Android Support Library rev 23.2 and RecyclerView

Question

Updated in the Android Support Library rev 23.2, and it added full screens to the RecyclerView between each item. Has anyone experienced this problem?

Answer 1

This happens when your RecyclerView rows have a match_parent in the scroll direction.

For example, if a RecyclerView with a vertical LinearLayoutManager has the following layout for each row, that row will now actually match the parent height. Prior to version 23.2.0, it would still just wrap the contents anyway.

 <View android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" /> 

In this case, changing the height to wrap_content will solve the problem.

This issue is briefly mentioned in a blog post :

Because of this change, make sure that you double-check the layout options for your position views: previously ignored layout options (e.g. MATCH_PARENT in the scroll direction) will now be fully respected.