GridRecyclerView. A Grid-specific RecyclerView that can use gridLayoutAnimation.

GridRecyclerView

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package com.musenkishi.gists.view;

import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.animation.GridLayoutAnimationController;

/**
 * An extension of RecyclerView, focused more on resembling a GridView.
 * Unlike {@link android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView}, this view can handle
 * {@code <gridLayoutAnimation>} as long as you provide it a
 * {@link android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager} in
 * {@code setLayoutManager(LayoutManager layout)}.
 *
 * Created by Freddie (Musenkishi) Lust-Hed.
 */
public class GridRecyclerView extends RecyclerView {

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

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

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

    @Override
    public void setLayoutManager(LayoutManager layout) {
        if (layout instanceof GridLayoutManager){
            super.setLayoutManager(layout);
        } else {
            throw new ClassCastException("You should only use a GridLayoutManager with GridRecyclerView.");
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void attachLayoutAnimationParameters(View child, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params, int index, int count) {

        if (getAdapter() != null && getLayoutManager() instanceof GridLayoutManager){

            GridLayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters animationParams =
                    (GridLayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters) params.layoutAnimationParameters;

            if (animationParams == null) {
                animationParams = new GridLayoutAnimationController.AnimationParameters();
                params.layoutAnimationParameters = animationParams;
            }

            int columns = ((GridLayoutManager) getLayoutManager()).getSpanCount();

            animationParams.count = count;
            animationParams.index = index;
            animationParams.columnsCount = columns;
            animationParams.rowsCount = count / columns;

            final int invertedIndex = count - 1 - index;
            animationParams.column = columns - 1 - (invertedIndex % columns);
            animationParams.row = animationParams.rowsCount - 1 - invertedIndex / columns;

        } else {
            super.attachLayoutAnimationParameters(child, params, index, count);
        }
    }
}

This looks great, thanks! In my implementation attachLayoutAnimationParameters is never called. Any ideas why?

No clue. Are you calling recyclerView.scheduleLayoutAnimation(); after setting the adapter? And have you set android:layoutAnimation="@anim/your_layout_animation" to your in the layout?

I had the same issue as @dominicthomas setting layout animation xml fixed it.