[Feature request] FirebaseListFragment

[WillieCubed]

From my experience, I find myself implementing a common pattern using a FirebaseRecyclerAdapter often: I create a class for a fragment which only includes a RecyclerView initialized with a FirebaseRecyclerAdapter that also includes some utility methods and a callback for a Fragment/Activity to intercept touch events. I'm wondering if this would be an appropriate addition to the library considering that this is likely a common pattern for developers.

[samtstern]

@TheCraftKid the way to answer such questions as follows: is there something that would be different in a FirebaseRecyclerFragment versus just a RecyclerFragment that does the same thing (intercept touch events and give them back to the host).

As far as I understand the feature request, I don't think there's anything firebase-specific, which would mean it's not something that would belong in the library.

[WillieCubed]

Whoops, I should mention that the fragment would be populated with data backed from a Firebase Database location (using an index or otherwise), but I thought about this as a helper class that would be as much help to creating a list of items populated by Firebase as FirebaseUI Auth is to creating an easy sign-in flow. I suppose this would be better in an addons library, correct?

[samtstern]

@TheCraftKid yes I think so, this is the type of thing that we hope people build as an add-on, we provide the building blocks of FirebaseRecyelerAdapter and (in the future) FirebaseArray.

[WillieCubed]

Okay. Thanks for responding! BTW, is there any ETA for the production version of FirebaseUI 2.0.0?

[samtstern]

@TheCraftKid that ETA depends on some iOS timelines (we need them to match new features) so hard to say. I'd personally like to see it go out in ~1month or less but no promises!

[samtstern]

Closing this issue due to discussion above, thanks for bringing this possible add-on to our attention.