DiffUtil.Callback

abstract class DiffUtil.Callback


A Callback class used by DiffUtil while calculating the diff between two lists.

Summary

Public constructors

Public functions

abstract Boolean
areContentsTheSame(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int)

Called by the DiffUtil when it wants to check whether two items have the same data.

abstract Boolean
areItemsTheSame(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int)

Called by the DiffUtil to decide whether two object represent the same Item.

Any?
getChangePayload(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int)

When areItemsTheSame returns true for two items and areContentsTheSame returns false for them, DiffUtil calls this method to get a payload about the change.

abstract Int

Returns the size of the new list.

abstract Int

Returns the size of the old list.

Public constructors

Callback

Added in 1.0.0
Callback()

Public functions

areContentsTheSame

Added in 1.0.0
abstract fun areContentsTheSame(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int): Boolean

Called by the DiffUtil when it wants to check whether two items have the same data. DiffUtil uses this information to detect if the contents of an item has changed.

DiffUtil uses this method to check equality instead of equals so that you can change its behavior depending on your UI. For example, if you are using DiffUtil with a RecyclerView.Adapter, you should return whether the items' visual representations are the same.

This method is called only if areItemsTheSame returns true for these items.

Parameters
oldItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the old list

newItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the new list which replaces the oldItem

Returns
Boolean

True if the contents of the items are the same or false if they are different.

areItemsTheSame

Added in 1.0.0
abstract fun areItemsTheSame(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int): Boolean

Called by the DiffUtil to decide whether two object represent the same Item.

For example, if your items have unique ids, this method should check their id equality.

Parameters
oldItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the old list

newItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the new list

Returns
Boolean

True if the two items represent the same object or false if they are different.

getChangePayload

Added in 1.0.0
fun getChangePayload(oldItemPosition: Int, newItemPosition: Int): Any?

When areItemsTheSame returns true for two items and areContentsTheSame returns false for them, DiffUtil calls this method to get a payload about the change.

For example, if you are using DiffUtil with RecyclerView, you can return the particular field that changed in the item and your ItemAnimator can use that information to run the correct animation.

Default implementation returns null.

Parameters
oldItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the old list

newItemPosition: Int

The position of the item in the new list

Returns
Any?

A payload object that represents the change between the two items.

getNewListSize

Added in 1.0.0
abstract fun getNewListSize(): Int

Returns the size of the new list.

Returns
Int

The size of the new list.

getOldListSize

Added in 1.0.0
abstract fun getOldListSize(): Int

Returns the size of the old list.

Returns
Int

The size of the old list.