Infinite scroll with InstantSearch Android - Algolia

A typical method for browsing results on mobile devices is an “infinite scroll”, which loads results as users scroll through the list. With InstantSearch, use the InfiniteHits widget.

If there aren’t any results, display a message to users and clear filters so they can start over.

Show more than 1,000 hits

To ensure excellent performance, the default limit for the number of hits you can retrieve for a query is 1,000.

var response = await client.SetSettingsAsync(
  "INDEX_NAME",
  new IndexSettings { PaginationLimitedTo = 1000 }
);

final response = await client.setSettings(
  indexName: "INDEX_NAME",
  indexSettings: IndexSettings(
    paginationLimitedTo: 1000,
  ),
);

response, err := client.SetSettings(client.NewApiSetSettingsRequest(
  "INDEX_NAME",
  search.NewEmptyIndexSettings().SetPaginationLimitedTo(1000)))
if err != nil {
  // handle the eventual error
  panic(err)
}

UpdatedAtResponse response = client.setSettings("INDEX_NAME", new IndexSettings().setPaginationLimitedTo(1000));

const response = await client.setSettings({
  indexName: 'theIndexName',
  indexSettings: { paginationLimitedTo: 1000 },
});

var response =
  client.setSettings(
    indexName = "INDEX_NAME",
    indexSettings = IndexSettings(paginationLimitedTo = 1000),
  )

$response = $client->setSettings(
    'INDEX_NAME',
    ['paginationLimitedTo' => 1000,
    ],
);

response = client.set_settings(
    index_name="INDEX_NAME",
    index_settings={
        "paginationLimitedTo": 1000,
    },
)

response = client.set_settings("INDEX_NAME", Algolia::Search::IndexSettings.new(pagination_limited_to: 1000))

val response = Await.result(
  client.setSettings(
    indexName = "INDEX_NAME",
    indexSettings = IndexSettings(
      paginationLimitedTo = Some(1000)
    )
  ),
  Duration(100, "sec")
)

let response = try await client.setSettings(
    indexName: "INDEX_NAME",
    indexSettings: IndexSettings(paginationLimitedTo: 1000)
)

If you need to show more than 1,000 hits, you can set a different limit using the paginationLimitedTo parameter. The higher you set this limit, the slower your search performance can become.

Last modified on September 14, 2026