Recycler View loading very slow for large data when inside NestedScrollView

Question

I have added RecyclerView inside my NestedScrollView. Basically I want RecyclerView to scroll with other Views. The problem that I am facing is that for a small set of data, it is working fine, but for a large set of data(200 entries) whenever I launch the activity, it freezes for about about 3-5 seconds and then loads. I removed the NestedScrollView and it is working flawlessly, but it doesn't provide me the behaviour I want.

(For extra info, I am loading the data from SQLite database. There is no problem in scrolling, as it is smooth. The only problem is the activity is freezing for a while)

<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:orientation="vertical">

                <... Some other Views ...>

                <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:orientation="vertical">

                </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

            </LinearLayout>

        </android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

Answer 1

This case of RecyclerView inside NestedScrollView.

RecyclerView is calling onCreateViewHolder() times equal to your data size.

If data has 200 items, it freezes for onCreateViewHolder() to be called 200 times.