RecyclerView: scrollToPosition not working

You used layoutManager.setReverseLayout(true) and layoutManager.setStackFromEnd(true) in order to start your list from the end. So, if I understand it correctly, the list starts now from position adapter.getItemCount() - 1 and your list shouldn't scroll. Maybe you should try ...scrollToPosition(0).

I have the same problem and smoothScrollToPosition method solve it:

 RecyclerView.smoothScrollToPosition(postion);