RecyclerViews are fine to put in ScrollViews so long as they aren't scrolling themselves. In this case, it makes sense to make it a fixed height.
The proper solution is to use wrap_content on the RecyclerView height and then implement a custom LinearLayoutManager that can properly handle the wrapping.
Copy this LinearLayoutManager into your project: link
Then wrap the RecyclerView:
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> And set it up like so:
RecyclerView list = (RecyclerView)findViewById(R.id.list); list.setHasFixedSize(true); list.setLayoutManager(new com.example.myapp.LinearLayoutManager(list.getContext())); list.setAdapter(new MyViewAdapter(data)); Edit: This can cause complications with scrolling because the RecyclerView can steal the ScrollView's touch events. My solution was just to ditch the RecyclerView in all and go with a LinearLayout, programmatically inflate subviews, and add them to the layout.
