is there any way to determine the type of a visibl...

# android

[Klaus]

is there any way to determine the type of a visible item in RecyclerView by asking the adapter?

[alex_vinz]

If i remeber correct, tou can ask layout manager smth like getLastVisibleItemPosition

[alex_vinz]

And getFirstVisibleItemPosition

[Joost Klitsie]

You have to remember that the recycler view is just a ViewGroup holding views. It is called Recycler view because even if you add 1000 items to it, it will not render 1000 items but only the visible ones. This is to make things a lot more performance friendly.
So knowing that RecyclerView is basically a ViewGroup (Just like a LinearLayout/RelativeLayout/ConstraintLayout) that will tell you that once you get its children, it will return child views. Meaning, the one it actually renders, as it is not rendering and adding 1000 views if only 5 are visible.
Inside you have an adapter to feed the data and a layout manager to position/load the views.
So in that case, Recyclerview has a helper function:

parent.getChildAdapterPosition(view) // parent is the recyclerview

With this position you can check for the item type

[Joost Klitsie]

The views within the recyclerviews are just simple views, they don't know about viewtypes and stuff like that. There is magic within the adapter for that

[Klaus]

That did the trick! Thanks a lot!