maxHeight does not work on RecyclerView

Question

I've a DialogFragment.

Layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:maxHeight="280dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/line/>

    <View
        android:id="@+id/line"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="1dp"
        android:background="@color/black"/>

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

I want to initially "wrap recycler view content" (height), but it cannot exceed 280dp. It seems that android:maxHeight has no effect what-so-ever.

@HemantParmar You cannot set "280dp" to a `app:layout_constraintHeight_default` — MaaAn13, Mar 23 '18 at 12:54

Ben P. · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-23T15:07:47.990

You can achieve this using only XML as long as your parent layout is ConstraintLayout, which yours seems to be. Make these changes to your RecyclerView tag:

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
    android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
    app:layout_constraintHeight_max="280dp"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/line/>

The key attributes are these three:

android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
app:layout_constraintHeight_max="280dp"

Normally you only use a 0dp dimension when you constrain both sides of the view, but really all you have to do is provide enough constraints to define the view size (and constraining both sides is just the easiest way to do that). Once you have the height set to "match constraints", you can combine a default height constraint with a maximum height constraint to get exactly what you're looking for.

Note you must be using a 1.1 version of the constraint layout library for this. Make sure your app's build.gradle file has something like:

implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0-beta5'

`layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"` is deprecated. Use `layout_height="WRAP_CONTENT"` and `layout_constrainedHeight="true"` instead. — CodeNovice, Feb 17 '20 at 11:16

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '20 at 14:14

If you want to achieve this using the XML file, here are the steps. This is for androidx component. First you need to implement a beta version in your gradle file

implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-beta6'

After this, use the following code to create a recyclerView with max height of 240dp

 <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   >
    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_max="240dp"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
 </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Thanks I did have to upgrade to 2.x.x. – Jacob Ferrero Dec 16 '20 at 17:55 — Jacob Ferrero, Dec 16 '20 at 17:55

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 12 '20 at 17:18

Try this. To those who did not work on the previews answers.

After some trial and error. Try to add app:layout_constraintHeight_min="100dp"

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

        <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
            android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="0dp"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_max="400dp"
            app:layout_constraintHeight_min="100dp"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            tools:listitem="@layout/list_item" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '20 at 06:56

I just really struggled with this. beware if you are using androidx a few things are different: - first of all use the latest dependency, Im using implementation "androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-beta4" - second mind that in androidx the tags are a bit different

<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"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
tools:showIn="@layout/activity_tilemap"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">


    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_default="wrap"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_max="280dp"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        android:id="@+id/rv_comms"
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:clipToPadding="false" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

this is what finally worked for me.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 23 '18 at 12:42

I had the same problem. I extended the RecyclerViewas follows:

public class MaxHeightRecyclerView extends RecyclerView {
    private static final int MAX_HEIGHT = 765;

    public MaxHeightRecyclerView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public MaxHeightRecyclerView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public MaxHeightRecyclerView(Context context, @Nullable AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthSpec, int heightSpec) {
        heightSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec((int) (MAX_HEIGHT / Resources.getSystem().getDisplayMetrics().density), MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
        super.onMeasure(widthSpec, heightSpec);
    }
}

I would love to achieve this using xml. – MaaAn13 Mar 23 '18 at 12:55 — MaaAn13, Mar 23 '18 at 12:55

maxHeight does not work on RecyclerView

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