import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextView; /** * Created by khaled bakhtiari on 10/26/2014. * */ public class HeaderAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter { private static final int TYPE_HEADER = 0; private static final int TYPE_ITEM = 1; String[] data; public HeaderAdapter(String[] data) { this.data = data; } @Override public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) { if (viewType == TYPE_ITEM) { //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder return new VHItem(null); } else if (viewType == TYPE_HEADER) { //inflate your layout and pass it to view holder return new VHHeader(null); } throw new RuntimeException("there is no type that matches the type " + viewType + " + make sure your using types correctly"); } @Override public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) { if (holder instanceof VHItem) { String dataItem = getItem(position); //cast holder to VHItem and set data } else if (holder instanceof VHHeader) { //cast holder to VHHeader and set data for header. } } @Override public int getItemCount() { return data.length + 1; } @Override public int getItemViewType(int position) { if (isPositionHeader(position)) return TYPE_HEADER; return TYPE_ITEM; } private boolean isPositionHeader(int position) { return position == 0; } private String getItem(int position) { return data[position - 1]; } class VHItem extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder { TextView title; public VHItem(View itemView) { super(itemView); } } class VHHeader extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder { Button button; public VHHeader(View itemView) { super(itemView); } } }