added in version 27.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:28.0.0-alpha1

ListAdapter

public abstract class ListAdapter
extends Adapter<VH extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder>

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.Adapter<VH extends android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.ViewHolder>
     ↳ android.support.v7.recyclerview.extensions.ListAdapter<T, VH extends android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.ViewHolder>


RecyclerView.Adapter base class for presenting List data in a RecyclerView, including computing diffs between Lists on a background thread.

This class is a convenience wrapper around AsyncListDiffer that implements Adapter common default behavior for item access and counting.

While using a LiveData<List> is an easy way to provide data to the adapter, it isn't required - you can use submitList(List) when new lists are available.

A complete usage pattern with Room would look like this:

 @Dao
 interface UserDao {
     @Query("SELECT * FROM user ORDER BY lastName ASC")
     public abstract LiveData<List<User>> usersByLastName();
 }

 class MyViewModel extends ViewModel {
     public final LiveData<List<User>> usersList;
     public MyViewModel(UserDao userDao) {
         usersList = userDao.usersByLastName();
     }
 }

 class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedState) {
         super.onCreate(savedState);
         MyViewModel viewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this).get(MyViewModel.class);
         RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.user_list);
         UserAdapter<User> adapter = new UserAdapter();
         viewModel.usersList.observe(this, list -> adapter.submitList(list));
         recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
     }
 }

 class UserAdapter extends ListAdapter<User, UserViewHolder> {
     public UserAdapter() {
         super(User.DIFF_CALLBACK);
     }
     @Override
     public void onBindViewHolder(UserViewHolder holder, int position) {
         holder.bindTo(getItem(position));
     }
     public static final DiffUtil.ItemCallback<User> DIFF_CALLBACK =
             new DiffUtil.ItemCallback<User>() {
         @Override
         public boolean areItemsTheSame(
                 @NonNull User oldUser, @NonNull User newUser) {
             // User properties may have changed if reloaded from the DB, but ID is fixed
             return oldUser.getId() == newUser.getId();
         }
         @Override
         public boolean areContentsTheSame(
                 @NonNull User oldUser, @NonNull User newUser) {
             // NOTE: if you use equals, your object must properly override Object#equals()
             // Incorrectly returning false here will result in too many animations.
             return oldUser.equals(newUser);
         }
     }
 }
Advanced users that wish for more control over adapter behavior, or to provide a specific base class should refer to AsyncListDiffer, which provides custom mapping from diff events to adapter positions.

Summary

Protected constructors

ListAdapter(ItemCallback<T> diffCallback)
ListAdapter(AsyncDifferConfig<T> config)

Public methods

int getItemCount()

Returns the total number of items in the data set held by the adapter.

void submitList(List<T> list)

Submits a new list to be diffed, and displayed.

Protected methods

T getItem(int position)

Inherited methods

From class android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.Adapter
From class java.lang.Object

Protected constructors

ListAdapter

added in version 27.1.0
ListAdapter (ItemCallback<T> diffCallback)

Parameters
diffCallback ItemCallback

ListAdapter

added in version 27.1.0
ListAdapter (AsyncDifferConfig<T> config)

Parameters
config AsyncDifferConfig

Public methods

getItemCount

added in version 27.1.0
int getItemCount ()

Returns the total number of items in the data set held by the adapter.

Returns
int The total number of items in this adapter.

submitList

added in version 27.1.0
void submitList (List<T> list)

Submits a new list to be diffed, and displayed.

If a list is already being displayed, a diff will be computed on a background thread, which will dispatch Adapter.notifyItem events on the main thread.

Parameters
list List: The new list to be displayed.

Protected methods

getItem

added in version 27.1.0
T getItem (int position)

Parameters
position int

Returns
T