How to create RecyclerView with multiple view types

To create a RecyclerView with multiple view types in Android, you will need to use a RecyclerView.Adapter that supports multiple view types.

To do this, you can define a class that extends RecyclerView.Adapter, and override the getItemViewType() method to return a unique integer value for each view type.

Here is an example of how you can create a RecyclerView.Adapter with two view types:

import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.ViewHolder> {
    private static final int VIEW_TYPE_ITEM_1 = 1;
    private static final int VIEW_TYPE_ITEM_2 = 2;

    private String[] mData;

    public MyAdapter(String[] data) {
        mData = data;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        if (position % 2 == 0) {
            return VIEW_TYPE_ITEM_1;
        } else {
            return VIEW_TYPE_ITEM_2;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public MyAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
        View view;
        if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_ITEM_1) {
            view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.view_type_1, parent, false);
        } else {
            view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.view_type_2, parent, false);
        }
        return new ViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(MyAdapter.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        TextView textView = holder.itemView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);
        textView.setText(mData[position]);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mData.length;
    }

    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
        }
    }
}