“ RecyclerView posts before doing any bind work after dispatching any sort of notifyItem*** signals to coalesce changes. This means it's safe to update data you'll display in the callback, even if it's dispatched after the swap. See triggerUpdateProcessor - https://cs.corp.google.com/android/frameworks/base/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/RecyclerView.java?q=triggerUpdateProcessor&sq=package:%5Eandroid$&g=0&l=4919 ”
“ Fixed with https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/frameworks/support/+/730779 - will go out with next feature release (Paging 2.1) ”