Is there a better way of getting a reference to the parent RecyclerView from the adapter?

Solution 1:

There's actually a specific method that callsback with the RecyclerView that attaches to the adapter. Just override the onAttachedToRecylerView(RecyclerView recyclerView) method.

public class Adapter_RV extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder>{

    RecyclerView mRecyclerView; 


    @Override
    public void onAttachedToRecyclerView(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
        super.onAttachedToRecyclerView(recyclerView);

        mRecyclerView = recyclerView;
    }

    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {

        mRecyclerView....
    }

Solution 2:

Another way is passing a reference in the constructor, e.g.

public final class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapper {
    private final recyclerView;

    public MyAdapter(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView) {
        this.recyclerView = recyclerView;
    }

    ...

    @Override
     public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        ...
    }
}