Changing layout managers for different views in RecyclerView

Question

I implemented an expandable recyclerview with child elements that are part of the list. I followed this code. This is how it works,

The implementation of

Answer 1

change the layout manager to gridlayout manager and handle the span size as mentioned below

layoutManager.setSpanSizeLookup(new GridLayoutManager.SpanSizeLookup() {
            @Override
            public int getSpanSize(int position) {
                int type=mAdapter.getItemViewType(position);
                if (type == "view holder type name")
                    return 2;
                else
                    return 1;
            }
        });