All the child items in Recycler view touching with each other. margin property does not work

[anbarasu-seven]

CHILD ITEM LAYOUT

     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
     <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           android:id="@+id/clickableLable"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_label_un_selected">

     <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@+id/label_text"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:gravity="center_vertical"
          android:padding="5dp"
          android:text="Chennai"
          android:textColor="#515151"
          android:textSize="14sp"
          android:textStyle="normal" />
        </LinearLayout>

IN MY ACTIVITY

    RecyclerView rv = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.rv);
    FlowLayoutManager flowLayoutManager = new FlowLayoutManager();
    flowLayoutManager.setAutoMeasureEnabled(true);
    rv.setLayoutManager(flowLayoutManager);

[dsuresh-ap]

It seems like margin doesn't work. Only padding does

[illia-kramarenko]

You can use something like this:

   final int space = getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.item_margin);

    recyclerView.addItemDecoration(new RecyclerView.ItemDecoration() {
        @Override
        public void getItemOffsets(Rect outRect, View view, RecyclerView parent, RecyclerView.State state) {
            super.getItemOffsets(outRect, view, parent, state);
            outRect.bottom = space;
            outRect.right = space;
            outRect.left = space;
            outRect.top = space;
        }
    });