Get center visible item of RecycleView when scrolling

I made something just like this. I can do exactly what you need. First of all, this is how is my alogrithm work enter image description here

This is my recyclerView Adapter

public class DateAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<DateAdapter.DateViewHolder> {
private ArrayList<LabelerDate> dateDataList;


private static final int VIEW_TYPE_PADDING = 1;
private static final int VIEW_TYPE_ITEM = 2;
private int paddingWidthDate = 0;

private int selectedItem = -1;

public DateAdapter(ArrayList<LabelerDate> dateData, int paddingWidthDate) {
    this.dateDataList = dateData;
    this.paddingWidthDate = paddingWidthDate;

}


@Override
public DateViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_ITEM) {
        final View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_date,
                parent, false);
        return new DateViewHolder(view);
    } else {
        View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_padding,
                parent, false);

        RecyclerView.LayoutParams layoutParams = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
        layoutParams.width = paddingWidthDate;
        view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
        return new DateViewHolder(view);
    }
}

@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(DateViewHolder holder, int position) {
    LabelerDate labelerDate = dateDataList.get(position);
    if (getItemViewType(position) == VIEW_TYPE_ITEM) {
        if(labelerDate.dateType.equals(BirthDayActivity.DateType.C31))
                holder.tvDate.setText(String.valueOf(labelerDate.valueDate));
                holder.tvDate.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                holder.imgSmall.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

        if (position == selectedItem) {
            holder.tvDate.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#094673"));
            holder.tvDate.setTextSize(35);
            holder.imgSmall.setBackgroundResource(R.color.textviewbold);

        } else {
            holder.tvDate.setTextColor(Color.GRAY);
            holder.tvDate.setTextSize(35);
            holder.imgSmall.setBackgroundResource(R.color.gray);
        }
    }
}

public void setSelecteditem(int selecteditem) {
    this.selectedItem = selecteditem;
    notifyDataSetChanged();
}

@Override
public int getItemCount() {
    return dateDataList.size();
}

@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    LabelerDate labelerDate = dateDataList.get(position);
    if (labelerDate.dateType.equals(BirthDayActivity.DateType.NONE)) {
        return VIEW_TYPE_PADDING;
    }
    return VIEW_TYPE_ITEM;
}


public class DateViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
    public TextView tvDate;
    public ImageView imgSmall;

    public DateViewHolder(View itemView) {
        super(itemView);
        tvDate = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.tvNumberDate);
        imgSmall = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.small_marked_dob);
    }
}}

This is most important alogrithm:

public void getRecyclerviewDate() {
    recyclerViewDate = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerViewDay);
    ViewTreeObserver vtoDate = recyclerViewDate.getViewTreeObserver();
    vtoDate.addOnPreDrawListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onPreDraw() {
            recyclerViewDate.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnPreDrawListener(this);
            finalWidthDate = recyclerViewDate.getMeasuredWidth();
            itemWidthDate = getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.item_dob_width);
            paddingDate = (finalWidthDate - itemWidthDate) / 2;
            firstItemWidthDate = paddingDate ;
            allPixelsDate = 0;

            final LinearLayoutManager dateLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getApplicationContext());
            dateLayoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
            recyclerViewDate.setLayoutManager(dateLayoutManager);
            recyclerViewDate.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
                @Override
                public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
                    super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);
                    synchronized (this) {
                         if(newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE){           
                            calculatePositionAndScrollDate(recyclerView);
                        }
                    }

                }

                @Override
                public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
                    super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
                    allPixelsDate += dx;
                }
            });
            if (labelerDates == null)
                labelerDates = new ArrayList<>();
            labelerDates.addAll(genLabelerDate(currentMonth, currentYear));
            dateAdapter = new DateAdapter(labelerDates, (int) firstItemWidthDate);
            recyclerViewDate.setAdapter(dateAdapter);
            return true;
        }
    });
}
/* this if most important, if expectedPositionDate < 0 recyclerView will return to nearest item*/

private void calculatePositionAndScrollDate(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
    int expectedPositionDate = Math.round((allPixelsDate + paddingDate - firstItemWidthDate) / itemWidthDate);

    if (expectedPositionDate == -1) {
        expectedPositionDate = 0;
    } else if (expectedPositionDate >= recyclerView.getAdapter().getItemCount() - 2) {
        expectedPositionDate--;
    }
    scrollListToPositionDate(recyclerView, expectedPositionDate);

}
/* this if most important, if expectedPositionDate < 0 recyclerView will return to nearest item*/
private void scrollListToPositionDate(RecyclerView recyclerView, int expectedPositionDate) {
    float targetScrollPosDate = expectedPositionDate * itemWidthDate + firstItemWidthDate - paddingDate;
    float missingPxDate = targetScrollPosDate - allPixelsDate;
    if (missingPxDate != 0) {
        recyclerView.smoothScrollBy((int) missingPxDate, 0);
    }
}
private void setDateValue() {
    int expectedPositionDateColor = Math.round((allPixelsDate + paddingDate - firstItemWidthDate) / itemWidthDate);
    setColorDate = expectedPositionDateColor + 1;
    //set color here
    dateAdapter.setSelecteditem(setColorDate);
}
 @Override
protected void onRestoreInstanceState(@NonNull Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);   
    allPixelsDate = savedInstanceState.getFloat(BUNDLE_LIST_PIXELS_DATE);
    allPixelsDateChanged = savedInstanceState.getFloat(BUNDLE_LIST_PIXELS_DATE_CHANGED);
}

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(@NonNull Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    outState.putFloat(BUNDLE_LIST_PIXELS_DATE, allPixelsDate);
    outState.putFloat(BUNDLE_LIST_PIXELS_DATE_CHANGED, allPixelsDateChanged);
}

And this is my result: enter image description here

Look at this video link, this is my app demo


Sometimes is needed the entire example code block together, because we may miss something. Here is what I have, feel free to correct anything since I may be doing some little mistake somewhere. And Yes, this answer is an extension of @tranhieu answer. Thanks @tranhieu.

MainActivity.java

package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
import android.widget.TextView;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String TAG = MainActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    public float firstItemWidthDate;
    public float paddingDate;
    public float itemWidthDate;
    public int allPixelsDate;
    public int finalWidthDate;
    private DateAdapter dateAdapter;
    private ArrayList<LabelerDate> labelerDates = new ArrayList<>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        getRecyclerviewDate();

    }


    public void getRecyclerviewDate() {
        final RecyclerView recyclerViewDate = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rv_tasks_date);
        if (recyclerViewDate != null) {
            recyclerViewDate.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    setDateValue();
                }
            }, 300);
            recyclerViewDate.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    recyclerViewDate.smoothScrollToPosition(dateAdapter.getItemCount()-1);
                    setDateValue();
                }
            }, 5000);
        }
        ViewTreeObserver vtoDate = recyclerViewDate.getViewTreeObserver();
        vtoDate.addOnPreDrawListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnPreDrawListener() {


            @Override
            public boolean onPreDraw() {
                recyclerViewDate.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnPreDrawListener(this);
                finalWidthDate = recyclerViewDate.getMeasuredWidth();
                itemWidthDate = getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.item_dob_width);
                paddingDate = (finalWidthDate - itemWidthDate) / 2;
                firstItemWidthDate = paddingDate;
                allPixelsDate = 0;

                final LinearLayoutManager dateLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getApplicationContext());
                dateLayoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
                recyclerViewDate.setLayoutManager(dateLayoutManager);
                recyclerViewDate.addOnScrollListener(new RecyclerView.OnScrollListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onScrollStateChanged(RecyclerView recyclerView, int newState) {
                        super.onScrollStateChanged(recyclerView, newState);
                        synchronized (this) {
                            if (newState == RecyclerView.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
                                calculatePositionAndScrollDate(recyclerView);
                            }
                        }

                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onScrolled(RecyclerView recyclerView, int dx, int dy) {
                        super.onScrolled(recyclerView, dx, dy);
                        allPixelsDate += dx;
                    }
                });
                if (labelerDates == null) {
                    labelerDates = new ArrayList<>();
                }
                genLabelerDate();
                dateAdapter = new DateAdapter(labelerDates, (int) firstItemWidthDate);
                recyclerViewDate.setAdapter(dateAdapter);
                dateAdapter.setSelecteditem(dateAdapter.getItemCount() - 1);
                return true;
            }
        });
    }

    private void genLabelerDate() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
            LabelerDate labelerDate = new LabelerDate();
            labelerDate.setNumber(Integer.toString(i));
            labelerDates.add(labelerDate);

            if (i == 0 || i == 31) {
                labelerDate.setType(DateAdapter.VIEW_TYPE_PADDING);
            } else {
                labelerDate.setType(DateAdapter.VIEW_TYPE_ITEM);
            }
        }
    }
/* this if most important, if expectedPositionDate < 0 recyclerView will return to nearest item*/

    private void calculatePositionAndScrollDate(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
        int expectedPositionDate = Math.round((allPixelsDate + paddingDate - firstItemWidthDate) / itemWidthDate);

        if (expectedPositionDate == -1) {
            expectedPositionDate = 0;
        } else if (expectedPositionDate >= recyclerView.getAdapter().getItemCount() - 2) {
            expectedPositionDate--;
        }
        scrollListToPositionDate(recyclerView, expectedPositionDate);

    }

    /* this if most important, if expectedPositionDate < 0 recyclerView will return to nearest item*/
    private void scrollListToPositionDate(RecyclerView recyclerView, int expectedPositionDate) {
        float targetScrollPosDate = expectedPositionDate * itemWidthDate + firstItemWidthDate - paddingDate;
        float missingPxDate = targetScrollPosDate - allPixelsDate;
        if (missingPxDate != 0) {
            recyclerView.smoothScrollBy((int) missingPxDate, 0);
        }
        setDateValue();
    }

    //
    private void setDateValue() {
        int expectedPositionDateColor = Math.round((allPixelsDate + paddingDate - firstItemWidthDate) / itemWidthDate);
        int setColorDate = expectedPositionDateColor + 1;
//        set color here
        dateAdapter.setSelecteditem(setColorDate);
    }


    public class DateAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<DateAdapter.DateViewHolder> {
        private ArrayList<LabelerDate> dateDataList;


        private static final int VIEW_TYPE_PADDING = 1;
        private static final int VIEW_TYPE_ITEM = 2;
        private int paddingWidthDate = 0;

        private int selectedItem = -1;

        public DateAdapter(ArrayList<LabelerDate> dateData, int paddingWidthDate) {
            this.dateDataList = dateData;
            this.paddingWidthDate = paddingWidthDate;

        }


        @Override
        public DateViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
            if (viewType == VIEW_TYPE_ITEM) {
                final View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item,
                    parent, false);
                return new DateViewHolder(view);
            } else {
                View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item,
                    parent, false);

                RecyclerView.LayoutParams layoutParams = (RecyclerView.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
                layoutParams.width = paddingWidthDate;
                view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
                return new DateViewHolder(view);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onBindViewHolder(DateViewHolder holder, int position) {
            LabelerDate labelerDate = dateDataList.get(position);
            if (getItemViewType(position) == VIEW_TYPE_ITEM) {
                holder.tvDate.setText(labelerDate.getNumber());
                holder.tvDate.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

                Log.d(TAG, "default " + position + ", selected " + selectedItem);
                if (position == selectedItem) {
                    Log.d(TAG, "center" + position);
                    holder.tvDate.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#76FF03"));
                    holder.tvDate.setTextSize(35);

                } else {
                    holder.tvDate.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
                    holder.tvDate.setTextSize(18);
                }
            } else {
                holder.tvDate.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
            }
        }

        public void setSelecteditem(int selecteditem) {
            this.selectedItem = selecteditem;
            notifyDataSetChanged();
        }

        @Override
        public int getItemCount() {
            return dateDataList.size();
        }

        @Override
        public int getItemViewType(int position) {
            LabelerDate labelerDate = dateDataList.get(position);
            if (labelerDate.getType() == VIEW_TYPE_PADDING) {
                return VIEW_TYPE_PADDING;
            } else {
                return VIEW_TYPE_ITEM;
            }

        }


        public class DateViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
            public TextView tvDate;

            public DateViewHolder(View itemView) {
                super(itemView);
                tvDate = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.txt_date);
            }
        }
    }

    private class LabelerDate {
        private int type;
        private String number;

        public String getNumber() {
            return number;
        }

        public void setNumber(String number) {
            this.number = number;
        }

        public int getType() {
            return type;
        }

        public void setType(int type) {
            this.type = type;
        }
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="match_parent"
              android:orientation="vertical">

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/rv_tasks_date"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="48dp" />

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="48dp"
            android:layout_height="48dp"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:layout_marginTop="48dp"
            android:src="@android:drawable/ic_dialog_info" />
    </FrameLayout>

</LinearLayout>

item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/txt_date"
        android:layout_width="@dimen/item_dob_width"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:text="32"
        android:textColor="@android:color/white"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
        android:textSize="28sp"
        android:gravity="center"/>

</LinearLayout>

dimens.xml

<resources>
    <dimen name="item_dob_width">100dp</dimen>
</resources>