Disable Swipe for position in RecyclerView using ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback

Question

I am using recyclerview 22.2.0 and the helper class ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback to enable swipe-to-dismiss option to my list. But as I have a type of header on it, I

Answer 1

There are a few ways to go about this, but if you only have one ViewHolder, but more than one layout you can take this approach.

Override the getItemViewType and give it some logic as to determine view type based on position or type of data in object (I have a getType function in my object)

@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    return data.get(position).getType;
}

Return proper layout in onCreateView based on ViewType (Make sure to pass view type to ViewHolder class.

@Override
public AppListItemHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    mContext = parent.getContext();

    if (viewType == 0){
        return new AppListItemHolder(LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.layout, parent, false), viewType);
    else
        return new AppListItemHolder(LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.header, parent, false), viewType);
    }
}

Get the content views of the different layouts based on view type public static class AppListItemHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

    public AppListItemHolder (View v, int viewType) {
        super(v);

        if (viewType == 0)
            ... get your views contents
        else
            ... get other views contents
        }
    }
}

And then in your ItemTouchHelper change actions based on ViewType. For me this disables swiping of a RecyclerView section header

@Override
public int getSwipeDirs(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder) {
    if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == 1) return 0;
        return super.getSwipeDirs(recyclerView, viewHolder);
    }
}