RecyclerView inside ScrollView is not working

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I m trying to implement a layout which contains RecyclerView and ScrollView at the same layout   Layout template     lt RelativeLayout gt       lt ScrollView android id    id myScrollView  gt          lt unrelated data gt     lt  unrealated data gt               lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView                 android layout width  match parent                  android layout height  wrap content                  android id    id my recycler view                gt       lt  ScrollView gt     lt  RelativeLayout gt    Problems  i can scroll until the last element of ScrollView  Things i tried     card view inside the ScrollView  now ScrollView contains RecyclerView  - can see the card up until the RecyclerView initial thought was to implement this viewGroup using RecyclerView instead of ScrollView where one of it s views type is the CardView but i got the exact same results as with the ScrollView

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RecyclerViews are fine to put in ScrollViews so long as they aren't scrolling themselves. In this case, it makes sense to make it a fixed height.

The proper solution is to use wrap_content on the RecyclerView height and then implement a custom LinearLayoutManager that can properly handle the wrapping.

Copy this LinearLayoutManager into your project: https://github.com/serso/android-linear-layout-manager/blob/master/lib/src/main/java/org/solovyev/android/views/llm/LinearLayoutManager.java

Then wrap the RecyclerView:

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

And set it up like so:

    RecyclerView list = (RecyclerView)findViewById(R.id.list);
    list.setHasFixedSize(true);
    list.setLayoutManager(new com.example.myapp.LinearLayoutManager(list.getContext()));
    list.setAdapter(new MyViewAdapter(data));

Edit: This can cause complications with scrolling because the RecyclerView can steal the ScrollView's touch events. My solution was just to ditch the RecyclerView in all and go with a LinearLayout, programmatically inflate subviews, and add them to the layout.

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Actually the main purpose of the RecyclerView is to compensate for ListView and ScrollView  Instead of doing what you re actually doing  Having a RecyclerView in a ScrollView  I would suggest having only a RecyclerView that can handle many types of children

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This does the trick   recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false

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It seems that NestedScrollView does solve the problem  I ve tested using this layout    lt android support v4 widget NestedScrollView 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 id    id activity main  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent   gt    lt LinearLayout     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android orientation  vertical       gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text   string dummy text            gt        lt android support v7 widget CardView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android layout marginLeft  16dp          android layout marginRight  16dp           gt           lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView             android id    id recycler view              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content   gt        lt  android support v7 widget CardView gt    lt  LinearLayout gt      And it works without issues

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Solution which worked for me  Use NestedScrollView with height as wrap content   lt br gt  RecyclerView                  android layout width  match parent  lt br gt                  android layout height  wrap content  lt br gt                  android nestedScrollingEnabled  false  lt br gt                    app layoutManager  android support v7 widget LinearLayoutManager                  tools targetApi  lollipop  lt br gt  lt br gt  and view holder layout    lt br gt  android layout width  match parent  lt br gt          android layout height  wrap content      Your row content goes here

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I used CustomLayoutManager to disable RecyclerView Scrolling  Also don t use Recycler View as WrapContent  use it as 0dp  Weight 1  public class CustomLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager       private boolean isScrollEnabled          orientation should be LinearLayoutManager VERTICAL or HORIZONTAL     public CustomLayoutManager Context context  int orientation  boolean isScrollEnabled            super context  orientation  false           this isScrollEnabled   isScrollEnabled              Override     public boolean canScrollVertically               Similarly you can customize  canScrollHorizontally    for managing horizontal scroll         return isScrollEnabled  amp  amp  super canScrollVertically              Use CustomLayoutManager in RecyclerView   CustomLayoutManager mLayoutManager   new CustomLayoutManager getBaseActivity    CustomLayoutManager VERTICAL  false           recyclerView setLayoutManager mLayoutManager             DefaultItemAnimator  recyclerView getItemAnimator    setSupportsChangeAnimations false            recyclerView setAdapter statsAdapter     UI XML    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt ScrollView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android background   drawable background main      android fillViewport  false  gt         lt LinearLayout         android id    id contParentLayout          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android orientation  vertical  gt            lt FrameLayout             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt                lt edu aku family hifazat libraries mpchart charts PieChart                 android id    id chart1                  android layout width  match parent                  android layout height  wrap content                  android layout marginBottom   dimen x20dp                  android minHeight   dimen x300dp  gt                lt  edu aku family hifazat libraries mpchart charts PieChart gt             lt  FrameLayout gt            lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView             android id    id recyclerView              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  0dp              android layout weight  1  gt             lt  android support v7 widget RecyclerView gt         lt  LinearLayout gt     lt  ScrollView gt

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you can also override LinearLayoutManager to make recyclerview roll smoothly    Override     public boolean canScrollVertically            return false

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If RecyclerView showing only one row inside ScrollView  You just need to set height of your row to android layout height  wrap content

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I know I am late it the game  but the issue still exists even after google has made fix on the android support v7 widget RecyclerView  The issue I get now is RecyclerView with layout height wrap content not taking height of all the items issue inside ScrollView that only happens on Marshmallow and Nougat   API 23  24  25  versions   UPDATE  Replacing ScrollView with android support v4 widget NestedScrollView works on all versions  I somehow missed testing accepted solution  Added this in my github project as demo    After trying different things  I have found workaround that fixes this issue   Here is my layout structure in a nutshell    lt ScrollView gt     lt LinearLayout gt   vertical - this is the only child of scrollview        lt SomeViews gt        lt RecyclerView gt   layout height wrap content        lt SomeOtherViews gt    The workaround is the wrap the RecyclerView with RelativeLayout  Don t ask me how I found this workaround                   lt RelativeLayout     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android descendantFocusability  blocksDescendants  gt        lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt    Complete example is available on GitHub project - https   github com amardeshbd android-recycler-view-wrap-content  Here is a demo screencast showing the fix in action

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The new Android Support Library 23 2 solves that problem  you can now set wrap content as the height of your RecyclerView and works correctly   Android Support Library 23 2

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use NestedScrollView instead of ScrollView Please go through NestedScrollView reference document for more information  and add recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false   to your RecyclerView

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I was having the same problem  That s what i tried and it works  I am sharing my xml and java code  Hope this will help someone   Here is the xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt            lt  NestedScrollView     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content  gt       lt LinearLayout         android orientation  vertical          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content  gt            lt ImageView             android id    id iv thumbnail              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  200dp    gt            lt TextView             android id    id tv description              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android text  Description    gt            lt Button             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android text  Buy    gt            lt TextView             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content              android text  Reviews    gt           lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView             android id    id rc reviews              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt            lt  android support v7 widget RecyclerView gt        lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  NestedScrollView  gt      Here is the related java code  It works like a charm   LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager   new LinearLayoutManager this   linearLayoutManager setOrientation LinearLayoutManager VERTICAL   recyclerView setLayoutManager linearLayoutManager   recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false

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In case setting fixed height for the RecyclerView didn t work for someone  like me   here is what I ve added to the fixed height solution   mRecyclerView addOnItemTouchListener new RecyclerView OnItemTouchListener          Override     public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent RecyclerView rv  MotionEvent e            int action   e getAction            switch  action                case MotionEvent ACTION MOVE                  rv getParent   requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent true                   break                    return false              Override     public void onTouchEvent RecyclerView rv  MotionEvent e                 Override     public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent boolean disallowIntercept

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Try this  Very late answer  But surely help anyone in future    Set your Scrollview to NestedScrollView   lt android support v4 widget NestedScrollView gt    lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView gt   lt  android support v7 widget RecyclerView gt   lt  android support v4 widget NestedScrollView gt    In your Recyclerview   recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false    recyclerView setHasFixedSize false

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You can use this way either    Add this line to your recyclerView xml view            android nestedScrollingEnabled  false    try it  recyclerview will be smoothly scrolled with flexible height  hope this helped

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Calculating RecyclerView s height manually is not good  better is to use a custom LayoutManager    The reason for above issue is any view which has it s scroll ListView  GridView  RecyclerView  failed to calculate it s height when add as a child in another view has scroll  So overriding its onMeasure method will solve the issue   Please replace the default layout manager with the below   public class MyLinearLayoutManager extends android support v7 widget LinearLayoutManager    private static boolean canMakeInsetsDirty   true  private static Field insetsDirtyField   null   private static final int CHILD WIDTH   0  private static final int CHILD HEIGHT   1  private static final int DEFAULT CHILD SIZE   100   private final int   childDimensions   new int 2   private final RecyclerView view   private int childSize   DEFAULT CHILD SIZE  private boolean hasChildSize  private int overScrollMode   ViewCompat OVER SCROLL ALWAYS  private final Rect tmpRect   new Rect      SuppressWarnings  UnusedDeclaration   public MyLinearLayoutManager Context context        super context       this view   null      SuppressWarnings  UnusedDeclaration   public MyLinearLayoutManager Context context  int orientation  boolean reverseLayout        super context  orientation  reverseLayout       this view   null      SuppressWarnings  UnusedDeclaration   public MyLinearLayoutManager RecyclerView view        super view getContext         this view   view      this overScrollMode   ViewCompat getOverScrollMode view       SuppressWarnings  UnusedDeclaration   public MyLinearLayoutManager RecyclerView view  int orientation  boolean reverseLayout        super view getContext    orientation  reverseLayout       this view   view      this overScrollMode   ViewCompat getOverScrollMode view      public void setOverScrollMode int overScrollMode        if  overScrollMode  lt  ViewCompat OVER SCROLL ALWAYS    overScrollMode  gt  ViewCompat OVER SCROLL NEVER          throw new IllegalArgumentException  Unknown overscroll mode      overScrollMode       if  this view    null  throw new IllegalStateException  view    null        this overScrollMode   overScrollMode      ViewCompat setOverScrollMode view  overScrollMode      public static int makeUnspecifiedSpec         return View MeasureSpec makeMeasureSpec 0  View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED       Override public void onMeasure RecyclerView Recycler recycler  RecyclerView State state  int widthSpec  int heightSpec        final int widthMode   View MeasureSpec getMode widthSpec       final int heightMode   View MeasureSpec getMode heightSpec        final int widthSize   View MeasureSpec getSize widthSpec       final int heightSize   View MeasureSpec getSize heightSpec        final boolean hasWidthSize   widthMode    View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED      final boolean hasHeightSize   heightMode    View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED       final boolean exactWidth   widthMode    View MeasureSpec EXACTLY      final boolean exactHeight   heightMode    View MeasureSpec EXACTLY       final int unspecified   makeUnspecifiedSpec         if  exactWidth  amp  amp  exactHeight               in case of exact calculations for both dimensions let s use default  onMeasure  implementation         super onMeasure recycler  state  widthSpec  heightSpec           return             final boolean vertical   getOrientation      VERTICAL       initChildDimensions widthSize  heightSize  vertical        int width   0      int height   0          it s possible to get scrap views in recycler which are bound to old  invalid  adapter entities  This        happens because their invalidation happens after  onMeasure  method  As a workaround let s clear the        recycler now  it should not cause any performance issues while scrolling as  onMeasure  is never        called whiles scrolling      recycler clear         final int stateItemCount   state getItemCount        final int adapterItemCount   getItemCount           adapter always contains actual data while state might contain old data  f e  data before the animation is        done   As we want to measure the view with actual data we must use data from the adapter and not from  the        state     for  int i   0  i  lt  adapterItemCount  i              if  vertical                if   hasChildSize                    if  i  lt  stateItemCount                           we should not exceed state count  otherwise we ll get IndexOutOfBoundsException  For such items                        we will use previously calculated dimensions                     measureChild recycler  i  widthSize  unspecified  childDimensions                     else                       logMeasureWarning i                                               height    childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT               if  i    0                    width   childDimensions CHILD WIDTH                             if  hasHeightSize  amp  amp  height  gt   heightSize                    break                          else               if   hasChildSize                    if  i  lt  stateItemCount                           we should not exceed state count  otherwise we ll get IndexOutOfBoundsException  For such items                        we will use previously calculated dimensions                     measureChild recycler  i  unspecified  heightSize  childDimensions                     else                       logMeasureWarning i                                               width    childDimensions CHILD WIDTH               if  i    0                    height   childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT                             if  hasWidthSize  amp  amp  width  gt   widthSize                    break                                     if  exactWidth            width   widthSize        else           width    getPaddingLeft     getPaddingRight            if  hasWidthSize                width   Math min width  widthSize                        if  exactHeight            height   heightSize        else           height    getPaddingTop     getPaddingBottom            if  hasHeightSize                height   Math min height  heightSize                        setMeasuredDimension width  height        if  view    null  amp  amp  overScrollMode    ViewCompat OVER SCROLL IF CONTENT SCROLLS            final boolean fit    vertical  amp  amp    hasHeightSize    height  lt  heightSize                        vertical  amp  amp    hasWidthSize    width  lt  widthSize             ViewCompat setOverScrollMode view  fit   ViewCompat OVER SCROLL NEVER   ViewCompat OVER SCROLL ALWAYS            private void logMeasureWarning int child        if  BuildConfig DEBUG            Log w  MyLinearLayoutManager    Can t measure child      child      previously used dimensions will be reused                      To remove this message either use  setChildSize   method or don t run RecyclerView animations             private void initChildDimensions int width  int height  boolean vertical        if  childDimensions CHILD WIDTH     0    childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT     0               already initialized  skipping         return            if  vertical            childDimensions CHILD WIDTH    width          childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT    childSize        else           childDimensions CHILD WIDTH    childSize          childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT    height            Override public void setOrientation int orientation           might be called before the constructor of this class is called       noinspection ConstantConditions     if  childDimensions    null            if  getOrientation      orientation                childDimensions CHILD WIDTH    0              childDimensions CHILD HEIGHT    0                      super setOrientation orientation      public void clearChildSize         hasChildSize   false      setChildSize DEFAULT CHILD SIZE      public void setChildSize int childSize        hasChildSize   true      if  this childSize    childSize            this childSize   childSize          requestLayout             private void measureChild RecyclerView Recycler recycler  int position  int widthSize  int heightSize  int   dimensions        final View child      try           child   recycler getViewForPosition position         catch  IndexOutOfBoundsException e            if  BuildConfig DEBUG                Log w  MyLinearLayoutManager    MyLinearLayoutManager doesn t work well with animations  Consider switching them off   e                     return             final RecyclerView LayoutParams p    RecyclerView LayoutParams  child getLayoutParams         final int hPadding   getPaddingLeft     getPaddingRight        final int vPadding   getPaddingTop     getPaddingBottom         final int hMargin   p leftMargin   p rightMargin      final int vMargin   p topMargin   p bottomMargin          we must make insets dirty in order calculateItemDecorationsForChild to work     makeInsetsDirty p          this method should be called before any getXxxDecorationXxx   methods     calculateItemDecorationsForChild child  tmpRect        final int hDecoration   getRightDecorationWidth child    getLeftDecorationWidth child       final int vDecoration   getTopDecorationHeight child    getBottomDecorationHeight child        final int childWidthSpec   getChildMeasureSpec widthSize  hPadding   hMargin   hDecoration  p width  canScrollHorizontally         final int childHeightSpec   getChildMeasureSpec heightSize  vPadding   vMargin   vDecoration  p height  canScrollVertically          child measure childWidthSpec  childHeightSpec        dimensions CHILD WIDTH    getDecoratedMeasuredWidth child    p leftMargin   p rightMargin      dimensions CHILD HEIGHT    getDecoratedMeasuredHeight child    p bottomMargin   p topMargin          as view is recycled let s not keep old measured values     makeInsetsDirty p       recycler recycleView child      private static void makeInsetsDirty RecyclerView LayoutParams p        if   canMakeInsetsDirty            return            try           if  insetsDirtyField    null                insetsDirtyField   RecyclerView LayoutParams class getDeclaredField  mInsetsDirty                insetsDirtyField setAccessible true                     insetsDirtyField set p  true         catch  NoSuchFieldException e            onMakeInsertDirtyFailed          catch  IllegalAccessException e            onMakeInsertDirtyFailed             private static void onMakeInsertDirtyFailed         canMakeInsetsDirty   false      if  BuildConfig DEBUG            Log w  MyLinearLayoutManager    Can t make LayoutParams insets dirty  decorations measurements might be incorrect

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The best solution is to keep multiple Views in a Single View   View Group and then keep that one view in the SrcollView  ie  Format  -  lt ScrollView gt      lt Another View gt          lt RecyclerView gt          lt TextView gt          lt And Other Views gt     lt  Another View gt   lt  ScrollView gt   Eg   lt ScrollView         android layout width  quot match parent quot          android layout height  quot match parent quot  gt            lt TextView                          android text  quot any text quot                android layout width  quot match parent quot                android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt             lt TextView                          android text  quot any text quot                android layout width  quot match parent quot                android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt    lt  ScrollView gt   Another Eg  of ScrollView with multiple Views  lt ScrollView         android layout width  quot match parent quot          android layout height  quot match parent quot          android layout weight  quot 1 quot  gt           lt LinearLayout             android layout width  quot match parent quot              android layout height  quot 0dp quot              android orientation  quot vertical quot              android layout weight  quot 1 quot  gt                lt androidx recyclerview widget RecyclerView                 android id  quot   id imageView quot                  android layout width  quot match parent quot                  android layout height  quot wrap content quot                  android background  quot  FFFFFF quot                    gt                lt LinearLayout                 android layout width  quot match parent quot                  android layout height  quot wrap content quot                  android paddingHorizontal  quot 10dp quot                  android orientation  quot vertical quot  gt                    lt TextView                     android layout width  quot match parent quot                      android layout height  quot wrap content quot                      android text  quot  string CategoryItem quot                      android textSize  quot 20sp quot                      android textColor  quot  000000 quot                        gt                    lt TextView                     android textColor  quot  000000 quot                      android text  quot  1000 quot                      android textSize  quot 18sp quot                      android layout width  quot match parent quot                      android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt                   lt TextView                     android textColor  quot  000000 quot                      android text  quot so nugh nos nghs nrgh n                     sghs noug nhro nghreo nhgor ngheroh ngr neoh n                     og nhrf ndhog n                     so nugh nos nghs nrgh nsghs noug nhro n                     ghreo nhgor ngheroh ngr neoh nog nhrf ndhog quot                      android layout width  quot match parent quot                      android layout height  quot wrap content quot   gt                 lt  LinearLayout gt            lt  LinearLayout gt    lt  ScrollView gt

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If you put RecyclerView inside NestedScrollView and enable recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false    scrolling will working well  However  there is a problem     RecyclerView don t recycle   For example  your RecyclerView  inside NestedScrollView or ScrollView  have 100 item  When Activity launch  100 item will create  onCreateViewHolder and onBindViewHolder of 100 item will called at same time   Example  for each item  you will load a large image from API    activity created -  100 image will load  It make starting Activity slowness and lagging  Possible solution   - Thinking about using RecyclerView with multiple type     However  if in your case  there are just a few item in RecyclerView and recycle or don t recycle don t affect performance a lot  you can use RecyclerView inside ScrollView for simple

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First you should use NestedScrollView instead of ScrollView and put the RecyclerView inside NestedScrollView   Use Custom layout class to measure the height and width of screen   public class CustomLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager    public CustomLinearLayoutManager Context context  int orientation  boolean reverseLayout        super context  orientation  reverseLayout      private int   mMeasuredDimension   new int 2     Override public void onMeasure RecyclerView Recycler recycler  RecyclerView State state                        int widthSpec  int heightSpec        final int widthMode   View MeasureSpec getMode widthSpec       final int heightMode   View MeasureSpec getMode heightSpec       final int widthSize   View MeasureSpec getSize widthSpec       final int heightSize   View MeasureSpec getSize heightSpec       int width   0      int height   0      for  int i   0  i  lt  getItemCount    i              if  getOrientation      HORIZONTAL                measureScrapChild recycler  i                      View MeasureSpec makeMeasureSpec i  View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED                       heightSpec                      mMeasuredDimension                width   width   mMeasuredDimension 0               if  i    0                    height   mMeasuredDimension 1                           else               measureScrapChild recycler  i                      widthSpec                      View MeasureSpec makeMeasureSpec i  View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED                       mMeasuredDimension               height   height   mMeasuredDimension 1               if  i    0                    width   mMeasuredDimension 0                                     switch  widthMode            case View MeasureSpec EXACTLY              width   widthSize          case View MeasureSpec AT MOST          case View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED             switch  heightMode            case View MeasureSpec EXACTLY              height   heightSize          case View MeasureSpec AT MOST          case View MeasureSpec UNSPECIFIED             setMeasuredDimension width  height      private void measureScrapChild RecyclerView Recycler recycler  int position  int widthSpec                                 int heightSpec  int   measuredDimension        View view   recycler getViewForPosition position       recycler bindViewToPosition view  position       if  view    null            RecyclerView LayoutParams p    RecyclerView LayoutParams  view getLayoutParams            int childWidthSpec   ViewGroup getChildMeasureSpec widthSpec                  getPaddingLeft     getPaddingRight    p width           int childHeightSpec   ViewGroup getChildMeasureSpec heightSpec                  getPaddingTop     getPaddingBottom    p height           view measure childWidthSpec  childHeightSpec           measuredDimension 0    view getMeasuredWidth     p leftMargin   p rightMargin          measuredDimension 1    view getMeasuredHeight     p bottomMargin   p topMargin          recycler recycleView view               And implement below code in the activity fragment of RecyclerView    final CustomLinearLayoutManager layoutManager   new CustomLinearLayoutManager this  LinearLayoutManager VERTICAL  false        recyclerView setLayoutManager layoutManager       recyclerView setAdapter mAdapter        recyclerView setNestedScrollingEnabled false      Disables scrolling for RecyclerView  CustomLinearLayoutManager used instead of MyLinearLayoutManager     recyclerView setHasFixedSize false        recyclerView addOnScrollListener new RecyclerView OnScrollListener              Override         public void onScrolled RecyclerView recyclerView  int dx  int dy                super onScrolled recyclerView  dx  dy                int visibleItemCount   layoutManager getChildCount                int totalItemCount   layoutManager getItemCount                int lastVisibleItemPos   layoutManager findLastVisibleItemPosition                Log i  getChildCount   String valueOf visibleItemCount                Log i  getItemCount   String valueOf totalItemCount                Log i  lastVisibleItemPos   String valueOf lastVisibleItemPos                if   visibleItemCount   lastVisibleItemPos   gt   totalItemCount                    Log i  LOG    Last Item Reached

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You can try with setting recycler view Hight as wrap content  in my case its working fine  I am trying with 2 different recycler view in scroll view

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Another approach to address the issue is to use ConstraintLayout inside ScrollView    lt ScrollView gt     lt ConstraintLayout gt   this is the only child of ScrollView       lt    Some Views    gt       lt RecyclerView gt   layout height wrap content       lt    Some Other Views    gt    But I would still stick to the androidx core widget NestedScrollView approach  proposed by Yang Peiyong

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UPDATE  this answer is out dated now as there are widgets like NestedScrollView and RecyclerView that support nested scrolling   you should never put a scrollable view inside another scrollable view    i suggest you make your main layout recycler view and put your views as items of recycler view   take a look at this example it show how to use multiple views inside recycler view adapter  link to example

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For ScrollView  you could use fillViewport true and make layout height  match parent  as below and put recycler view inside    lt ScrollView     android fillViewport  true      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android layout below    id llOptions  gt             lt android support v7 widget RecyclerView             android id    id rvList              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content                gt   lt  ScrollView gt    No further height adjustment needed through code

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Sorry being late to the party  but it seems like there is another solution which works perfectly for the case you mentioned   If you use a recycler view inside a recycler view  it seems to work perfectly fine  I have personally tried and used it  and it seems to give no slowness and no jerkyness at all  Now I am not sure if this is a good practice or not  but nesting multiple recycler views   even nested scroll view slows down  But this seems to work nicely  Please give it a try  I am sure nesting is going to be perfectly fine with this

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Although the recommendation that      you should never put a scrollable view inside another scrollable view   Is a sound advice  however if you set a fixed height on the recycler view it should work fine   If you know the height of the adapter item layout you could just calculate the height of the RecyclerView   int viewHeight   adapterItemSize   adapterData size    recyclerView getLayoutParams   height   viewHeight

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For those people who trying to do it just for design purposes - leave it  Redesign your app and leave only RecyclerView  It will be better solution than doing ANY hardcode

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