How to show date in between conversation in recyclerview or in listview
MainActivity
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private ChatAdapter chatAdapter;
private RecyclerView recyclerView;
private Context context;
private int loggedInUserID;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
bindRecyclerView();
// TODO get logged in user id and initialize into 'loggedInUserID'
}
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
getData();
}
private void getData() {
/**
*Your server call to get data and parse json to your appropriate model
* after parsing json to model simply call the
*/
List<ChatModel> chatModelList = ParseData.chatParser(jsonArray);
groupDataIntoHashMap(chatModelList);
}
private void bindRecyclerView() {
chatAdapter = new ChatAdapter(null);
chatAdapter.setUser(loggedInUserID);
RecyclerView.LayoutManager mLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(context);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLayoutManager);
recyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
recyclerView.setAdapter(chatAdapter);
}
private void groupDataIntoHashMap(List<ChatModel> chatModelList) {
LinkedHashMap<String, Set<ChatModel>> groupedHashMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
Set<ChatModel> list = null;
for (ChatModel chatModel : chatModelList) {
//Log.d(TAG, travelActivityDTO.toString());
String hashMapKey = DateParser.convertDateToString(chatModel.getChatTime());
//Log.d(TAG, "start date: " + DateParser.convertDateToString(travelActivityDTO.getStartDate()));
if (groupedHashMap.containsKey(hashMapKey)) {
// The key is already in the HashMap; add the pojo object
// against the existing key.
groupedHashMap.get(hashMapKey).add(chatModel);
} else {
// The key is not there in the HashMap; create a new key-value pair
list = new LinkedHashSet<>();
list.add(chatModel);
groupedHashMap.put(hashMapKey, list);
}
}
//Generate list from map
generateListFromMap(groupedHashMap);
}
private List<ListObject> generateListFromMap(LinkedHashMap<String, Set<ChatModel>> groupedHashMap) {
// We linearly add every item into the consolidatedList.
List<ListObject> consolidatedList = new ArrayList<>();
for (String date : groupedHashMap.keySet()) {
DateObject dateItem = new DateObject();
dateItem.setDate(date);
consolidatedList.add(dateItem);
for (ChatModel chatModel : groupedHashMap.get(date)) {
ChatModelObject generalItem = new ChatModelObject();
generalItem.setChatModel(chatModel);
consolidatedList.add(generalItem);
}
}
chatAdapter.setDataChange(consolidatedList);
return consolidatedList;
}
}
ChatModel.java
public class ChatModel implements Serializable {
private String messageId;
private int userId;
private String firstName;
private String userName;
private String message;
private Date chatTime;
//TODO generate getter and setter
}
ListObject.java (to determind the type of message)
public abstract class ListObject {
public static final int TYPE_DATE = 0;
public static final int TYPE_GENERAL_RIGHT = 1;
public static final int TYPE_GENERAL_LEFT = 2;
abstract public int getType(int userId);
}
DateObject.java
public class DateObject extends ListObject {
private String date;
public String getDate() {
return date;
}
public void setDate(String date) {
this.date = date;
}
@Override
public int getType(int userId) {
return TYPE_DATE;
}
}
ChatModelObject.java
public class ChatModelObject extends ListObject {
private ChatModel chatModel;
public ChatModel getChatModel() {
return chatModel;
}
public void setChatModel(ChatModel chatModel) {
this.chatModel = chatModel;
}
@Override
public int getType(int userId) {
if (this.chatModel.getUserId() == userId) {
return TYPE_GENERAL_RIGHT;
} else
return TYPE_GENERAL_LEFT;
}
}
DateParse.java to parse date for grouping the chat
public class DateParser {
private static DateFormat dateFormat1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
public static String convertDateToString(Date date) {
String strDate = "";
strDate = dateFormat1.format(date);
return strDate;
}
}
ChatAdapter.java
public class ChatAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
private List<ListObject> listObjects;
private int loggedInUserId;
public ChatAdapter(List<ListObject> listObjects) {
this.listObjects = listObjects;
}
public void setUser(int userId) {
this.loggedInUserId = userId;
}
public void setDataChange(List<ListObject> asList) {
this.listObjects = asList;
//now, tell the adapter about the update
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
@Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = null;
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
switch (viewType) {
case ListObject.TYPE_GENERAL_RIGHT:
View currentUserView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.recyclerview_chat_list_row_right, parent, false);
viewHolder = new ChatRightViewHolder(currentUserView); // view holder for normal items
break;
case ListObject.TYPE_GENERAL_LEFT:
View otherUserView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.recyclerview_chat_list_row_left, parent, false);
viewHolder = new ChatLeftViewHolder(otherUserView); // view holder for normal items
break;
case ListObject.TYPE_DATE:
View v2 = inflater.inflate(R.layout.date_row, parent, false);
viewHolder = new DateViewHolder(v2);
break;
}
return viewHolder;
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
switch (viewHolder.getItemViewType()) {
case ListObject.TYPE_GENERAL_RIGHT:
ChatModelObject generalItem = (ChatModelObject) listObjects.get(position);
ChatRightViewHolder chatViewHolder = (ChatRightViewHolder) viewHolder;
chatViewHolder.bind(generalItem.getChatModel());
break;
case ListObject.TYPE_GENERAL_LEFT:
ChatModelObject generalItemLeft = (ChatModelObject) listObjects.get(position);
ChatLeftViewHolder chatLeftViewHolder = (ChatLeftViewHolder) viewHolder;
chatLeftViewHolder.bind(generalItemLeft.getChatModel());
break;
case ListObject.TYPE_DATE:
DateObject dateItem = (DateObject) listObjects.get(position);
DateViewHolder dateViewHolder = (DateViewHolder) viewHolder;
dateViewHolder.bind(dateItem.getDate());
break;
}
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
if (listObjects != null) {
return listObjects.size();
}
return 0;
}
@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return listObjects.get(position).getType(loggedInUserId);
}
public ListObject getItem(int position) {
return listObjects.get(position);
}
}
ChatRightViewHolder.java for current user message
public class ChatRightViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private final String TAG = ChatRightViewHolder.class.getSimpleName();
public ChatRightViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
//TODO initialize your xml views
}
public void bind(final ChatModel chatModel) {
//TODO set data to xml view via textivew.setText();
}
}
ChatLeftViewHolder.java for display other user messages.
public class ChatLeftViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
private final String TAG = ChatRightViewHolder.class.getSimpleName();
public ChatLeftViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
//TODO initialize your xml views
}
public void bind(final ChatModel chatModel) {
//TODO set data to xml view via textivew.setText();
}
}
DateViewHolder.java to display date
public class DateViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public DateViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
//TODO initialize your xml views
}
public void bind(final String date) {
//TODO set data to xml view via textivew.setText();
}
}
You need to create a new ViewHolder for that purpose
For example:
// Different types of rows
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_LEFT = 0;
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_RIGHT = 1;
private static final int TYPE_ITEM_DATE_CONTAINER = 2;
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
class ViewHolder0 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// Viewholder for row type 0
}
class ViewHolder1 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// Viewholder for row type 1
}
class ViewHolder2 extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// Viewholder for row type 2
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_LEFT) {
// Code to populate type 0 view here
} else if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_RIGHT) {
// Code to populate type 1 view here
} else if (viewHolder.getItemViewType() == TYPE_ITEM_DATE_CONTAINER) {
// Code to populate type 2 view here
}
}