Quick workaround for animation bug related to SwitchCompat in RecyclerView, bug: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196652

SwitchCompatCompat.java

package android.support.v7.widget;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

/**
 * Created by ivan on 2/19/16.
 * 
 * This is a quick workaround for SwitchCompat class.
 * 
 * To enable animation during toggle, use toggleFromOutside method
 * 
 * Any comment/improvement will be appreciated.
 * It isn't tested much so there could be bugs.
 */
public class SwitchCompatCompat extends SwitchCompat {
    private boolean mIsCheckedFromOutside = true;

    public SwitchCompatCompat(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public SwitchCompatCompat(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isShown() {
        return mIsCheckedFromOutside || super.isShown();
    }

    /**
     * replacement for toggle method which implements workaround for bug:
     * https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196652
     */ 
    public void toggleFromOutside() {
        mIsCheckedFromOutside = true;
        setChecked(!isChecked());
    }

    @Override
    public void setChecked(final boolean checked) {
        if (mIsCheckedFromOutside) {
            post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    setChecked(checked);
                }
            });
        } else {
            super.setChecked(checked);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void jumpDrawablesToCurrentState() {
        if(!mIsCheckedFromOutside){
            super.jumpDrawablesToCurrentState();
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
        super.onAttachedToWindow();
        mIsCheckedFromOutside = false;
    }
}