This is a demo project which shows how to use RecyclerView to create Infinite scrolling with loader view as the footer. The demo shows how to write a generic RecyclerView Adapter to facilitate to any type of the data.
Here's a quick demo of the app.
FooterLoaderAdapter is an abstract template class which extends RecylcerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>.
It has following methods which user can use conveniently to create their own Recycler Adapter.
public abstract long getYourItemId(int position);
public abstract RecyclerView.ViewHolder getYourItemViewHolder(ViewGroup parent);
public abstract void bindYourViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position);
This project also includes a RecyclerView ScrollListener which calls onLoadMore() when the recyclerview is
scrolled till the end. Once onLoadMore() is called, the app should call api to get more data. Meanwhile,
to show the loader as the footer, app must call, FooterLoaderAdapter.showLoading(true) and should also call
notifyDataSetChanged() to let the adapter know that it has to show the footer now.
Once the data is available, app should add the data to the adpater and call FooterLoaderAdapter.showLoading(false)
to hide the footer and notifyDataSetChanged() to let the adpater know that the data has changed.