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Elements

A collection of modular elements for RecyclerView lists, alternative to Google's Paging library, designed in Kotlin with these goals in mind:

implementation("com.otaliastudios:elements:0.5.0")

Design features:

• Separation of concerns: we split the model component into Sources, and the UI component into Presenters. [docs]
• Simplicity: No need to extend Adapters, ViewHolders or all that Paging lib. boilerplate.
• Reusability: as a result, each Source and Presenter is an independent piece of code that can be reused.
• Modularity: let the adapter accept multiple Sources and Presenters. [docs]
• Testability: a consequence of the above, each component can be independently tested.
• Coordination: let Sources declare dependencies among them, in a CoordinatorLayout.Behavior fashion. [docs]
• Paging: built-in concept of Page. [docs]
• Integration with Arch components: heavy use of LiveData and Lifecycles, extensions for data binding.
• Animations: give Presenterss fine grained control over how to animate each item [docs]

If you are curious about how it works in practice, take a look at the sample app in the app module.

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Setup

Please read the official website for setup instructions and documentation. You might also be interested in our changelog. After migrating
to Elements, your code will look like the examples below.

Simplest single-paged list:

val data = listOf("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday")
Adapter.builder(lifecycle)
    .addSource(Source.fromList(data))
    .addPresenter(Presenter.simple(context, R.layout.item, { view, day -> view.text = day }))
    .into(recyclerView)

Paged list with multiple sources and presenters, headers, ads, error/empty indicators and progress bars:

Adapter.builder(lifecycle)
    .addSource(ContactsSource()) // Add a paged list of contacts
    .addSource(ContactsHeaderSource()) // Add the letters A, B, C as a header
    .addSource(AdSource(5)) // Add some ads each 5 items
    .addPresenter(ContactsPresenter(context))
    .addPresenter(ContactsHeaderPresenter(context))
    .addPresenter(AdPresenter(context))
    .addPresenter(Presenter.forLoadingIndicator(context, R.layout.loading))
    .addPresenter(Presenter.forErrorIndicator(context, R.layout.error))
    .addPresenter(Presenter.forEmptyIndicator(context, R.layout.empty))
    .into(recyclerView)