Recyclerview GridLayoutManager - what is a span?

[Marl Atkins]

I'm trying to create a recyclerview that has 3 columns.
I understand that I should use a GridLayoutManager for it.

I'm looking at this link:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/GridLayoutManager

It says: "By default, each item occupies 1 span."
My experience with grids is that they are comprised of columns and rows.

What is an item and what is a span?

 

[Deleted User]

Not quite sure, but there's a great explanation of using the GridLayoutManager here

https://stackoverflow.com/questions...-recyclerview-with-gridlayoutmanager-like-the

 

[WebguruInfosystems]

Here, item denotes each cell and span denotes number of columns in each row.