Added items from a places/photo api fetch to a recyclerview and the view is empty - google-maps

Question

I have been working on an app that requires me to get information such as a Place Name and a PLace Photo from google PLaces Api and set it into a RecyclerView. I am stuck because I managed to get the code to work with no errors but the RecyclerView is empty. What is wrong with my code?
I am stuck because I don't know where the problem is. When I run the code, all the fetchs work and the tags show up in the Log so I am completely lost. My first thought is that I am displaying the code wrong but then I have no recourse to step forward and change it to something else because I am not sure if it would be better or worse.
This is the Fragment for the RecyclerView Item:
public class VenueList extends Fragment{
ArrayList<VenueItem> vIL = new ArrayList<>();
private PlacesClient placesClient;
private Context contextForPlaces;
place ids for the places I am currently using
String[] clubs = {"ChIJO_uSYKNZwokRAC7RLeB0oZ8", "ChIJAQBEylJYwokRLbnrAchQImk",
"ChIJU_26rfpYwokRTNf2K1-7p8E", "ChIJ38hxfnhZwokRx1HSFLj790w", "ChIJBwnlGrdZwokRpf61pMm860c"
, "ChIJpSIzqrhZwokR1KnVMoVty_g", "ChIJMRV7375ZwokRAfltF6Y-wYw", "ChIJYabdHPhYwokRPmAV8GtM3gs",
"ChIJi2dSjQRZwokRuXUKcv4riVc", "ChIJKaKVI79ZwokRN8WicODOIAw", "ChIJwXI8Fb5ZwokRr4JjG4HxSP8",
"ChIJ6bU_E4ZZwokR2ZDbY_IhhrI"};
#Override
public void onAttach(Context context) {
super.onAttach(context);
contextForPlaces = context;
}
#Nullable
#Override
public View onCreateView(#NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, #Nullable ViewGroup container, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.menu_venue, container, false);
RecyclerView vRV = view.findViewById(R.id.view_venue);
List<Place.Field> placeFields = Arrays.asList(Place.Field.NAME, Place.Field.PHOTO_METADATAS);
if (!Places.isInitialized()) {
Places.initialize(contextForPlaces, "AIzaSyCKGd3fqmtsDklRGMhnkuIy1GS-j6gRBh8");}
placesClient = Places.createClient(contextForPlaces);
vRV.setHasFixedSize(true);
RecyclerView.LayoutManager vLM = new LinearLayoutManager(this.getActivity());
RecyclerView.Adapter vAdapter = new VenueAdapter(vIL);
// run through each photo to make sure it has a place attached to it then insert each photo and place into the vIL
//createBitmap for fetchPhoto
for (String club : clubs) {
FetchPlaceRequest request = FetchPlaceRequest.newInstance(club, placeFields);
placesClient.fetchPlace(request).addOnSuccessListener((response) -> {
Place place = response.getPlace();
PhotoMetadata photoMetadata = place.getPhotoMetadatas().get(0);
String attributions = photoMetadata.getAttributions();
FetchPhotoRequest photoRequest = FetchPhotoRequest.builder(photoMetadata).setMaxHeight(200).build();
placesClient.fetchPhoto(photoRequest).addOnSuccessListener((fetchPhotoResponse) -> {
Bitmap bitmap = fetchPhotoResponse.getBitmap();
vIL.add(new VenueItem(/*Photo*/bitmap, place/*Name*/));
Log.i(TAG, "Photo Should Be Up: ");
}).addOnFailureListener((exception) -> {
if (exception instanceof ApiException) {
ApiException apiException = (ApiException) exception;
int statusCode = apiException.getStatusCode();
// Handle error with given status code.
Log.e(TAG, "Place not found: " + exception.getMessage());
}
});
Log.i(TAG, "Place found: " + place.getName());
}).addOnFailureListener((exception) -> {
if (exception instanceof ApiException) {
ApiException apiException = (ApiException) exception;
int statusCode = apiException.getStatusCode();
// Handle error with given status code.
Log.e(TAG, "Place not found: " + exception.getMessage());
}
});
}
vRV.setLayoutManager(vLM);
vRV.setAdapter(vAdapter);
return view;
}
This is the part of the RecyclerView Adapter I changed. I used to be a getResourse for the image because the image was from the drawable folder
public void onBindViewHolder(#NonNull VenueViewHolder venueViewHolder, int i) {
VenueItem currentItem = vIAL.get(i);
if(currentItem.getVenueImageResource() == null){
venueViewHolder.vIV.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_android);
}else
venueViewHolder.vIV.setImageBitmap(currentItem.getVenueImageResource());
venueViewHolder.vTV.setText((CharSequence) currentItem.getVenueDescription());
}
The Item itself which I also had to change a bit from its original. I made the string a Place and the int a Bitmap. I thought that would work.
public class VenueItem {
private Bitmap venueImageResource;
private Place venueDescription;
public VenueItem(Bitmap vIR, Place description) {
venueImageResource = vIR;
venueDescription = description;
}
public Bitmap getVenueImageResource() {
return venueImageResource;
}
public Place getVenueDescription() {
return venueDescription;
}
}
I want to be able to request a place name and a photo of the place using the placesClient and precent it in the for of a RecyclerView. I know the place Ids are correct because the Log returns the names of all the places. But they do not show up on the RecyclerView

Answer 1

I figured out the answer myself.
vRV.setLayoutManager(vLM);
vRV.setAdapter(vAdapter);
I just had to put these two lines into the for loop under the list item so that each item could escape before meing erased