RecyclerView doesn't consider height = wrap_content?

Question

I have a chat screen that contains two views: viewing a recycler to display the previous chat and a custom view that encapsulates the edit text, a submit button and another resizer view so that the user can select other things to send, like photos, etc. This custom view is called the Panel.

So, my chat activity has the following layout:

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

    <chat.example.app.widget.Panel
        style="@style/PanelStyle"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|center"
        android:id="@+id/panel" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:background="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
        android:layout_margin="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        android:id="@+id/previous_chat"
        android:layout_above="@id/panel"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</RelativeLayout>

and my Panel view has the following layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@android:color/white">
    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/staging_area_root"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:paddingLeft="5dp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <!-- Chat box and send -->
    </RelativeLayout>
    <!-- THIS GUY IS PROBLEMATIC -->
    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/card_set"
        android:layout_margin="15dp"
        android:layout_below="@id/staging_area_root"
        android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_bright"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</RelativeLayout>  

The problem is that the recycler view from Panelcopy all screen space. Therefore, all I see is a problematic view of recyclers from the Panel class.

Both of these types of recycler have LinearLayoutManagerassigned to them. No adapters yet.

build.gradle:

compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.0'  

Android:

API LayoutManager: ! RecyclerView . , , WRAP_CONTENT RecyclerView, . LayoutManagers .

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Answer 1

, 23.2 RecyclerView onMeasure():

if (mLayout.mAutoMeasure) {
        final int widthMode = MeasureSpec.getMode(widthSpec);
        final int heightMode = MeasureSpec.getMode(heightSpec);
        final boolean skipMeasure = widthMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY
                && heightMode == MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
        mLayout.onMeasure(mRecycler, mState, widthSpec, heightSpec);
        if (skipMeasure || mAdapter == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (mState.mLayoutStep == State.STEP_START) {
            dispatchLayoutStep1();
        }
        // set dimensions in 2nd step. Pre-layout should happen with old dimensions for
        // consistency
        mLayout.setMeasureSpecs(widthSpec, heightSpec);
        mState.mIsMeasuring = true;
        dispatchLayoutStep2();

        // now we can get the width and height from the children.
        mLayout.setMeasuredDimensionFromChildren(widthSpec, heightSpec);

        // if RecyclerView has non-exact width and height and if there is at least one child
        // which also has non-exact width & height, we have to re-measure.
        if (mLayout.shouldMeasureTwice()) {
            mLayout.setMeasureSpecs(
                    MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredWidth(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY),
                    MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(getMeasuredHeight(), MeasureSpec.EXACTLY));
            mState.mIsMeasuring = true;
            dispatchLayoutStep2();
            // now we can get the width and height from the children.
            mLayout.setMeasuredDimensionFromChildren(widthSpec, heightSpec);
        }
    }

mLayout.setMeasuredDimensionFromChildren() RecyclerView. , RecyclerView.Adapter 1 .