How to center items in a Recyclerview?

Question

I am using RecyclerView with Cardview items inside it. I set the GridLayoutManager to show 2 items at each row and I want it to be centered on all phones like this :

expected result

expected result

But I have currently these :

Actual result

actual result

I tried different poor solutions (paddingLeft...) but it works on phones with bigger screens and doesn't work on smaller phones.

content_main.xml looks like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:queryHint="Rechercher un film"
        android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
        android:layout_marginTop="65dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:layout_height="30dp" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/movies_list"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/searchView"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
        card_view:cardElevation="5dp"
        card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true" />


</RelativeLayout>

movie_card.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">

<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:id="@+id/cardView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="170dip"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/item_movie_poster"
            android:layout_width="170dip"
            android:layout_height="256dip"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:contentDescription="@string/movie_image_description"
            android:scaleType="centerCrop" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/item_movie_title"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/item_movie_poster"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_marginBottom="10dip"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dip"
            android:textSize="15sp"
            android:textAlignment="center"
            android:singleLine="true"
            android:ellipsize="marquee"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

    </RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</LinearLayout>

And app_bar_main.xml which includes the content_main.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

    <include layout="@layout/content_main" />

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '19 at 10:14

set right or left margin in your recyler view :-

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/movies_list"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/searchView"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
        card_view:cardElevation="5dp"
        card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true" />

Nikunj Paradva · Answer 2 · 2019-05-27T10:21:51.987

1

In your movie_card.xml set width to match_parent and add gravity

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" //<-- change
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" //<-- add
android:orientation="vertical">

edited May 27 '19 at 10:21

answered May 27 '19 at 10:16

Nikunj Paradva

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Mehul Solanki · Answer 3 · 2019-05-27T10:57:57.530

Check below code. You need to remove android:layout_alignParentStart="true" and add android:layout_centerInParent="true" in your RecyclerView

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <SearchView
        android:id="@+id/searchView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:queryHint="Rechercher un film"
        android:iconifiedByDefault="false"
        android:layout_marginTop="65dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:layout_height="30dp" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/movies_list"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_below="@+id/searchView"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        card_view:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
        card_view:cardElevation="5dp"
        card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true" />

    </RelativeLayout>

I hope that will works for you.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '19 at 10:55

Since you're using GridLayoutManager set card_view.xml parent view width as match_parent i.e.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" //change
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"//add this
android:orientation="vertical">

Or you can make that RelativeLayout and set child CardView centerInParent to true

Comment in case of any queries

Hope this helps. Happy coding!

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