A Customed SwipeRefreshLayout that handles swiping issues with a RecyclerView inside a SwipeRefreshLayout. It also works for HorizontalScrollView.

CustomSwipeToRefresh.kt

import android.annotation.SuppressLint
import android.content.Context
import android.util.AttributeSet
import android.view.MotionEvent
import android.view.ViewConfiguration
import androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
import kotlin.math.abs


/**
 * Custom SwipeRefreshLayout to avoid swipe conflicts between SwipeRefreshLayout and other views like
 * RecyclerView item swipes or Horizontal ViewPager scrollview.
 * Class overrides the onInterceptTouchEvent.
 * Calculates if the X distance the user has moved is bigger than the touch slop.
 * If it does, it means the user is swiping horizontally,
 * therefor the method return false which
 * lets the child view (RecyclerView for example) to get the touch event.
 *
 */
class CustomSwipeToRefresh(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet) :
    SwipeRefreshLayout(context, attrs) {

    private var mTouchSlop: Int = 0
    private var mPrevX: Float = 0.toFloat()
    // Indicate if we've already declined the move event
    private var mDeclined: Boolean = false

    init {
        mTouchSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(context).scaledTouchSlop
    }

    @SuppressLint("Recycle")
    override
    fun onInterceptTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
        when (event.action) {
            MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN -> {
                mPrevX = MotionEvent.obtain(event).x
                mDeclined = false // New action
            }
            MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE -> {
                val eventX = event.x
                val xDiff = abs(eventX - mPrevX)
                if (mDeclined || xDiff > mTouchSlop) {
                    mDeclined = true // Memorize
                    return false
                }
            }
        }
        return super.onInterceptTouchEvent(event)
    }
}