Pinterest like custom GridView

Question

I am new to android, and I am searching for a logic for grid view like pinterest(homescreen) app that has been build for i-phone. A large no. of images are coming from the serve

Answer 1

This is old question, but for those that have similar problem:

Easiest way to accomplish this layout style is to use RecyclerView with StaggeredGridLayoutManager, like this:

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.my_activity);

    View recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recycle_view);
    assert recyclerView != null;
    StaggeredGridLayoutManager gaggeredGridLayoutManager = new      
    StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, 1);
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(gaggeredGridLayoutManager);
}

For the other part of question (pagging) it's best to receive your images in chunks (for example 50 images per request) and when user scrolls down (comes to the end) load more.