Recyclerview not scrolling to end when keyboard opens

Question

I am using recylerview in my application and whenever new element is added to recyclerview, it scrolls to last element by using

recyclerView.scrollToPosition         


        

Answer 1

Bind the RecyclerView inside NestedScrollView

<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

Answer 2

You can catch keyboard up changes using recyclerview.addOnLayoutChangeListener(). If bottom is smaller than oldBottom then keyboard is in up state.

if ( bottom < oldBottom) { 
   recyclerview.postDelayed(new Runnable() { 
       @Override 
       public void run() {
           recyclerview.smoothScrollToPosition(bottomPosition); 
       }
    }, 100);
}

Answer 3

I found the postDelayed to be unnecessary and using adapter positions doesn't account for when the recycler is scrolled to somewhere in the middle of an item. I achieved the look I wanted with this:

recycler.addOnLayoutChangeListener((view, left, top, right, bottom, oldLeft, oldTop, oldRight, oldBottom) -> {
    if (bottom < oldBottom) {
        messageRecycler.scrollBy(0, oldBottom - bottom);
    }
})

Answer 4

This works.

private RecyclerView mRecyclerView;
private RecyclerView.Adapter mAdapter;
private LinearLayoutManager mManager;

...

mManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mManager);

(initialize and set adapter.)

mRecyclerView.addOnLayoutChangeListener(new View.OnLayoutChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onLayoutChange(View v, int left, int top, int right, int bottom, int oldLeft, int oldTop, int oldRight, int oldBottom) {
        if (bottom < oldBottom) scrollToBottom();
    }
});

private void scrollToBottom() {
    mManager.smoothScrollToPosition(mRecyclerView, null, mAdapter.getItemCount());
}