diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 59807e256..2125eab79 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
     private fun handleZooming() {
         val layoutManager = directories_grid.layoutManager as GridLayoutManager
         layoutManager.spanCount = config.dirColumnCnt
-        MyScalableRecyclerView.mListener = object : MyScalableRecyclerView.ZoomListener {
+        MyScalableRecyclerView.mListener = object : MyScalableRecyclerView.MyScalableRecyclerViewListener {
             override fun zoomIn() {
                 if (layoutManager.spanCount > 1) {
                     reduceColumnCount()
@@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
                     DirectoryAdapter.actMode?.finish()
                 }
             }
+
+            override fun selectItem(position: Int) {
+                (directories_grid.adapter as DirectoryAdapter).selectItem(position)
+            }
+
+            override fun selectRange(initialSelection: Int, lastDraggedIndex: Int, minReached: Int, maxReached: Int) {
+                (directories_grid.adapter as DirectoryAdapter).selectRange(initialSelection, lastDraggedIndex, minReached, maxReached)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
index 06e1fb9c4..17c6df185 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MediaActivity.kt
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
     private fun handleZooming() {
         val layoutManager = media_grid.layoutManager as GridLayoutManager
         layoutManager.spanCount = config.mediaColumnCnt
-        MyScalableRecyclerView.mListener = object : MyScalableRecyclerView.ZoomListener {
+        MyScalableRecyclerView.mListener = object : MyScalableRecyclerView.MyScalableRecyclerViewListener {
             override fun zoomIn() {
                 if (layoutManager.spanCount > 1) {
                     reduceColumnCount()
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ class MediaActivity : SimpleActivity(), MediaAdapter.MediaOperationsListener {
                     MediaAdapter.actMode?.finish()
                 }
             }
+            override fun selectItem(position: Int) {
+
+            }
+
+            override fun selectRange(initialSelection: Int, lastDraggedIndex: Int, minReached: Int, maxReached: Int) {
+
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/views/MyScalableRecyclerView.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/views/MyScalableRecyclerView.kt
index 356b31187..07b2f8139 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/views/MyScalableRecyclerView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/views/MyScalableRecyclerView.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.ScaleGestureDetector
 import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.R
-import com.simplemobiletools.gallery.adapters.DirectoryAdapter
 
 // drag selection is based on https://github.com/afollestad/drag-select-recyclerview
 class MyScalableRecyclerView : RecyclerView {
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class MyScalableRecyclerView : RecyclerView {
     private var inBottomHotspot = false
 
     companion object {
-        var mListener: ZoomListener? = null
+        var mListener: MyScalableRecyclerViewListener? = null
         var mCurrScaleFactor = 1.0f
         var mLastUp = 0L    // allow only pinch zoom, not double tap
     }
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ class MyScalableRecyclerView : RecyclerView {
                             minReached = lastDraggedIndex
                         }
 
-                        (adapter as DirectoryAdapter).selectRange(initialSelection, lastDraggedIndex, minReached, maxReached)
+                        mListener?.selectRange(initialSelection, lastDraggedIndex, minReached, maxReached)
 
                         if (initialSelection == lastDraggedIndex) {
                             minReached = lastDraggedIndex
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ class MyScalableRecyclerView : RecyclerView {
         maxReached = -1
         this.initialSelection = initialSelection
         dragSelectActive = true
-        (adapter as DirectoryAdapter).selectItem(initialSelection)
+        mListener?.selectItem(initialSelection)
     }
 
     private fun getItemPosition(e: MotionEvent): Int {
@@ -194,9 +193,13 @@ class MyScalableRecyclerView : RecyclerView {
         }
     }
 
-    interface ZoomListener {
+    interface MyScalableRecyclerViewListener {
         fun zoomOut()
 
         fun zoomIn()
+
+        fun selectItem(position: Int)
+
+        fun selectRange(initialSelection: Int, lastDraggedIndex: Int, minReached: Int, maxReached: Int)
     }
 }