How to show multiple layout in tools:listitem namespace of the RecyclerVIew xml

Question

I have a RecyclerView with different Types of ViewHolders, that have different layout resources. Is there a way to specify all layouts in the tools:listItem namespace? If I specify all listItems layout like this:

I got an error because of duplicated items. I could do something like this:

The error is not presented but the clicking functionality that opens the layout is lost because there is no such declaration in the namespace. It is the same when tools:showIn is used.

user_14434976 · Answer

The tools:listitem attribute accepts only a single item type so one possible and easy way is to define all your different layouts in a separate xml file using the tag with a parent of LinearLayout.

1.Create res->layout->item_multiple_layouts.xml and define all your layouts in the order you wish to appear in the RecyclerView using a Vertical LinearLayout:

2.To preview the above layouts in the RecyclerView you can point to the above layout with itemCount=1 to render them only once like below:

user_10683997 · Answer

I think there isn't any clean way to do this. If you want to preview the same layout multiple items, here's what you can do:

tools:listitem="@layout/layout_1"
tools:itemCount="5"

There is a different approach to implement a custom ViewFlipper for this purpose. But I find that as overkill. I'll just run the application instead of writing that code :P

Here's the link: https://medium.com/@AllanHasegawa/previewing-multiples-item-types-in-a-recyclerview-163aebc2f34a

How to show multiple layout in tools:listitem namespace of the RecyclerVIew xml

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