Why RecyclerView.notifyItemChanged() will create a new ViewHolder and use both the old ViewHolder and new one?

Question

Recently I use RecyclerView and add a custom header view (another type of item view) and try to updated it when data has changed. Something strange happens. The adapter crea

Answer 1

((SimpleItemAnimator) myRecyclerView.getItemAnimator()).setSupportsChangeAnimations(false);