Sample code for a blog post: http://andraskindler.com/blog/2014/migrating-to-recyclerview-from-listview/

ListAdapter

package com.andraskindler.playground.adapter;

import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.andraskindler.playground.Item;
import com.andraskindler.playground.R;

import java.util.List;

public class ListAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    final List<Item> items;

    public ListAdapter(List<Item> items) {
        this.items = items;
    }

    @Override public int getCount() {
        return items.size();
    }

    @Override public Item getItem(int i) {
        return items.get(i);
    }

    @Override public long getItemId(int i) {
        return i;
    }

    @Override public View getView(int i, View view, ViewGroup viewGroup) {
        if (view == null){
            view = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_list, null);
            final ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
            viewHolder.titleTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tv_title);
            viewHolder.bodyTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tv_body);
            view.setTag(viewHolder);
        }
        final Item item = items.get(i);
        final ViewHolder viewHolder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag();
        viewHolder.titleTextView.setText(item.title);
        viewHolder.bodyTextView.setText(item.body);
        return view;
    }

    private static final class ViewHolder {
        public TextView titleTextView, bodyTextView;
    }
}

RecyclerViewAdapter

package com.andraskindler.playground.adapter;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.andraskindler.playground.Item;
import com.andraskindler.playground.R;

import java.util.List;

public class RecyclerViewAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerViewAdapter.ViewHolder> {

    final List<Item> items;

    public RecyclerViewAdapter(List<Item> items) {
        this.items = items;
    }

    @Override public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, int i) {
        final View view = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_list, null);
        return new ViewHolder(view);
    }

    @Override public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder viewHolder, int i) {
        final Item item = items.get(i);
        viewHolder.titleTextView.setText(item.title);
        viewHolder.bodyTextView.setText(item.body);
        viewHolder.currentItem = item;
    }

    @Override public int getItemCount() {
        return items.size();
    }

    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public TextView titleTextView, bodyTextView;
        public Item currentItem;

        public ViewHolder(View v) {
            super(v);
            titleTextView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tv_title);
            bodyTextView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.tv_body);
            v.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override public void onClick(View v) {
                    Toast.makeText(v.getContext(), currentItem.title, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });
        }
    }

}