In this android kotlin source code example, we are going to disable RecyclerView scrolling in Kotlin.
You can copy and adopt this source code example to your Kotlin android project without reinventing the wheel.
Below is a step by step source code to disable RecyclerView scrolling in Kotlin.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" tools:context=".recyclerView.RecyclerViewActivity19"> <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView android:id="@+id/list" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"/> </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
MainActivity.kt
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity import android.os.Bundle import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView import com.bluapp.kotlinview.R import android.view.MotionEvent import androidx.recyclerview.widget.DividerItemDecoration import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager import android.widget.TextView import android.view.LayoutInflater import android.view.ViewGroup import android.content.Context import android.view.View class RecyclerViewActivity19 : AppCompatActivity() { private var list: RecyclerView? = null private var recyclerAdapter: adapter? = null override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) setContentView(R.layout.activity_recycler_view19) list = findViewById(R.id.list) as RecyclerView val country = arrayListOf<String>() country.add("Nigeria"); country.add("China"); country.add("USA"); country.add("Ghana"); country.add("Canada"); country.add("Finland"); country.add("Denmark"); country.add("Argentina"); country.add("Andorra"); country.add("Togo"); country.add("Nigeria"); country.add("China"); country.add("USA"); country.add("Ghana"); country.add("Canada"); country.add("Finland"); country.add("Denmark"); country.add("Argentina"); country.add("Andorra"); country.add("Togo"); val layoutManager = LinearLayoutManager(this) list!!.setLayoutManager(layoutManager) recyclerAdapter = adapter(this@RecyclerViewActivity19, country) list!!.addItemDecoration(DividerItemDecoration(list!!.getContext(), layoutManager.orientation)) list!!.setAdapter(recyclerAdapter) list!!.setOnTouchListener(object : View.OnTouchListener{ override fun onTouch(view: View, motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean { return true } }) } private inner class adapter(internal var context: Context, internal var mData: List<String>) : RecyclerView.Adapter<adapter.myViewHolder>() { override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): adapter.myViewHolder { val view = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.recyclerview_adapter1, parent, false) return myViewHolder(view) } override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: adapter.myViewHolder, position: Int) { holder.country.text = mData[position] } override fun getItemCount(): Int { return mData.size } inner class myViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView) { internal var country: TextView init { country = itemView.findViewById(R.id.country) } } } }
recyclerview_adapter1.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="10dp"> <TextView android:id="@+id/country" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:text="Country" android:textColor="#000000" android:textSize="18sp" android:textStyle="bold" /> </RelativeLayout>

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