RecyclerView doesn't have an emptyView support, we gotta fix that

EmptyRecyclerView.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2015 Glowworm Software
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Nizamutdinov Adel
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// based on https://gist.github.com/adelnizamutdinov/31c8f054d1af4588dc5c

package mobi.glowworm.lib.ui.widget;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;

public class EmptyRecyclerView extends RecyclerView {

    @Nullable
    private View emptyView;

    public EmptyRecyclerView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public EmptyRecyclerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public EmptyRecyclerView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    public void setAdapter(@Nullable Adapter adapter) {
        final Adapter oldAdapter = getAdapter();
        if (oldAdapter != null) {
            oldAdapter.unregisterAdapterDataObserver(observer);
        }

        if (adapter != null) {
            adapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(observer);
        }
        super.setAdapter(adapter);
        checkIfEmpty();
    }

    @Override
    public void swapAdapter(Adapter adapter, boolean removeAndRecycleExistingViews) {
        final Adapter oldAdapter = getAdapter();
        if (oldAdapter != null) {
            oldAdapter.unregisterAdapterDataObserver(observer);
        }

        if (adapter != null) {
            adapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(observer);
        }
        super.swapAdapter(adapter, removeAndRecycleExistingViews);
        checkIfEmpty();
    }

    @NonNull
    private final AdapterDataObserver observer = new AdapterDataObserver() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged() {
            super.onChanged();
            checkIfEmpty();
        }

        @Override
        public void onItemRangeInserted(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
            super.onItemRangeInserted(positionStart, itemCount);
            checkIfEmpty();
        }

        @Override
        public void onItemRangeRemoved(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
            super.onItemRangeRemoved(positionStart, itemCount);
            checkIfEmpty();
        }
    };

    /**
     * Indicates the view to be shown when the adapter for this object is empty
     *
     * @param emptyView
     */
    public void setEmptyView(@Nullable View emptyView) {
        if (this.emptyView != null) {
            this.emptyView.setVisibility(GONE);
        }

        this.emptyView = emptyView;
        checkIfEmpty();
    }

    /**
     * Check adapter item count and toggle visibility of empty view if the adapter is empty
     */
    private void checkIfEmpty() {
        if (emptyView == null || getAdapter() == null) {
            return;
        }

        if (getAdapter().getItemCount() > 0) {
            emptyView.setVisibility(GONE);
        } else {
            emptyView.setVisibility(VISIBLE);
        }
    }

}