Scrollable TextView inside Recyclerview

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//recyclerview list item layout xml with scrollable textview
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    >            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:id="@+id/managerCommentsDisplay"
                android:lines="3"
                android:textSize="@dimen/fontSizeCaption2"
                android:maxLines = "3"
                android:scrollbars="vertical"
                />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

//the recyclerview adapter with scrollable textview
class NotesListAdapter(
        list: ArrayList<NotesPojo>
): RecyclerView.Adapter<NotesListAdapter.ListRowHolder>() {

    val TAG = "NotesListAdapter"
    private val sList = list

    public interface OnTextChangeListener{
        fun onTextChangeDetected()
    }


    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup?, viewType: Int): ListRowHolder {
        val v = LayoutInflater.from(parent?.context).inflate(R.layout.notes_list_item, parent, false)
        // pass MyCustomEditTextListener to viewholder in onCreateViewHolder
        // so that we don't have to do this expensive allocation in onBindViewHolder
        val vh = ListRowHolder(v, MyCustomEditTextListener(), noteImageWidthHeight)
        return vh
    }
    fun log(str:String){
        Log.d(TAG, str)
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(vh: ListRowHolder, position: Int) {
        val notesPojo = sList[position]
        if (notesPojo.managerNote!=null){
            str = notesPojo.managerNote
        }
        vh.managerCommentsDisplay.text = str
    }
    override fun getItemCount(): Int {
        return sList.size
    }

    /**
     * see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31844373/saving-edittext-content-in-recyclerview
     */
     class ListRowHolder (row: View, tcl:MyCustomEditTextListener, noteImageWidthHeight:Array<Int>) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(row) {
        // each data item is just a string in this case
        var notesPojo:NotesPojo? =null
        public val managerCommentsDisplay: TextView = row.findViewById(R.id.managerCommentsDisplay) as TextView
        val TAG = "ListRowHolder"
        public val textChangeListener: MyCustomEditTextListener = tcl
        init {
            this.managerCommentsDisplay.movementMethod = object: ScrollingMovementMethod(){}
            //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8121491/is-it-possible-to-add-a-scrollable-textview-to-a-listview
            val listener = object : View.OnTouchListener {
                override fun onTouch(v: View, event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    val isLarger: Boolean
                    isLarger = (v as TextView).lineCount * v.lineHeight > v.getHeight()
                    if (event.action === MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE && isLarger) {
                        v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true)
                    } else {
                        v.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
                    }
                    return false
                }
            }
            this.managerCommentsDisplay.setOnTouchListener(listener)
        }
    }
    override fun getItemId(position: Int): Long {
        return position.toLong()
    }
}