说明：

    原文比较全的解析地址：RecyclerView添加Header的正确方式

    这个是不带Header的简单RecyclerView用法：Android RecyclerView 使用方法

代码：

    BaseRecyclerAdapter.java

/**
 * Created by qibin on 2015/11/5.
 */
public abstract class BaseRecyclerAdapter<T> extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
 
    public static final int TYPE_HEADER = 0;
    public static final int TYPE_NORMAL = 1;
 
    private ArrayList<T> mDatas = new ArrayList<>();
 
    private View mHeaderView;
 
    private OnItemClickListener mListener;
 
    public void setOnItemClickListener(OnItemClickListener li) {
        mListener = li;
    }
 
    public void setHeaderView(View headerView) {
        mHeaderView = headerView;
        notifyItemInserted(0);
    }
 
    public View getHeaderView() {
        return mHeaderView;
    }
 
    public void addDatas(ArrayList<T> datas) {//刷新数据
        mDatas.addAll(datas);
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
 
    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        if(mHeaderView == null) return TYPE_NORMAL;
        if(position == 0) return TYPE_HEADER;
        return TYPE_NORMAL;
    }
 
    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, final int viewType) {
        if(mHeaderView != null && viewType == TYPE_HEADER) return new Holder(mHeaderView);
        return onCreate(parent, viewType);
    }
 
 
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {
        if(getItemViewType(position) == TYPE_HEADER) return;
 
        final int pos = getRealPosition(viewHolder);
        final T data = mDatas.get(pos);
        onBind(viewHolder, pos, data);
 
        if(mListener != null) {
            viewHolder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    mListener.onItemClick(pos, data);
                }
            });
        }
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onAttachedToRecyclerView(RecyclerView recyclerView) {
        super.onAttachedToRecyclerView(recyclerView);
 
        RecyclerView.LayoutManager manager = recyclerView.getLayoutManager();
        if(manager instanceof GridLayoutManager) {
            final GridLayoutManager gridManager = ((GridLayoutManager) manager);
            gridManager.setSpanSizeLookup(new GridLayoutManager.SpanSizeLookup() {
                @Override
                public int getSpanSize(int position) {
                    return getItemViewType(position) == TYPE_HEADER
                            ? gridManager.getSpanCount() : 1;
                }
            });
        }
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onViewAttachedToWindow(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder) {
        super.onViewAttachedToWindow(holder);
        ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = holder.itemView.getLayoutParams();
        if(lp != null
                && lp instanceof StaggeredGridLayoutManager.LayoutParams
                && holder.getLayoutPosition() == 0) {
            StaggeredGridLayoutManager.LayoutParams p = (StaggeredGridLayoutManager.LayoutParams) lp;
            p.setFullSpan(true);
        }
    }
 
    public int getRealPosition(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder) {
        int position = holder.getLayoutPosition();
        return mHeaderView == null ? position : position - 1;
    }
 
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mHeaderView == null ? mDatas.size() : mDatas.size() + 1;
    }
 
    public abstract RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreate(ViewGroup parent, final int viewType);
    public abstract void onBind(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int RealPosition, T data);
 
    public class Holder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public Holder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
        }
    }
 
    public interface OnItemClickListener<T> {
        void onItemClick(int position, T data);
    }
}

    我们将BaseRecyclerAdapter抽象起来，并且提供两个抽象方法onCreate和onBind用来创建holder和绑定数据，而对于header做的一系列工作，我们都放到了BaseRecyclerAdapter中，而继承BaseRecyclerAdapter后，我们仅仅关心我们的holder怎么创建和数据怎么绑定就ok。例如下面代码：

    MyAdapter.java

/**
 * Created by qibin on 2015/11/7.
 */
public class MyAdapter extends BaseRecyclerAdapter<String> {
 
    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreate(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View layout = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item, parent, false);
        return new MyHolder(layout);
    }
 
    @Override
    public void onBind(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int RealPosition, String data) {
        if(viewHolder instanceof MyHolder) {
            ((MyHolder) viewHolder).text.setText(data);
        }
    }
 
    class MyHolder extends BaseRecyclerAdapter.Holder {
        TextView text;
        public MyHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            text = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.text);
        }
    }
}