Xamarin.Android RecyclerView RecyclerView with Click events

Example

This example shows how to set Click EventHandlers in a Xamarin.Android RecyclerView.

In Android Java, the way to set up a listener for a Click is using a onClickListener for the view that will be clicked, like this:

ImageView picture = findViewById(R.id.item_picture);
picture.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // do stuff
    }
});

However, in Xamarin.Android, the way to set up a listener for a Click event is by adding a EventHandler, in the following ways:

1.

ImageView picture = FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.item_picture);
picture.Click += delegate {
    // do stuff
};

2.

ImageView picture = FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.item_picture);
picture.Click += async delegate {
    // await DoAsyncMethod();
    // do async stuff
};

3.

ImageView picture = FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.item_picture);
picture.Click += Picture_Click;
... // rest of your method

private void Picture_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // do stuff
}

Note that the EventHandler is added, not set. If the Click EventHandler is added inside a GetView method from a GridView/ListView adapter, or a OnBindViewHolder method from a RecyclerView.Adapter, every time that the item view is created a new EventHandler will be added. After scrolling several times, multiple EventHandlers will be added, and when the view gets clicked, all of them will be fired.

To avoid this trouble, the EventHandlers must be unsubscribed and subscribed subsequently in the GetView or OnBindViewHolder methods. Also, they must use the number 3. way to set the EventHandler, otherwise it will not be possible to unsubscribe the EventHandlers.

An example of an RecyclerView.Adapter with Click events is shown below:

public class ViewHolderPerson : Android.Support.V7.Widget.RecyclerView.ViewHolder
{
    public View Item { get; private set; }
    public ImageView Picture { get; private set; }
    public TextView Name { get; private set; }

    public ViewHolderPerson(View itemView) : base(itemView)
    {
        this.Item = itemView;
        this.Picture = itemView.FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.Item_Person_Picture);
        this.Name = itemView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.Item_Person_Name);
    }
}

public class AdapterPersons : Android.Support.V7.Widget.RecyclerView.Adapter
{
    private Context context;
    private Android.Support.V7.Widget.RecyclerView recyclerView;
    private List<Person> persons;

    public AdapterPersons(Context context, Android.Support.V7.Widget.RecyclerView recyclerView, List<Person> persons)
    {
        this.context = context;
        this.recyclerView = recyclerView;
        this.persons = persons;
    }

    public override int ItemCount => persons.Count;

    public override void OnBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position)
    {
        Person person = this.persons[position];
        ((ViewHolderPerson)holder).Name.Text = person.Name;
        ((ViewHolderPerson)holder).Picture.SetImageBitmap(person.Picture);

        // Unsubscribe and subscribe the method, to avoid setting multiple times.
        ((ViewHolderPerson)holder).Item.Click -= Person_Click;
        ((ViewHolderPerson)holder).Item.Click += Person_Click;
    }

    private void Person_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int position = this.recyclerView.GetChildAdapterPosition((View)sender);
        Person personClicked = this.persons[position];
        if(personClicked.Gender == Gender.Female)
        {
            Toast.MakeText(this.context, "The person clicked is a female!", ToastLength.Long).Show();
        }
        else if(personClicked.Gender == Gender.Male)
        {
            Toast.MakeText(this.context, "The person clicked is a male!", ToastLength.Long).Show();
        }
    }

    public override RecyclerView.ViewHolder OnCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType)
    {
        View itemView = LayoutInflater.From(parent.Context).Inflate(Resource.Layout.item_person, parent, false);
        return new ViewHolderPerson(itemView);
    }

}