How to create RecyclerView with multiple view type in Android Kotlin?

It's possible to create recyclerview with multiple data types. Just implement getItemViewType(), and take care of the viewType parameter in onCreateViewHolder().

So you do something like:

public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> { class ViewHolder0 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder { ... public ViewHolder0(View itemView){ ... } } class ViewHolder2 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder { ... public ViewHolder2(View itemView){ ... } @Override public int getItemViewType(int position) { // Just as an example, return 0 or 2 depending on position // Note that unlike in ListView adapters, types don't have to be contiguous return position % 2 * 2; } @Override public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) { switch (viewType) { case 0: return new ViewHolder0(...); case 2: return new ViewHolder2(...); ... } } @Override public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, final int position) { switch (holder.getItemViewType()) { case 0: ViewHolder0 viewHolder0 = (ViewHolder0)holder; ... break; case 2: ViewHolder2 viewHolder2 = (ViewHolder2)holder; ... break; } } }