How to tell RecyclerView to start at specific item position

Question

I want my RecyclerView with LinearLayoutManager to show up with scroll position at specific item after adapter got updated. (not first/last position) Means the at first (re-)lay

Answer 1

If you want to scroll to a specific position and that position is the adapter's position, then you can use StaggeredGridLayoutManager scrollToPosition

StaggeredGridLayoutManager staggeredGridLayoutManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(1, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
       staggeredGridLayoutManager.scrollToPosition(10);
       recyclerView.setLayoutManager(staggeredGridLayoutManager);

If I understand the question, you want to scroll to a specific position but that position is the adapter's position and not the RecyclerView's item position.

You can only achieve this through the LayoutManager.

rv.getLayoutManager().scrollToPosition(youPositionInTheAdapter);