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 your only motive is to start the recyclerView from a specific position without any scroll-like animation I'll suggest using StaggeredGridLayoutManager

val staggeredGridLayoutManager = StaggeredGridLayoutManager(1, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL)//or VERTICAL
            staggeredGridLayoutManager.scrollToPosition(specificPosition)

recyclerView.apply{
    layoutManager = staggeredGridLayoutManager
}