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Android CardView Tutorial with Examples

  1. Android CardView
  2. An example of CardView

1. Android CardView

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Android 5.0 (API Level 21) introduced a new component called CardView, which is basically a rectangular container with four rounded corners and Shawdow effects at the borders. CardView is commonly used as the original container of the Items in ListView, GridView or RecyclerView.
By default, CardView is not available in the Android SDK. If you want to use it, you need to add support libraries to your project.
On Android Studio you can download the CardView library from the Palette.
After its installation, you will see the library be declared in build.gradle (Module: app).
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
Here are some important attributes of CardView that you need:
  • android:layout_marginLeft
  • android:layout_marginTop
  • android:layout_marginRight
  • android:layout_marginBottom
  • app:cardBackgroundColor

2. An example of CardView

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Let's set an example of RecyclerView and CardView. Alright, here is the preview image of this example:
On Android Studio create a project:
  • File > New > New Project > Empty Activity
    • Name: CardViewExample
    • Package name: org.o7planning.cardviewexample
Download RecyclerView and CardView libraries into your project:
After setting, you will see the libraries be declared in build.gradle (Module: app):
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0'
Now we need some image files. Then copy them to the drawable folder of the project:
vn.png
us.png
ru.png
jp.png
au.png
Next, you need to create Layout of the RecyclerView Item. Now right-click on the "res / layout" folder and select:
  • New > Layout resource file
Edit:
  • File name: recyclerview_item_layout.xml
  • Root element: androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
Then design the interface of RecyclerView Item:
After that, open the recyclerview_item_layout.xml file and set some CardView important attributes:
* recyclerview_item_layout.xml *
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
    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="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"
    android:layout_marginTop="5sp"
    android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="#FAF5F5">

</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Continue to design the RecyclerView Item interface:
Later, adjust the positions of components in the interface:
Next, set ID, Text, textSize for the components in the interface:
recyclerview_item_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
    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="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5sp"
    android:layout_marginTop="5sp"
    android:layout_marginRight="5sp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5sp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="#FAF5F5">

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imageView_flag"
            android:layout_width="110sp"
            android:layout_height="90sp"
            android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:srcCompat="@drawable/ic_launcher_foreground"
            tools:ignore="VectorDrawableCompat" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView_countryName"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="35dp"
            android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
            android:text="Country Name"
            android:textSize="22sp"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/imageView_flag"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView_population"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
            android:text="Popupation"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/imageView_flag"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView_countryName" />
    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Last but not least, design the activity_main.xml interface:
Country.java
package org.o7planning.cardviewexample;

public class Country {

    private String countryName;

    // Image name (Without extension)
    private String flagName;
    private int population;

    public Country(String countryName, String flagName, int population) {
        this.countryName= countryName;
        this.flagName= flagName;
        this.population= population;
    }

    public int getPopulation() {
        return population;
    }

    public void setPopulation(int population) {
        this.population = population;
    }

    public String getCountryName() {
        return countryName;
    }

    public void setCountryName(String countryName) {
        this.countryName = countryName;
    }

    public String getFlagName() {
        return flagName;
    }

    public void setFlagName(String flagName) {
        this.flagName = flagName;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString()  {
        return this.countryName+" (Population: "+ this.population+")";
    }
}
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=".MainActivity">

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
CustomRecyclerViewAdapter is a class extending from RecyclerView.Adapter, it is responsible for displaying data on the RecyclerView Item.
CustomRecyclerViewAdapter.java
package org.o7planning.cardviewexample;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

import java.util.List;

public class CustomRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CountryViewHolder> {


    private List<Country> countries;
    private Context context;
    private LayoutInflater mLayoutInflater;

    public CustomRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, List<Country> datas ) {
        this.context = context;
        this.countries = datas;
        this.mLayoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
    }

    @Override
    public CountryViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(final ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        // Inflate view from recyclerview_item_layout.xml
        View recyclerViewItem = mLayoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.recyclerview_item_layout, parent, false);

        recyclerViewItem.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                handleRecyclerItemClick( (RecyclerView)parent, v);
            }
        });
        return new CountryViewHolder(recyclerViewItem);
    }


    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(CountryViewHolder holder, int position) {
        // Cet country in countries via position
        Country country = this.countries.get(position);

        int imageResId = this.getDrawableResIdByName(country.getFlagName());
        // Bind data to viewholder
        holder.flagView.setImageResource(imageResId);
        holder.countryNameView.setText(country.getCountryName() );
        holder.populationView.setText("Population: "+ country.getPopulation());
    }

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

    // Find Image ID corresponding to the name of the image (in the directory drawable).
    public int getDrawableResIdByName(String resName)  {
        String pkgName = context.getPackageName();
        // Return 0 if not found.
        int resID = context.getResources().getIdentifier(resName , "drawable", pkgName);
        Log.i(MainActivity.LOG_TAG, "Res Name: "+ resName+"==> Res ID = "+ resID);
        return resID;
    }

    // Click on RecyclerView Item.
    private void handleRecyclerItemClick(RecyclerView recyclerView, View itemView) {
        int itemPosition = recyclerView.getChildLayoutPosition(itemView);
        Country country  = this.countries.get(itemPosition);

        Toast.makeText(this.context, country.getCountryName(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}
CountryViewHolder.java
package org.o7planning.cardviewexample;

import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

public class CountryViewHolder extends   RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

    ImageView flagView;
    TextView countryNameView;
    TextView populationView;

    // @itemView: recyclerview_item_layout.xml
    public CountryViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
        super(itemView);

        this.flagView = (ImageView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageView_flag);
        this.countryNameView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView_countryName);
        this.populationView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView_population);
    }
}
MainActivity.java
package org.o7planning.cardviewexample;

import android.os.Bundle;

import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public static final String LOG_TAG = "AndroidExample";
    private RecyclerView recyclerView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);


        List<Country> countries = getListData();
        this.recyclerView = (RecyclerView) this.findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
        recyclerView.setAdapter(new CustomRecyclerViewAdapter(this, countries));

        // RecyclerView scroll vertical
        LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false);
        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
    }

    private  List<Country> getListData() {
        List<Country> list = new ArrayList<Country>();
        Country vietnam = new Country("Vietnam", "vn", 98000000);
        Country usa = new Country("United States", "us", 320000000);
        Country russia = new Country("Russia", "ru", 142000000);
        Country autraylia = new Country("Autraylia", "au", 25000000);
        Country japan = new Country("Japan", "jp", 126000000);

        list.add(vietnam);
        list.add(usa);
        list.add(russia);
        list.add(autraylia);
        list.add(japan);

        return list;
    }


}
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