Adapter class with Rx

ApplianceAdapter.java

public class ApplianceAdapter extends
        RecyclerView.Adapter<ApplianceAdapter.ViewHolder> {

    private List<Appliance> applianceList;
    private Context mContext;

    public ApplianceAdapter(Context context, List<Appliance> applianceList) {
        this.applianceList = applianceList;
        this.mContext = context;
    }

    // Easy access to the context object in the recyclerview
    private Context getContext() {
        return mContext;
    }

    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

        public TextView nameTextView;

        // We also create a constructor that accepts the entire item row
        // and does the view lookups to find each subview
        public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
            // Stores the itemView in a public final member variable that can be used
            // to access the context from any ViewHolder instance.
            super(itemView);

            nameTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.appliance_name_textview);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public ApplianceAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        Context context = parent.getContext();
        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);

        // Inflate the custom layout
        View applianceView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.appliance_row_item, parent, false);

        // Return a new holder instance
        ViewHolder viewHolder = new ViewHolder(applianceView);
        return viewHolder;
    }

    // Involves populating data into the item through holder
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ApplianceAdapter.ViewHolder viewHolder, int position) {

        Appliance appliance = applianceList.get(position);

        TextView textView = viewHolder.nameTextView;
        textView.setText(appliance.name);
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return applianceList.size();
    }

    public void addAppliance(Appliance appliance)
    {
        if(!applianceList.contains(appliance))
        {
            this.applianceList.add(appliance);
            notifyItemInserted(applianceList.size()-1);
        }
    }

    public void removeAppliance(Appliance appliance)
    {
        if(applianceList.contains(appliance))
        {
            final int position = this.applianceList.indexOf(appliance);
            this.applianceList.remove(appliance);
            notifyItemRemoved(position);
        }
    }

    public void clearAppliances()
    {
        int size = applianceList.size();
        applianceList.clear();
        notifyItemRangeRemoved(0,size);
    }
}