Is there an addHeaderView equivalent for RecyclerView?

Question

I\'m looking for an equivalent to addHeaderView for a recycler view. Basically I want to have an image with 2 buttons be added as a header to the listview. Is there a differ

Answer 1

There is one more solution that covers all the use cases above: CompoundAdapter: https://github.com/negusoft/CompoundAdapter-android

You can create a AdapterGroup that holds your Adapter as it is, along with an adapter with a single item to represent the header. The code is easy and readable:

AdapterGroup adapterGroup = new AdapterGroup();
adapterGroup.addAdapter(SingleAdapter.create(R.layout.header));
adapterGroup.addAdapter(new CommentAdapter(...));

recyclerView.setAdapter(adapterGroup);

AdapterGroup allows nesting too, so for a adapter with sections, you may create a AdapterGroup per section. Then put all the sections in a root AdapterGroup.