Horizontal ListView on Android

Actually android doesn’t have a listView in horizontal view. Find below an example of what you will get if you follow this tutorial:

We need these things:
*Activity and layout.
*Adapter and list_item.
*Data object.
*DividerItemDecoration (it divides our item).

As per Android Documentaion recyclerview is the new way to organize the items in listview and to be displayed horizontally.

Advantages:

*Since by using Recyclerview Adapter, ViewHolder pattern is automatically implemented
*Animation is easy to perform
*Many more features

The code is in GitHub

In your dependencies you add this line

compile "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.0.0"

dimens.xml

<resources>
    <!-- Default screen margins, per the Android Design guidelines. -->
    <dimen name="activity_main_horizontal_margin">16dp</dimen>
    <dimen name="activity_main_vertical_margin">16dp</dimen>
      
    <;dimen name="activity_main_height">150dp</dimen>
</resources>

list_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/item_list_view_text_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="@dimen/activity_main_vertical_margin"
        android:text="Large Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
  
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/item_list_view_text_view_two"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:padding="@dimen/activity_main_vertical_margin"
        android:text="Small Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
</LinearLayout>

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.javier.recyclerviewhorizontallistviewtwo.MainActivity">
  
    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/activity_main_recyclerview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="@dimen/activity_main_height"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray" />
  
</RelativeLayout>

Our data
Data.java

public class HorizontalData {
    private String mTitle;
    private String mSubTitle;

    HorizontalData(String title, String subTitle){
        mTitle = title;
        mSubTitle = subTitle;
    }

    public String getmTitle() {
        return mTitle;
    }

    public void setmTitle(String mTitle) {
        this.mTitle = mTitle;
    }

    public String getmSubTitle() {
        return mSubTitle;
    }

    public void setmSubTitle(String mSubTitle) {
        this.mSubTitle = mSubTitle;
    }
}

DividerItemDecoration.java

package com.example.javier.swipe;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Rect;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;

/**
 * Created by javierg on 16/02/16.
 */
public class DividerItemDecoration extends RecyclerView.ItemDecoration {

    private static final int[] ATTRS = new int[]{
            android.R.attr.listDivider
    };

    public static final int HORIZONTAL_LIST = LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL;
    public static final int VERTICAL_LIST = LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL;
    private Drawable mDivider;
    private int mOrientation;

    public DividerItemDecoration(Context context, int orientation) {
        final TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(ATTRS);
        mDivider = a.getDrawable(0);
        a.recycle();
        setOrientation(orientation);
    }

    public void setOrientation(int orientation) {
        if (orientation != HORIZONTAL_LIST && orientation != VERTICAL_LIST) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid orientation");
        }
        mOrientation = orientation;
    }

    @Override
    public void onDrawOver(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        if (mOrientation == VERTICAL_LIST) {
            drawVertical(c, parent);
        } else {
            drawHorizontal(c, parent);
        }
    }

    public void drawVertical(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent) {
        final int left = parent.getPaddingLeft();
        final int right = parent.getWidth() - parent.getPaddingRight();
        final int childCount = parent.getChildCount();
        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
            final View child = parent.getChildAt(i);
            final RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child
                    .getLayoutParams();
            final int top = child.getBottom() + params.bottomMargin;
            final int bottom = top + mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight();
            mDivider.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
            mDivider.draw(c);
        }
    }

    public void drawHorizontal(Canvas c, RecyclerView parent) {
        final int top = parent.getPaddingTop();
        final int bottom = parent.getHeight() - parent.getPaddingBottom();
        final int childCount = parent.getChildCount();
        for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
            final View child = parent.getChildAt(i);
            final RecyclerView.LayoutParams params = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) child
                    .getLayoutParams();
            final int left = child.getRight() + params.rightMargin;
            final int right = left + mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight();
            mDivider.setBounds(left, top, right, bottom);
            mDivider.draw(c);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
        if (mOrientation == VERTICAL_LIST) {
            outRect.set(0, 0, 0, mDivider.getIntrinsicHeight());
        } else {
            outRect.set(0, 0, mDivider.getIntrinsicWidth(), 0);
        }
    }
}

CustomRecyclerViewAdapter.java

public class HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView
        .Adapter<HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter
        .DataObjectHolder> {
    private static String LOG_TAG = "MyRecyclerViewAdapter";
    private ArrayList<HorizontalData> mDataset;
    private static MyClickListener myClickListener;

    public static class DataObjectHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
            implements View
            .OnClickListener {
        TextView mLabel;
        TextView mDateTime;

        public DataObjectHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            mLabel = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.horizontal_list_item_text_view);
            mDateTime = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.horizontal_list_item_text_view_two);
            itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            myClickListener.onItemClick(getAdapterPosition(), v);
        }
    }

    public void setOnItemClickListener(MyClickListener myClickListener) {
        this.myClickListener = myClickListener;
    }

    public HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter(ArrayList<HorizontalData> myDataset) {
        mDataset = myDataset;
    }

    @Override
    public DataObjectHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent,
                                               int viewType) {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
                .inflate(R.layout.horizontal_list_item, parent, false);

        DataObjectHolder dataObjectHolder = new DataObjectHolder(view);
        return dataObjectHolder;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(DataObjectHolder holder, int position) {
        holder.mLabel.setText(mDataset.get(position).getmTitle());
        holder.mDateTime.setText(mDataset.get(position).getmSubTitle());
    }

    public void addItem(HorizontalData dataObj, int index) {
        mDataset.add(dataObj);
        notifyItemInserted(index);
    }

    public void deleteItem(int index) {
        mDataset.remove(index);
        notifyItemRemoved(index);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mDataset.size();
    }

    public interface MyClickListener {
        public void onItemClick(int position, View v);
    }
}

Our Activity or Fragment

public class HorizontalFragment extends Fragment implements HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter.MyClickListener{
    private RecyclerView mRecyclerView;
    private HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter mAdapter;
    private RecyclerView.LayoutManager mLayoutManager;
    private static String LOG_TAG = "RecyclerViewActivity";

    public HorizontalFragment() {
        // Required empty public constructor
    }

    public static HorizontalFragment newInstance() {
        HorizontalFragment fragment = new HorizontalFragment();
        return fragment;
    }

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // Inflate the layout for this fragment
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.horizontal_fragment, container, false);
        mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.fragment_horizontal_recycler_view);
        mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);


        mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity(),LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL, false);//new LinearLayoutManager(this);
        mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);


        mAdapter = new HorizontalRecyclerViewAdapter(getDataSet());
        mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
        RecyclerView.ItemDecoration itemDecoration =
                new DividerItemDecoration(getActivity(), LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
        mRecyclerView.addItemDecoration(itemDecoration);
        mAdapter.setOnItemClickListener(this);


        // Code to Add an item with default animation
        //((MyRecyclerViewAdapter) mAdapter).addItem(obj, index);

        // Code to remove an item with default animation
        //((MyRecyclerViewAdapter) mAdapter).deleteItem(index);


        return view;
    }

    private ArrayList<HorizontalData> getDataSet() {
        ArrayList results = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int index = 0; index < 20; index++) {
            HorizontalData obj = new HorizontalData("Some Primary Text " + index,
                    "Secondary " + index);
            results.add(index, obj);
        }
        return results;
    }


    @Override
    public void onItemClick(int position, View v) {
        Log.i(LOG_TAG, " Clicked on Item " + position);
    }
}

Now We have our horizontal ListView.

The code is in GitHub