Android ViewPager - Show preview of page on left and right

Question

I\'m using Android\'s ViewPager. What I want to do is to show a preview of the page on both the left and the right. I\'ve seen where I can use a negative

Answer 1

You can do this in xml file, just use below code:

 android:clipToPadding="false"
 android:paddingLeft="XX"
 android:paddingRight="XX"

For example:

<androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
        android:id="@+id/viewpager"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:clipToPadding="false"
        android:paddingLeft="30dp"
        android:paddingRight="30dp" />

Note: If you need space between pages, set padding/margin to child fragments

Answer 2

In 2017 such behaviour additionally can be easily achieved by using RecyclerView with PagerSnapHelper (added in version 25.1.0 of v7 support library): 

Sometime ago I needed such viewpager-like feature and prepared a tiny library:

MetalRecyclerPagerView - you can find all the code along with examples there.

Mainly it consists of a single class file: MetalRecyclerViewPager.java (and two xmls: attrs.xml and ids.xml).

Hope it helps somebody and will save some hours :)

Answer 3

For those struggling to have this on different screens,

mPager.setClipToPadding(false);
DisplayMetrics displayMetrics = new DisplayMetrics();
self.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay().getMetrics(displayMetrics);
int width = displayMetrics.widthPixels;
int paddingToSet = width/4; //set this ratio according to how much of the next and previos screen you want to show.
mPager.setPadding(paddingToSet,0,paddingToSet,0);

Answer 4

Solution with the new ViewPager2

Nowadays you should consider using ViewPager2 which "replaces ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points":

• Based on RecyclerView
• RTL (right-to-left) layout support
• Vertical orientation support
• Reliable Fragment support (including handling changes to the underlying Fragment collection)
• Dataset change animations (including DiffUtil support)

The result

The code

In your Activity/Fragment, setup the ViewPager2:

// MyRecyclerViewAdapter is an standard RecyclerView.Adapter :)
viewPager2.adapter = MyRecyclerViewAdapter() 

// You need to retain one page on each side so that the next and previous items are visible
viewPager2.offscreenPageLimit = 1

// Add a PageTransformer that translates the next and previous items horizontally
// towards the center of the screen, which makes them visible
val nextItemVisiblePx = resources.getDimension(R.dimen.viewpager_next_item_visible)
val currentItemHorizontalMarginPx = resources.getDimension(R.dimen.viewpager_current_item_horizontal_margin)
val pageTranslationX = nextItemVisiblePx + currentItemHorizontalMarginPx
val pageTransformer = ViewPager2.PageTransformer { page: View, position: Float ->
    page.translationX = -pageTranslationX * position
    // Next line scales the item's height. You can remove it if you don't want this effect
    page.scaleY = 1 - (0.25f * abs(position))
    // If you want a fading effect uncomment the next line:
    // page.alpha = 0.25f + (1 - abs(position))
}
viewPager2.setPageTransformer(pageTransformer)

// The ItemDecoration gives the current (centered) item horizontal margin so that
// it doesn't occupy the whole screen width. Without it the items overlap
val itemDecoration = HorizontalMarginItemDecoration(
    context,
    R.dimen.viewpager_current_item_horizontal_margin
)
viewPager2.addItemDecoration(itemDecoration)

Add the HorizontalMarginItemDecoration, which is a trivial ItemDecoration:

/**
 * Adds margin to the left and right sides of the RecyclerView item.
 * Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/27664023/4034572
 * @param horizontalMarginInDp the margin resource, in dp.
 */
class HorizontalMarginItemDecoration(context: Context, @DimenRes horizontalMarginInDp: Int) :
    RecyclerView.ItemDecoration() {

    private val horizontalMarginInPx: Int =
        context.resources.getDimension(horizontalMarginInDp).toInt()

    override fun getItemOffsets(
        outRect: Rect, view: View, parent: RecyclerView, state: RecyclerView.State
    ) {
        outRect.right = horizontalMarginInPx
        outRect.left = horizontalMarginInPx
    }

}

Add the dimensions that control how much of the previous/next item is visible, and current item horizontal margin:

<dimen name="viewpager_next_item_visible">26dp</dimen>
<dimen name="viewpager_current_item_horizontal_margin">42dp</dimen>

Finally add the ViewPager2 to your layout:

<androidx.viewpager2.widget.ViewPager2
    android:id="@+id/viewPager"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

One important thing: a ViewPager2 item must have layout_height="match_parent" (otherwise it throws an IllegalStateException), so you should do something like:

<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView 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" <-- this!
    app:cardCornerRadius="8dp"
    app:cardUseCompatPadding="true">

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="280dp">

        <!-- ... -->

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

PageTransformer examples

Google has added a guide on ViewPager2 that has 2 PageTransformer implementations that you can use as an inspiration: https://developer.android.com/training/animation/screen-slide-2

About the new ViewPager2

• Announcement at Google I/O 2019
• Documentation
• Release notes
• Code sample
• Migrate from ViewPager to ViewPager2

Answer 5

To show preview of left and right pages set the following two values

1. viewpager.setClipToPadding(false);
2. viewpager.setPadding(left,0,right,0);

If you need space between two pages in the viewpager then add

viewpager.setPageMargin(int);

Answer 6

The answer by @JijuInduchoodan is perfect and working. However, since I am relatively new to Android, it took me a while to understand & set it properly. So, I am posting this answer for future reference and help anyone else who is in same shoes as me.

if (viewPager == null) 
        {

            // Initializing view pager
            viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.vpLookBook);

            // Disable clip to padding
            viewPager.setClipToPadding(false);
            // set padding manually, the more you set the padding the more you see of prev & next page
            viewPager.setPadding(40, 0, 40, 0);
            // sets a margin b/w individual pages to ensure that there is a gap b/w them
            viewPager.setPageMargin(20);
        }

There's no need to set any width to the ViewPager's page in the adapter. There no additional code required to see previous & next page in ViewPager. However, if you want to add blank space at the top & bottom of the each page, you can set the following code to ViewPager's child page`s parent layout.

android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"

This will be the final look of the ViewPager.