How do iterate through all the views/items in a RecyclerView?

Question

I need to iterate through all the RadioGroups in my RecyclerView.

Code i tried:

for(int i=0;i<recyclerView.getAdapter().getItemCount();i++)
  {
     radioGroup = recyclerView.findViewHolderForAdapterPosition(i).itemView.findViewById(R.id.radio_group);
  }

but findViewHolderForAdapterPosition(i) returns null for RadioGroups that are off screen and gives me a NullPointerException.

How do i iterate through all of them?

Possible duplicate of [Android recyclerView findViewHolderForAdapterPosition returns null](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32836844/android-recyclerview-findviewholderforadapterposition-returns-null) — Hemant Parmar, Jun 20 '18 at 11:49
@HemantParmar That question did not have a answer that was of help. — Nand gopal, Jun 20 '18 at 11:51

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '18 at 11:49

RecyclerView views are created/destroyed as needed when you scroll. You cannot rely on them being available.

I assume you are trying to retrieve the selection state. It is better to store this within your object in the adapter and update its value upon clicking a radio button.

Then you can implement a getItem method in your adapter that returns the object and it's current selection state.

How do iterate through all the views/items in a RecyclerView?

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