RecyclerView and java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Inconsistency detected. Invalid view holder adapter positionViewHolder in Samsung devices

This problem is caused by RecyclerView Data modified in different thread. The best way is checking all data access. And a workaround is wrapping LinearLayoutManager.

Previous answer

There was actually a bug in RecyclerView and the support 23.1.1 still not fixed.

For a workaround, notice that backtrace stacks, if we can catch this Exception in one of some class it may skip this crash. For me, I create a LinearLayoutManagerWrapper and override the onLayoutChildren:

public class WrapContentLinearLayoutManager extends LinearLayoutManager {
    //... constructor
    @Override
    public void onLayoutChildren(RecyclerView.Recycler recycler, RecyclerView.State state) {
        try {
            super.onLayoutChildren(recycler, state);
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            Log.e("TAG", "meet a IOOBE in RecyclerView");
        }
    }
}

Then set it to RecyclerView:

RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView)findViewById(R.id.recycler_view);

recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new WrapContentLinearLayoutManager(activity, LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL, false));

Actually catch this exception, and seems no any side-effect yet.

Also, if you use GridLayoutManager or StaggeredGridLayoutManager you must create a wrapper for it.

Notice: The RecyclerView may be in a wrong internal state.