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I'm working on Android TV application where I have a recycler view. How can I set focus on wanted position? (I've already tried scrollToPosition and smoothScroller, but it doesn't work). Thanks in advance!

Jay Rathod
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You have to call the setFocusable(true) and setFocusableInTouchMode(true) methods on the item view.

An example:

@NonNull
@Override
public ProgrammeAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.rv_item_programme, parent, false);
    view.setFocusable(true);
    view.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);

    sDefaultBackgroundColor = ContextCompat.getColor(parent.getContext(), android.R.color.transparent);
    sSelectedBackgroundColor = Color.parseColor("#66ffe680");

    updateEPGTitleRowBackgroundColor(view, false);

    view.setOnFocusChangeListener(mOnFocusChangeListener);
    view.setOnKeyListener(mOnKeyListener);

    return new ViewHolder(view);
}

Edit:

You can try calling the 

mRecyclerView.getChildAt(0).requestFocus();

method to focus a specific item. Just replace the 0 with the item index you want.

burakk
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  • Thanks for the answer. I'm already getting the focus on TV and items are focusable. The thing is I want to set focus on certain position when fragment launches. – Laura Dec 14 '18 at 07:22