A simple implementation of CursorAdapter for the new RecyclerView. It is designed to work with CursorLoaders and do not register any content observer (which can cause leaks if not handled properly)

CursorRecyclerAdapter.java

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import android.database.Cursor;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;

public abstract class CursorRecyclerAdapter<VH extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder> extends RecyclerView.Adapter<VH> {

	protected boolean mDataValid;
	protected Cursor mCursor;
	protected int mRowIDColumn;

	public CursorRecyclerAdapter(Cursor c) {
		init(c);
	}

	void init(Cursor c) {
		boolean cursorPresent = c != null;
		mCursor = c;
		mDataValid = cursorPresent;
		mRowIDColumn = cursorPresent ? c.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id") : -1;
		setHasStableIds(true);
	}

	@Override
	public final void onBindViewHolder (VH holder, int position) {
		if (!mDataValid) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("this should only be called when the cursor is valid");
		}
		if (!mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("couldn't move cursor to position " + position);
		}

		onBindViewHolder(holder, mCursor);
	}

	public abstract void onBindViewHolder(VH holder, Cursor cursor);

	public Cursor getCursor() {
		return mCursor;
	}

	@Override
	public int getItemCount () {
		if (mDataValid && mCursor != null) {
			return mCursor.getCount();
		} else {
			return 0;
		}
	}

	@Override
	public long getItemId (int position) {
		if(hasStableIds() && mDataValid && mCursor != null){
			if (mCursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
				return mCursor.getLong(mRowIDColumn);
			} else {
				return RecyclerView.NO_ID;
			}
		} else {
			return RecyclerView.NO_ID;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Change the underlying cursor to a new cursor. If there is an existing cursor it will be
	 * closed.
	 *
	 * @param cursor The new cursor to be used
	 */
	public void changeCursor(Cursor cursor) {
		Cursor old = swapCursor(cursor);
		if (old != null) {
			old.close();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Swap in a new Cursor, returning the old Cursor.  Unlike
	 * {@link #changeCursor(Cursor)}, the returned old Cursor is <em>not</em>
	 * closed.
	 *
	 * @param newCursor The new cursor to be used.
	 * @return Returns the previously set Cursor, or null if there wasa not one.
	 * If the given new Cursor is the same instance is the previously set
	 * Cursor, null is also returned.
	 */
	public Cursor swapCursor(Cursor newCursor) {
		if (newCursor == mCursor) {
			return null;
		}
		Cursor oldCursor = mCursor;
		mCursor = newCursor;
		if (newCursor != null) {
			mRowIDColumn = newCursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_id");
			mDataValid = true;
			// notify the observers about the new cursor
			notifyDataSetChanged();
		} else {
			mRowIDColumn = -1;
			mDataValid = false;
			// notify the observers about the lack of a data set
			notifyItemRangeRemoved(0, getItemCount());
		}
		return oldCursor;
	}

	/**
	 * <p>Converts the cursor into a CharSequence. Subclasses should override this
	 * method to convert their results. The default implementation returns an
	 * empty String for null values or the default String representation of
	 * the value.</p>
	 *
	 * @param cursor the cursor to convert to a CharSequence
	 * @return a CharSequence representing the value
	 */
	public CharSequence convertToString(Cursor cursor) {
		return cursor == null ? "" : cursor.toString();
	}
}

Can you please elaborate how to use your adapter with simple DB?

How do you use it??? I get this error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.database.Cursor io.github.newtsrock.record.adapters.AlbumAdapter.getCursor()'

I'm getting the same error as @newtsrock