How to make grid-view horizontally scrollable in android

There is a nice solution in Android from now on (as Zainodis has said in its comment ) : HorizontalGridView.

1. Gradle dependency

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:leanback-v17:23.1.0'
}

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2. Add it in your layout

your_activity.xml

<!-- your stuff before... -->
        <android.support.v17.leanback.widget.HorizontalGridView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="80dp"
            android:id="@+id/gridView"
            />
<!-- your stuff after... -->

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3. Layout grid element

Create a layout for your grid element ( grid_element.xml ). I have created a simple one with only one button in it.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="New Button"
        android:id="@+id/button" />
</LinearLayout>

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4. Create an adapter

Highly inspired by this link : https://gist.github.com/gabrielemariotti/4c189fb1124df4556058

public class GridElementAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<GridElementAdapter.SimpleViewHolder>{

    private Context context;
    private List<String> elements;

    public GridElementAdapter(Context context){
        this.context = context;
        this.elements = new ArrayList<String>();
        // Fill dummy list
        for(int i = 0; i < 40 ; i++){
            this.elements.add(i, "Position : " + i);
        }
    }

    public static class SimpleViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public final Button button;

        public SimpleViewHolder(View view) {
            super(view);
            button = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.button);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public SimpleViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        final View view = LayoutInflater.from(this.context).inflate(R.layout.grid_element, parent, false);
        return new SimpleViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(SimpleViewHolder holder, final int position) {
        holder.button.setText(elements.get(position));
        holder.button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Toast.makeText(context, "Position =" + position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int position) {
        return position;
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return this.elements.size();
    }
}

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5. Initialize it in your activity :

private HorizontalGridView horizontalGridView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.your_activity);
    horizontalGridView = (HorizontalGridView) findViewById(R.id.gridView);
    GridElementAdapter adapter = new GridElementAdapter(this);

    horizontalGridView.setAdapter(adapter);
}