Enable Button after list Item of RecyclerView was selected

Question

I have an activity with a RecyclerView and a button that is disabled at first. The elements of the RV are selectable, and I want the button to be enabled only after an element was selected. I tried to set addOnItemTouchListener on the recyclerview, the problem is that it is also called when scrolling through the list.

Here is my Adapter:

public class CLusterListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CLusterListAdapter.ClusterListViewHolder> {


private ArrayList<ClusterItem> mListOfClusters;
private OnItemClickListener mListener;
//index
int row_index = -1; //Default no row chosen

public interface OnItemClickListener{
    //delete
    void onDeleteCluster(int position);
    //edit
    void onEditCluster(int position);
    //select
    void onClick(View view, int position);

}

public void setOnItemClickListener(OnItemClickListener listener){mListener = listener;}


    public static class ClusterListViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener{


        public TextView mClusterName;
        public TextView mClusterMembers;
        public ImageView mDeleteCluster;
        public ImageView mEditCluster;

        //This
        private OnItemClickListener itemClickListener;
        public void setItemClickListener(OnItemClickListener listener){
            this.itemClickListener = listener;
        }

        public ClusterListViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView, final OnItemClickListener listener) {
            super(itemView);

            mClusterName = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_clusters_name_cluster_list);
            mClusterMembers = itemView.findViewById(R.id.tv_clusters_members_cluster_list);
            mDeleteCluster = itemView.findViewById(R.id.iv_delete_cluster);
            mEditCluster = itemView.findViewById(R.id.iv_edit_cluster);

            mDeleteCluster.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    if(listener != null){
                        int position = getAdapterPosition();
                        if(position != RecyclerView.NO_POSITION){
                            listener.onDeleteCluster(position);
                        }
                    }
                }
            });

            mEditCluster.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    if(listener != null){
                        int position = getAdapterPosition();
                        if(position != RecyclerView.NO_POSITION){
                            listener.onEditCluster(position);
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
            //used for highlighting item
            itemView.setOnClickListener(this);

        }
        //This
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
           itemClickListener.onClick(v, getAdapterPosition());
        }
    }

    public CLusterListAdapter(ArrayList<ClusterItem> listOfClusters ){ mListOfClusters = listOfClusters;}


@NonNull
@Override
public ClusterListViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup viewGroup, int i) {
    View view = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.chose_your_cluster_list_item, viewGroup, false);
    ClusterListViewHolder clusterListViewHolder =  new ClusterListViewHolder(view, mListener);
    return clusterListViewHolder;
}

@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull ClusterListViewHolder clusterListViewHolder, int i) {
    ClusterItem currentCluster = mListOfClusters.get(i);

    clusterListViewHolder.mClusterName.setText(currentCluster.getClustersName());
    clusterListViewHolder.mClusterMembers.setText(currentCluster.getClustersMembers());
    clusterListViewHolder.mClusterMembers.setSelected(true);

    clusterListViewHolder.setItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDeleteCluster(int position) {
            //nothing here
        }

        @Override
        public void onEditCluster(int position) {
            //nothing here
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view, int position) {
            //Select a certain item
            row_index = position; //Set row index to selected position
            SpTAGs.currentItem = mListOfClusters.get(position); //Set current item is item selection
            notifyDataSetChanged(); //Made effect on RecyclerView's Adapter

            SpTAGs.selectedClusterPosition = position;
        }

    });

    //Set highlight color
    if(row_index == i) {
        clusterListViewHolder.itemView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#E64A19"));
    }else {
        clusterListViewHolder.itemView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));
    }
}

@Override
public int getItemCount() {
    return mListOfClusters.size();
}

}

And here is how I applied the addOnItemTouch

clusterRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, @NonNull MotionEvent motionEvent) {
                selectButton.setEnabled(true);
                Log.v("MyTAG", "Touch");

            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public void onTouchEvent(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, @NonNull MotionEvent motionEvent) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean b) {

        }
    });

Any idea how to obtain this? Thank you!

Answer 1

Have a callback from the Adapter to the activity. Enable your button there.

public class CLusterListAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CLusterListAdapter.ClusterListViewHolder> {
         ...

         interface Listener {
              void onItemClick(int position);
         }
}

Invoke this on item click

clusterListViewHolder.setItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDeleteCluster(int position) {
            //nothing here
        }

        @Override
        public void onEditCluster(int position) {
            //nothing here
        }

        @Override
        public void onClick(View view, int position) {
            //Select a certain item
            row_index = position; //Set row index to selected position
            SpTAGs.currentItem = mListOfClusters.get(position); //Set current item is item selection
            notifyDataSetChanged(); //Made effect on RecyclerView's Adapter
            listener.onItemClick(position); // notify the listener (activity) of the click

            SpTAGs.selectedClusterPosition = position;
        }

    });

In activity:

clusterRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener( ... );
clusterRecyclerView.setListener((int position) -> { 
    // logic to enable button goes here
});

Answer 2

you don't need to use the addOnItemTouchListener here. just create a methode inside the activity like this

public void VisibleButton(){

yourButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
/**....*/

}

and just call the methode

VisibleButton()

from your adapter,from where you want your button to be visible, just like this

((YourActivityName)your_ACtivity_Context).VisibleButton();