How to show date in between conversation in recyclerview or in listview

Question

How to show date or today , yesterday like text in between conversation

like whatsapp

Answer 1

You need to create a new ViewHolder for that purpose

For example:

// Different types of rows
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_LEFT = 0;
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_RIGHT = 1;
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_DATE_CONTAINER = 2;

public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
class ViewHolder0 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    // Viewholder for row type 0
}

class ViewHolder1 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    // Viewholder for row type 1
}

class ViewHolder2 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    // Viewholder for row type 2
}

@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
     if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_LEFT) {
         // Code to populate type 0 view here

     } else if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_RIGHT) {
         // Code to populate type 1 view here

     } else if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_DATE_CONTAINER) {
         // Code to populate type 2 view here

     }
}