RecyclerView supports WRAP_CONTENT starting from Android Support Library 23.2. More details here: http://android-developers.blogspot.se/2016/02/android-support-library-232.html

Implementation of LinearLayoutManager which wraps its contents.

Usage example:

final LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new org.solovyev.android.views.llm.LinearLayoutManager(this, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false);
final RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerview);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new DividerItemDecoration(this, null));
recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);

Note that if the child views in your RecyclerView have the fixed size LinearLayoutManager#setChildSize should be used to avoid unnecessary measuring.

Gradle dependency:

compile 'org.solovyev.android.views:linear-layout-manager:0.5@aar'

Maven dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.solovyev.android.views</groupId>
    <artifactId>linear-layout-manager</artifactId>
    <version>0.5</version>
    <type>apklib</type>
</dependency>

Library is distributed under Apache 2.0 license, see LICENSE.txt

The following applications use this library:

• Sample app
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