AsyncPagedListDiffer

@Dao
interface UserDao {
    @Query("SELECT * FROM user ORDER BY lastName ASC")
    public abstract DataSource.Factory<Integer, User> usersByLastName();
}

class MyViewModel extends ViewModel {
    public final LiveData<PagedList<User>> usersList;
    public MyViewModel(UserDao userDao) {
        usersList = new LivePagedListBuilder<>(
        userDao.usersByLastName(), /* page size */20).build();
    }
}

class MyActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedState) {
        super.onCreate(savedState);
        MyViewModel viewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(MyViewModel.class);
        RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.user_list);
        final UserAdapter adapter = new UserAdapter();
        viewModel.usersList.observe(this, pagedList -> adapter.submitList(pagedList));
        recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
    }
}

class UserAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter&lt;UserViewHolder> {
    private final AsyncPagedListDiffer&lt;User> differ =
            new AsyncPagedListDiffer(this, DIFF_CALLBACK);
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return differ.getItemCount();
    }
    public void submitList(PagedList&lt;User> pagedList) {
        differ.submitList(pagedList);
    }
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(UserViewHolder holder, int position) {
        User user = differ.getItem(position);
        if (user != null) {
            holder.bindTo(user);
        } else {
            // Null defines a placeholder item - AsyncPagedListDiffer will automatically
            // invalidate this row when the actual object is loaded from the database
            holder.clear();
        }
    }
    public static final DiffUtil.ItemCallback&lt;User> DIFF_CALLBACK =
            new DiffUtil.ItemCallback&lt;User>() {
        @Override
        public boolean areItemsTheSame(
            @NonNull User oldUser, @NonNull User newUser) {
            // User properties may have changed if reloaded from the DB, but ID is fixed
            return oldUser.getId() == newUser.getId();
        }
        @Override
        public boolean areContentsTheSame(@NonNull User oldUser, @NonNull User newUser) {
            // NOTE: if you use equals, your object must properly override Object#equals()
            // Incorrectly returning false here will result in too many animations.
            return oldUser.equals(newUser);
        }
    }
}