How to set different columns for rows in android gridview

Question

I want to have a gridview similar to this

Every odd numbered row will

Answer 1

Instead of considering a single image views i am taking group of three images as a single grid item,

try this inside your grid adapter

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/linear"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@color/green"
    android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/image"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:scaleType="fitXY"
    android:src="@drawable/user"
     />
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal">
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/image_1"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:src="@drawable/user"

            />
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/image_2"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:src="@drawable/user"
            android:scaleType="fitXY"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />

        </LinearLayout>

    </LinearLayout>

and your grid view would be like

<GridView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:numColumns="2"
    >

</GridView>

The only thing you have to take care of is, the sequence of your image. might be this will help you

Answer 2

Use Expandable list view and provide different view for each row.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ExpandableListView.html

Answer 3

Did you try a RecyclerView in a combination with a StaggeredGridLayoutManager?

This combination results in something like this: video.

I think, this is what you are looking for.

Answer 4

There is how does it work in my project I have different height of cells and also header

adapter:

public class AdapterRecViewMain
    extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {

private List<BaseMarkerElement> mainCardList;
private final int HEADER_VIEW = 0;
private final int FOOTER_VIEW = 1;

public AdapterRecViewMain() {
}

public void setData(List<BaseMarkerElement> mainCardList) {
    this.mainCardList = mainCardList;
}

@Override public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    if (position == 0) {
        return HEADER_VIEW;
    }
    return FOOTER_VIEW;
}

@Override public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, int type) {
    if (type == FOOTER_VIEW) {
        View v = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.card_main_activity, viewGroup, false);
        return new MainCardViewHolder(v);
    } else {
        View v = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.header_view_main_activity, viewGroup, false);
        return new HeaderViewHolder(v);
    }
}

@Override public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int positionItem) {
    final int position = viewHolder.getAdapterPosition();

    if (viewHolder instanceof HeaderViewHolder) {
        StaggeredGridLayoutManager.LayoutParams layoutParams =
                (StaggeredGridLayoutManager.LayoutParams) viewHolder.itemView.getLayoutParams();
        layoutParams.setFullSpan(true);

        BaseMarkerElement item = mainCardList.get(position);
        if (item instanceof HeaderView) {
            HeaderView header = (HeaderView) mainCardList.get(position);
            // need to add implementation
        }
    } else if (viewHolder instanceof MainCardViewHolder) {
        MainCardViewHolder currentView = (MainCardViewHolder) viewHolder;
        CardMainActivity currentCard = (CardMainActivity) mainCardList.get(position);

        currentView.ivMainCard.setImageResource(currentCard.getIvMainCard());
        currentView.tvBrandName.setText(currentCard.getTvBrandName());
        currentView.tvPrice.setText(currentCard.getTvPrice());
        currentView.tvType.setText(currentCard.getTvType());
    }
}

@Override public int getItemCount() {
    return mainCardList.size();
}

private class MainCardViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    ImageView ivMainCard;
    TextView tvBrandName;
    TextView tvType;
    TextView tvPrice;

    MainCardViewHolder(View view) {
        super(view);
        ivMainCard = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.imageViewMainCard);
        tvBrandName = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvBrandName);
        tvType = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvType);
        tvPrice = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvPrice);
    }
}

private class HeaderViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

    public HeaderViewHolder(View itemView) {
        super(itemView);

    }
}
}

In your activity :

private AdapterRecViewMain adapter;
private RecyclerView rvMain;

@Override protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    Logger.logGeneral("onResume()");

    if (adapter == null) {
        setUpRecView();
    }
}

private void setUpRecView() {
    adapter = new AdapterRecViewMain();
    adapter.setData(controller.loadData());
    rvMain = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rvMain);
    final StaggeredGridLayoutManager layoutManager =
            new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
    rvMain.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);

    rvMain.addOnScrollListener(scrollListener);
    rvMain.setAdapter(adapter);
    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    rvMain.invalidate();
}

Answer 5

Try this ,

https://github.com/etsy/AndroidStaggeredGrid

Staggered-Grid View ,

Extremely simple , easy to use.

Answer 6

You should set in RecyclerView :

recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 4));