Recyclerview Not Generating List When It Has A View Above It

So I cannot make the RecyclerView generate the given list once I have another view above it. The view above it and the recycler view are both within a LinearLayout and which is the

Solution 1:

You need to set

    android:fillViewport="true"

on your NestedRecyclerView. If you put it into the CoordinatorLayout then also specify the behavior (which you've already done)