Detect click on RecyclerView outside of items

Question

I have a RecyclerView with 2 items that don\'t fill the whole screen. How can I detect that the user clicked on the empty part of the RecyclerView (meaning clicked directly on t

Answer 1

@Angel Kjoseski answer would look like this in Kotlin:

yourRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(object : RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener {
                override fun onInterceptTouchEvent(recyclerView: RecyclerView, motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    return when {
                        motionEvent.action != MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || recyclerView.findChildViewUnder(motionEvent.x, motionEvent.y) != null -> false
                        else -> {
                            // do something here
                            true
                        }
                    }
                }

                override fun onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(disallowIntercept: Boolean) {}
                override fun onTouchEvent(recyclerView: RecyclerView, motionEvent: MotionEvent) {}
            })