Android Studio 3.6 Development Essentials - Kotlin Edition

55. Working with the RecyclerView and CardView Widgets

The RecyclerView and CardView widgets work together to provide scrollable lists of information to the user in which the information is presented in the form of individual cards. Details of both classes will be covered in this chapter before working through the design and implementation of an example project.

55.1 An Overview of the RecyclerView

Much like the ListView class outlined in the chapter entitled “Working with the Floating Action Button and Snackbar”, the purpose of the RecyclerView is to allow information to be presented to the user in the form of a scrollable list. The RecyclerView, however, provides a number of advantages over the ListView. In particular, the RecyclerView is ...