecyclerViewItem> recyclerViewItems = new ArrayList<>();

Header header = new Header("Welcome To Food Express", "Non-Veg Menu",

"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/30/15/10/pizza-2802332_640.jpg");

//add header

recyclerViewItems.add(header);

String[] imageUrls = {"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/11/18/17/42/barbecue-1836053_640.jpg",

"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/07/11/03/23/chicken-rice-1508984_640.jpg",

"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/03/30/08/10/chicken-intestine-2187505_640.jpg",

"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/15/15/17/meal-2069021_640.jpg",

"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/06/01/07/15/food-2362678_640.jpg"};

String[] titles = {"5 in 1 Chicken Zinger Box",

"Paneer Butter Masala",

"Chicken Lollipop Masala", "Paneer Manchurian", "Non-Veg. Lemon & Coriander Soup"};

String[] descriptions = {"Chicken zinger+hot wings [2 pieces]+veg strip [1 piece]+Pillsbury cookie cake+Pepsi [can]",

"A spicy North Indian dish made from cottage cheese, cream, butter and select spices",

"Chicken wings coated with batter of flour",

"Deep-fried cottage cheese balls sautéed with ginger", "Meat shreds, lime juice and coriander"};

String[] price = {"₹220", "₹530", "₹400", "₹790", "₹150"};

boolean[] isHot = {true, false, true, true, false};

for (int i = 0; i < imageUrls.length; i++) {

FoodItem foodItem = new FoodItem(titles[i], descriptions[i], imageUrls[i], price[i],isHot[i]);

//add food items

recyclerViewItems.add(foodItem);

}

Footer footer = new Footer("Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.",

"Bethenny Frankel", "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/12/26/17/28/background-1932466_640.jpg");

//add footer

recyclerViewItems.add(footer);

return recyclerViewItems;

}

STEP 9 : Our Activity is ready set it as launcher activity in manifest as below.

Manifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

package="com.loopwiki.recylerviewheaderandfooter">

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

<application

android:allowBackup="true"

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

android:label="Food Express"

android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"

android:supportsRtl="true"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

<activity

android:name=".MainActivity"

android:label="Food Express"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">

<intent-filter>

</intent-filter>

</activity>

</application>

</manifest>

STEP 10 : Modify and add flowing colors and styles in colors.xml and styles.xml respectively.

colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

</resources>

styles.xml

<item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>

<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>

<item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

</style>

<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>

</style>

</resources>

STEP 11 : Run application

Recyclerview with header and footer android example

If you still have any queries, please post them in the comments section below, I will be happy to help you. If you have any other questions in mind then make sure to visit our ask section.

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javonip says:

July 22, 2019 at 7:08 pm

hi,i cant get download code
insert mail or google account and says
Unknown error, call getLastResponse() to find out what happened.

Faizan Haidar says:

January 13, 2019 at 10:21 am

I have add header and footer to the RecyclerView , when the screen starts, header appears but as I scroll after the last item of recycler view activity destroys without showing the footer. The error is in onBindViewHolder when the data is bind to the normal list items of the recycler veiw.

- Amardeep Yadav says:
  
  April 12, 2019 at 8:15 pm
  
  Please check your data provided to recyclerview adapter may be some data is null in footer item
  
Jeffrey says:

July 26, 2018 at 5:13 am

This helped a lot in understanding RecyclerView better. Many thanks

Suhail Shaikh says:

April 14, 2018 at 7:46 am

Your work is awesome man. Keep up the good work and if you need help don’t hesitate brother.

- Amardeep Yadav says:
  
  April 14, 2018 at 7:54 am
  
  Thank you 😍😍

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