match_parent width does not work in RecyclerView

Question

My RecyclerView and item has match_parent width but the result is :

Answer 1

I had done fix like this. In my case problem with activity layout file because i am using ConstraintLayout as root activity layout.Might be case for you too.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <include
        android:id="@+id/toolBar"
        layout="@layout/toolbar_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/fragment_container"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/accent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/toolBar" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Answer 2

In my case, the problem was in RecyclerView XML declaration, the layout_width was 0dp which means match_constraints, when I changed it to match_parent, items started to fill all RecyclerView width:

<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
            android:layout_width="0dp"  <-- changed this to "match_parent"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="45dp"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_max="360dp"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_min="60dp"
            app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/header"/>

Answer 3

Can't see your full code, but can guess, that some of the views inside your LinearLayout are 'wrap_content'. You need to make one or some of them expand to the full width by using 'android:layout_weight="1"'

update: you have a lot of redundant layout_weight's. Make them all 'wrap_content' and for only one of them add layout_weight=1 - for the last CustomTextView. This way, it will occupy all the blank space.

Answer 4

I solved this with:

 myInflatedRowLayout.getLayoutParams().width = vg.getWidth();

It is replacing the MATCH_PARENT with the actual width of the RecyclerView.

Answer 5

try this when you set layout params for your item in adapter.

 View viewHolder= LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
            .inflate(R.layout.item, parent, false);
 viewHolder.setLayoutParams(new RecyclerView.LayoutParams(RecyclerView.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, RecyclerView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
 ViewOffersHolder viewOffersHolder = new ViewOffersHolder(viewHolder);
 return viewOffersHolder;

Answer 6

I was using a FrameLayout with MATCH_PARENT for width and was seeing the same behavior with a RecyclerView + LinearLayoutManager. None of the above changes worked for me until I did the following in the onCreateViewHolder callback:

@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    // create a new view
    View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
                           .inflate(R.layout.note_layout, parent, false);
    v.setLayoutParams(new RecyclerView.LayoutParams(
          ((RecyclerView) parent).getLayoutManager().getWidth(),
          context.getResources()
                 .getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.note_item_height)));

    return new ViewHolder(v);
}

Clearly looks like a bug in (I'm guessing) the RecyclerView implementation.