title: Android: Restore position of RecycleView after new data via setAdapter() tags: android,android-recyclerview
Let's say you're refreshing your list of items you want to see in a RecyclerView.
If you run setAdapter() with the new list of data, it will remove your old list position.
However, if you--when the the system knows you've already set an adapter--then call notifyDataSetChanged on the adapter then all will be well.
For instance, in the method that gives it new data, after you've set that new data to mYourList in this example:
if(recyclerView.getAdapter()==null) {
bd.recView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext(), LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false));
bd.recView.setAdapter(new YourAdapter(mYourList));
} else {
recyclerView.getAdapter().notifyDataSetChanged();
}