How to animate recyclerview on scroll like Google plus/Google newsstand?

https://github.com/wasabeef/recyclerview-animators

In my code is something like this:

import jp.wasabeef.recyclerview.animators.adapters.AlphaInAnimationAdapter;

....

public function populate() {
   // Get your recicleview
   rv = (RecyclerView)findViewById(R.id.rv);
   rv.setHasFixedSize(true);

   // Populate your cursor with your own method...
   Cursor myRecycleItems= null;
   myRecycleItems= mDbHelper.getItems();

   //create your 
   itemsAdapter= new ItemsAdapter(myRecycleItems, getApplicationContext());


   //Finnaly apply your adapter to RV with AlphaInAnimationAdapter:
   rv.setAdapter(new AlphaInAnimationAdapter(itemsAdapter));

}

You need to add dependencies to your gradle

dependencies {
  // jCenter
  ...... 
  your curent dependencies 
  ....
  compile 'jp.wasabeef:recyclerview-animators:2.0.0'
}

Read teh doc form https://github.com/wasabeef/recyclerview-animators to install it.

For down_from_top.xml it should be

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:shareInterpolator="@android:anim/decelerate_interpolator">
<translate
    android:fromXDelta="0%" android:toXDelta="0%"
    android:fromYDelta="-100%" android:toYDelta="0%"
    android:duration="400" />
</set>

I did it this way. Might help someone. I don't know whether it's the best way to do it but works fine for me.

UPDATE: To fix fast scrolling behaviour, override onViewDetachedFromWindow method of the adapter and call clearAnimation on the animated view (in this case, holder.itemView.clearAnimation() ).Like this:

 @Override
public void onViewDetachedFromWindow(@NonNull ViewHolder holder) {
    super.onViewDetachedFromWindow(holder);
    holder.itemView.clearAnimation();
}

up_from_bottom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:shareInterpolator="@android:anim/decelerate_interpolator">
<translate
    android:fromXDelta="0%" android:toXDelta="0%"
    android:fromYDelta="100%" android:toYDelta="0%"
    android:duration="400" />
</set>

down_from_top.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<set xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:shareInterpolator="@android:anim/decelerate_interpolator">
<translate
    android:fromXDelta="0%" android:toXDelta="0%"
    android:fromYDelta="-100%" android:toYDelta="0%"
    android:duration="400" />
</set>

And finally put this code in onBindViewHolder of recyclerView. Create a field called lastPosition and initialize it to -1.

Animation animation = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(context,
            (position > lastPosition) ? R.anim.up_from_bottom
                    : R.anim.down_from_top);
    holder.itemView.startAnimation(animation);
    lastPosition = position;