Android ViewPager2 setPageMargin unresolved

Now we need to use setPageTransformer() in Version 1.0.0-alpha05

New features

• ItemDecorator introduced with a behaviour consistent with RecyclerView.
• MarginPageTransformer introduced to provide an ability to create space between pages (outside of page inset).
• CompositePageTransformer introduced to provide an ability to combine multiple PageTransformers.

SAMPLE CODE

myViewPager2.setPageTransformer(new MarginPageTransformer(1500));

Check out my previous answer if you want to implement Carousel using View Pager2

MarginPageTransformer cannot help your need.

You must use custom setPageTrarnsformer.

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Step 1

Here is my Extension Method for this.

you can check detail in this article Medium article

fun ViewPager2.setShowSideItems(pageMarginPx : Int, offsetPx : Int) {

    clipToPadding = false
    clipChildren = false
    offscreenPageLimit = 3

    setPageTransformer { page, position ->

        val offset = position * -(2 * offsetPx + pageMarginPx)
        if (this.orientation == ViewPager2.ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL) {
            if (ViewCompat.getLayoutDirection(this) == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
                page.translationX = -offset
            } else {
                page.translationX = offset
            }
        } else {
            page.translationY = offset
        }
    }

}

Step 2

set pageMarginPx and offsetPx with your use case.

<resources>
    <dimen name="pageMargin">20dp</dimen>
    <dimen name="pagerOffset">30dp</dimen>
    <dimen name="pageMarginAndoffset">50dp</dimen>
</resources>

Step 3

set your side margin of layout item in your xml.

like this

    <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
            app:cardCornerRadius="12dp"

            android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"

            android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/pageMarginAndoffset"
            android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/pageMarginAndoffset"

            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

I used MJ Studio's approach to create my custom PageTransformer that also changes the page margin as follows:

class OffsetPageTransformer(
    @Px private val offsetPx: Int,
    @Px private val pageMarginPx: Int
) : ViewPager2.PageTransformer {

    override fun transformPage(page: View, position: Float) {
        val viewPager = requireViewPager(page)
        val offset = position * -(2 * offsetPx + pageMarginPx)
        val totalMargin = offsetPx + pageMarginPx

        if (viewPager.orientation == ViewPager2.ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL) {
            page.updateLayoutParams<ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams> {
                marginStart = totalMargin
                marginEnd = totalMargin
            }

            page.translationX = if (ViewCompat.getLayoutDirection(viewPager) == ViewCompat.LAYOUT_DIRECTION_RTL) {
                -offset
            } else {
                offset
            }
        } else {
            page.updateLayoutParams<ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams> {
                topMargin = totalMargin
                bottomMargin = totalMargin
            }

            page.translationY = offset
        }
    }

    private fun requireViewPager(page: View): ViewPager2 {
        val parent = page.parent
        val parentParent = parent.parent
        if (parent is RecyclerView && parentParent is ViewPager2) {
            return parentParent
        }
        throw IllegalStateException(
            "Expected the page view to be managed by a ViewPager2 instance."
        )
    }
}

That way you can just call:

viewPager.setPageTransformer(OffsetPageTransformer(offsetPx, pageMarginPx))