49.6 Initializing the RecyclerView Component

At this point the project consists of a RecyclerView instance, an XML layout file for the CardView instances and an adapter for the RecyclerView. The last step before testing the progress so far is to initialize the RecyclerView with a layout manager, create an instance of the adapter and assign that instance to the RecyclerView object. For the purposes of this example, the RecyclerView will be configured to use the LinearLayoutManager layout option. Edit the MainActivity.java file and modify the onCreate() method to implement this initialization code:

package com.ebookfrenzy.carddemo;

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import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;

import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager;

import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;

 

import android.view.View;

import android.view.Menu;

import android.view.MenuItem;

 

public class MainActivity...