Displaying Results in RecyclerView
For your last task in this chapter, you will switch to the view layer and get PhotoGalleryFragment’s RecyclerView to display some images.
Start by creating a layout for an individual list item. In the project tool window, right-click the res/layout directory and choose New → Layout Resource File. Name the file list_item_gallery, set the root element to ImageView, and click OK.
Within the layout, update and add a few XML attributes.
The RecyclerView will provide the list item with an appropriate width, so keep the android:layout_width set to match_parent.
But limit the height to 120dp.
That will allow the user to see multiple rows of images within your RecyclerView onscreen at once.
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