Get clicked item and its position in RecyclerView

Based on the link: Why doesn’t RecyclerView have onItemClickListener()? and How RecyclerView is different from Listview?, and also @Duncan’s general idea, I give my solution here:

  • Define one interface RecyclerViewClickListener for a passing message from the adapter to Activity/Fragment:

      public interface RecyclerViewClickListener {
          public void recyclerViewListClicked(View v, int position);
      }
    
  • In Activity/Fragment implement the interface, and also pass listener to adapter:

      @Override
      public void recyclerViewListClicked(View v, int position){... ...}
    
      //set up adapter and pass clicked listener this
      myAdapter = new MyRecyclerViewAdapter(context, this);
    
  • In Adapter and ViewHolder:

      public class MyRecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyRecyclerViewAdapter.ItemViewHolder> {
         ... ... 
         private Context context;
         private static RecyclerViewClickListener itemListener;
    
    
         public MyRecyclerViewAdapter(Context context, RecyclerViewClickListener itemListener) {
             this.context = context;
             this.itemListener = itemListener;
             ... ...
         }
    
    
         //ViewHolder class implement OnClickListener, 
         //set clicklistener to itemView and, 
         //send message back to Activity/Fragment 
         public static class ItemViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener{
             ... ...
             public ItemViewHolder(View convertView) {
                 super(convertView);
                 ... ...
                 convertView.setOnClickListener(this);
             }
    
             @Override
             public void onClick(View v) {
                 itemListener.recyclerViewListClicked(v, this.getPosition());     
    
             }
         }
      }
    

After testing, it works fine.

[UPDATE]

Since API 22, RecyclerView.ViewHolder.getPosition() is deprecated, so instead with getLayoutPosition().

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