Is RecyclerView a ViewGroup?

Question

Is RecyclerView is a ViewGroup?

As in the below code, I am using onInterceptTouchEvent which is used with ViewGroups only and as I am implementing this with recyclerView, is RecyclerView is a ViewGroup? if not then what is the ViewGroup on which I am implementing the onInterceptTouchEvent and what are its views?

I am trying to implement this: link here

Please help me with this.

 static class RecyclerTouchListener implements RecyclerView.OnItemTouchListener {

        private GestureDetector gestureDetector;
        private ClickListener clickListener;

        public RecyclerTouchListener(Context context, final RecyclerView recyclerView, final ClickListener clickListener) {
            this.clickListener = clickListener;
            gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context, new GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
                    return true;
                }

                @Override
                public void onLongPress(MotionEvent e) {
                    View child = recyclerView.findChildViewUnder(e.getX(), e.getY());
                    if (child != null && clickListener != null) {
                        clickListener.onLongClick(child, recyclerView.getChildPosition(child));
                    }
                }
            });
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent(RecyclerView rv, MotionEvent e) {

            View child = rv.findChildViewUnder(e.getX(), e.getY());
            if (child != null && clickListener != null && gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(e)) {
                clickListener.onClick(child, rv.getChildPosition(child));
            }
            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public void onTouchEvent(RecyclerView rv, MotionEvent e) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onRequestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept) {

        }


    }

Answer 1

The RecyclerView class is a ViewGroup subclass that is related to the ListView and GridView classes and that has been made available by Google through the RecyclerView support library for older versions of Android. The RecyclerView class requires the use of the view holder design pattern for efficient item recycling and it supports the use of a LayoutManager, a decorator, and an item animator in order to make this component incredibly flexible at the cost of simplicity.