How to make a page indicator for horizontal recyclerview

Question

Any idea how to create a page indicator for recyclerview list ?

Answer 1

I have copied the same answer which is given by David Medenjak , but to make the circles below the recyclerview . I have updated few lines of code in the above answer , please have a look and use accordingly .

/**
 * Created by shobhan on 4/10/17.
 */

public class CirclePagerIndicatorDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

    private int colorActive = 0x727272;
    private int colorInactive = 0xF44336;

    private static final float DP = Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density;

    /**
     * Height of the space the indicator takes up at the bottom of the view.
     */
    private final int mIndicatorHeight = (int) (DP * 16);

    /**
     * Indicator stroke width.
     */
    private final float mIndicatorStrokeWidth = DP * 2;

    /**
     * Indicator width.
     */
    private final float mIndicatorItemLength = DP * 16;
    /**
     * Padding between indicators.
     */
    private final float mIndicatorItemPadding = DP * 4;

    /**
     * Some more natural animation interpolation
     */
    private final Interpolator mInterpolator = new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator();

    private final Paint mPaint = new Paint();

    public CirclePagerIndicatorDecoration() {
        mPaint.setStrokeCap(Paint.Cap.ROUND);
        mPaint.setStrokeWidth(mIndicatorStrokeWidth);
        mPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
        mPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDrawOver(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        super.onDrawOver(c, parent, state);

        int itemCount = parent.getAdapter().getItemCount();

        // center horizontally, calculate width and subtract half from center
        float totalLength = mIndicatorItemLength * itemCount;
        float paddingBetweenItems = Math.max(0, itemCount - 1) * mIndicatorItemPadding;
        float indicatorTotalWidth = totalLength + paddingBetweenItems;
        float indicatorStartX = (parent.getWidth() - indicatorTotalWidth) / 2F;

        // center vertically in the allotted space
        float indicatorPosY = parent.getHeight() - mIndicatorHeight / 2F;

        drawInactiveIndicators(c, indicatorStartX, indicatorPosY, itemCount);


        // find active page (which should be highlighted)
        LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = (LinearLayoutManager) parent.getLayoutManager();
        int activePosition = layoutManager.findFirstVisibleItemPosition();
        if (activePosition == RecyclerView.NO_POSITION) {
            return;
        }

        // find offset of active page (if the user is scrolling)
        final View activeChild = layoutManager.findViewByPosition(activePosition);
        int left = activeChild.getLeft();
        int width = activeChild.getWidth();

        // on swipe the active item will be positioned from [-width, 0]
        // interpolate offset for smooth animation
        float progress = mInterpolator.getInterpolation(left * -1 / (float) width);

        drawHighlights(c, indicatorStartX, indicatorPosY, activePosition, progress, itemCount);
    }

    private void drawInactiveIndicators(Canvas c, float indicatorStartX, float indicatorPosY, int itemCount) {
        mPaint.setColor(Color.GRAY);

        // width of item indicator including padding
        final float itemWidth = mIndicatorItemLength + mIndicatorItemPadding;

        float start = indicatorStartX;
        for (int i = 0; i < itemCount; i++) {
            // draw the line for every item
            c.drawCircle(start + mIndicatorItemLength,indicatorPosY,itemWidth/6,mPaint);
          //  c.drawLine(start, indicatorPosY, start + mIndicatorItemLength, indicatorPosY, mPaint);
            start += itemWidth;
        }
    }

    private void drawHighlights(Canvas c, float indicatorStartX, float indicatorPosY,
                                int highlightPosition, float progress, int itemCount) {
        mPaint.setColor(Color.RED);

        // width of item indicator including padding
        final float itemWidth = mIndicatorItemLength + mIndicatorItemPadding;

        if (progress == 0F) {
            // no swipe, draw a normal indicator
            float highlightStart = indicatorStartX + itemWidth * highlightPosition;
         /*   c.drawLine(highlightStart, indicatorPosY,
                    highlightStart + mIndicatorItemLength, indicatorPosY, mPaint);
        */
            c.drawCircle(highlightStart,indicatorPosY,itemWidth/6,mPaint);

        } else {
            float highlightStart = indicatorStartX + itemWidth * highlightPosition;
            // calculate partial highlight
            float partialLength = mIndicatorItemLength * progress;
            c.drawCircle(highlightStart + mIndicatorItemLength,indicatorPosY,itemWidth/6,mPaint);

            // draw the cut off highlight
           /* c.drawLine(highlightStart + partialLength, indicatorPosY,
                    highlightStart + mIndicatorItemLength, indicatorPosY, mPaint);
*/
            // draw the highlight overlapping to the next item as well
           /* if (highlightPosition < itemCount - 1) {
                highlightStart += itemWidth;
                *//*c.drawLine(highlightStart, indicatorPosY,
                        highlightStart + partialLength, indicatorPosY, mPaint);*//*
                c.drawCircle(highlightStart ,indicatorPosY,itemWidth/4,mPaint);

            }*/
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        super.getItemOffsets(outRect, view, parent, state);
        outRect.bottom = mIndicatorHeight;
    }
}

And Apply it to the recyclerview as follows

//for horizontal scroll for recycler view 
 LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager
                = new LinearLayoutManager(context, LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL, false);
recyclerview.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
recyclerview.addItemDecoration(new CirclePagerIndicatorDecoration());