RecyclerViewSwipeDecorator

A simple utility class to add a background, an icon and a label to a RecyclerView item while swiping it left or right.

How do I get set up?

Get it via Gradle

implementation 'it.xabaras.android:recyclerview-swipedecorator:1.4'

or Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>it.xabaras.android</groupId>
  <artifactId>recyclerview-swipedecorator</artifactId>
  <version>1.4</version>
  <type>pom</type>
</dependency>

In version 1.3 RecyclerViewSwipeDecorator migrated to AndroidX

Usage

Here is a non-comprehensive guide to RecyclerViewSwipeDecorator for any further information you can reference the library javadoc, the sources and/or the sample app sources.

Create an ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback, instantiate an ItemTouchHelper with this callback and attach it to your RecyclerView

ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback callback = new ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(0, ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT | ItemTouchHelper.LEFT) {
    @Override
    public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onSwiped(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
        // Take action for the swiped item
    }
};
ItemTouchHelper itemTouchHelper = new ItemTouchHelper(callback);
itemTouchHelper.attachToRecyclerView(recyclerView);

Override the onChildDrawn method of your SimpleCallback object

@Override
public void onChildDraw (Canvas c, RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder,float dX, float dY,int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive){
    super.onChildDraw(c, recyclerView, viewHolder, dX, dY, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
}

Create a RecyclerViewSwipeDecorator using the RecyclerViewSwipeDecoratorBuilder and call the decorate() method

public void onChildDraw (Canvas c, RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder,float dX, float dY,int actionState, boolean isCurrentlyActive){

    new RecyclerViewSwipeDecorator.Builder(c, recyclerView, viewHolder, dX, dY, actionState, isCurrentlyActive)
            .addBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(MainActivity.this, R.color.my_background))
            .addActionIcon(R.drawable.my_icon)
            .create()
            .decorate();
            
    super.onChildDraw(c, recyclerView, viewHolder, dX, dY, actionState, isCurrentlyActive);
}

Customizing

You can choose different background/icon combinations for left and right swipe directions by using direction specific methods in the Builder object. If you want you can add a label for each swiping direction or setting the icon tint.

A method to set the action icon margin from the view left/right bound it available too.

public Builder addBackgroundColor(int color)

Add a background color to either (left/right) swipe directions

public Builder addActionIcon(int color)

Add an action icon to either (left/right) swipe directions

public Builder setActionIconTint(int color)

Set the tint color for either (left/right) action icons

public Builder addCornerRadius(int unit, float size) ##### 🆕

Add a corner radius to swipe background for either (left/right) swipe directions

public Builder addPadding(int unit, float top, float side, float bottom) ##### 🆕

Add padding to the swipe background for either (left/right) swipe directions

public Builder addSwipeRightBackgroundColor(int color)

Add a background color to the view while swiping right.

public Builder addSwipeRightActionIcon(int color)

Add an action icon while swiping right (it's suggested to use 24dp square vector drawables.).

public Builder setSwipeRightActionIconTint(int color)

Set the tint color for action icon shown while swiping right

public Builder addSwipeLeftBackgroundColor(int color)

Add a background color to the view while swiping left.

public Builder addSwipeLeftActionIcon(int color)

Add an action icon while swiping left (it's suggested to use 24dp square vector drawables.).

public Builder setSwipeLeftActionIconTint(int color)

Set the tint color for action icon shown while swiping left

public Builder setIconHorizontalMargin(int unit, int iconHorizontalMargin)

Set icon horizontal margin from left/right bound of the view (default is 16dp).
Unit is a TypedValue (e.g. TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP)

public Builder addSwipeRightLabel(String label)

Add a label to be shown while swiping right

public Builder setSwipeRightLabelColor(int color)

Set the color of the label to be shown while swiping right

public Builder setSwipeRightLabelTextSize(int unit, float size)

Set the size of the label to be shown while swiping right
Unit is a TypedValue (e.g. TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP)

public Builder setSwipeRightLabelTypeface(Typeface typeface)

Set the Typeface of the label to be shown while swiping right

public Builder addSwipeLeftLabel(String label)

Add a label to be shown while swiping left

public Builder setSwipeLeftLabelColor(int color)

Set the color of the label to be shown while swiping left

public Builder setSwipeLeftLabelTextSize(int unit, float size)

Set the size of the label to be shown while swiping left
Unit is a TypedValue (e.g. TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP)

public Builder setSwipeLeftLabelTypeface(Typeface typeface)

Set the Typeface of the label to be shown while swiping left

public Builder addSwipeLeftCornerRadius(int unit, float size) ##### 🆕

Add a corner radius to swipe background for left swipe direction

public Builder addSwipeRightCornerRadius(int unit, float size) ##### 🆕

Add a corner radius to swipe background for right swipe direction

public Builder addSwipeLeftPadding(int unit, float top, float right, float bottom) ##### 🆕

Add a corner radius to swipe background for right swipe direction

public Builder addSwipeRightPadding(int unit, float top, float left, float bottom) ##### 🆕

Add a corner radius to swipe background for left swipe direction