Android List View Drag and Drop sort

Solution 1:

I have been working on this for some time now. Tough to get right, and I don't claim I do, but I'm happy with it so far. My code and several demos can be found at

  • https://github.com/bauerca/drag-sort-listview

Its use is very similar to the TouchInterceptor (on which the code is based), although significant implementation changes have been made.

DragSortListView has smooth and predictable scrolling while dragging and shuffling items. Item shuffles are much more consistent with the position of the dragging/floating item. Heterogeneous-height list items are supported. Drag-scrolling is customizable (I demonstrate rapid drag scrolling through a long list---not that an application comes to mind). Headers/Footers are respected. etc.?? Take a look.

Solution 2:

Now it's pretty easy to implement for RecyclerView with ItemTouchHelper. Just override onMove method from ItemTouchHelper.Callback:

 @Override
public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
    mMovieAdapter.swap(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition(), target.getAdapterPosition());
    return true;
}

Pretty good tutorial on this can be found at medium.com : Drag and Swipe with RecyclerView

Solution 3:

Am adding this answer for the purpose of those who google about this..

There was an episode of DevBytes (ListView Cell Dragging and Rearranging) recently which explains how to do this

You can find it here also the sample code is available here.

What this code basically does is that it creates a dynamic listview by the extension of listview that supports cell dragging and swapping. So that you can use the DynamicListView instead of your basic ListView and that's it you have implemented a ListView with Drag and Drop.