Giving scroll to full view with recycler view inside it

Question

I want to implment a screen where i have a layout on the top and below that i have a recycler view like this :

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:fab="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    tools:context="com.app.InstHomeDir.Fragments.PendingDocument"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/main_bg"
   >

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
        >

    <android.support.v7.widget.CardView

        android:background="@color/white"
        app:cardElevation="2dp"
        app:cardCornerRadius="2dp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        >
        <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            <com.app.InstHomeDir.Util.Roboto_Edit_Text_Bold
             android:textColor="@color/bl2d2d2d"
             android:padding="5dp"
            android:text="DOCUMENT LIST"
                android:textSize="20sp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
            <com.app.InstHomeDir.Util.Roboto_EditText
             android:padding="5dp"
             android:textColor="#6f6f6f"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="12sp"
            android:text="@string/Pending_Doc"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
        </LinearLayout>


    </android.support.v7.widget.CardView>


    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_penddoc"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:layout_anchor="@id/toolbar_layout"
        app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|center"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
        >

    </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>


    </LinearLayout>



</RelativeLayout>

now i wish to give scroll view to the entire view, but when i do that the scrolling of the screen is no smooth, as there are two scrolls available on the screen, how do I solve this issue? Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

Adding a header and footer is a way, but I found an easier view to do it. Put the whole view inside a scroll view. now this will make the scrolling a bit slow and it wont look nice, so to overcome this use this code :

  layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity()){
        @Override
        public boolean canScrollVertically() {
            return false;
        }
    };

now the problem was that there are 2 scrolls in the same view when I add the whole view inside a scroll view. So we face this problem. Now if we remove scrolling property of one of them then it works smoothly again. So we remove the scrolling property of the recycler view since it is the child.

Works like a charm.