Implementation of SimpleCursorAdapter for the new RecyclerView. It extends this gist: https://gist.github.com/quanturium/46541c81aae2a916e31d

## SimpleCursorRecyclerAdapter.java
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import android.database.Cursor;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class SimpleCursorRecyclerAdapter extends CursorRecyclerAdapter<SimpleViewHolder> {

	private int mLayout;
	private int[] mFrom;
	private int[] mTo;
	private String[] mOriginalFrom;

	public SimpleCursorRecyclerAdapter (int layout, Cursor c, String[] from, int[] to) {
		super(c);
		mLayout = layout;
		mTo = to;
		mOriginalFrom = from;
		findColumns(c, from);
	}

	@Override
	public SimpleViewHolder onCreateViewHolder (ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
		View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
				.inflate(mLayout, parent, false);
		return new SimpleViewHolder(v, mTo);
	}

	@Override
	public void onBindViewHolder (SimpleViewHolder holder, Cursor cursor) {
		final int count = mTo.length;
		final int[] from = mFrom;

		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			holder.views[i].setText(cursor.getString(from[i]));
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Create a map from an array of strings to an array of column-id integers in cursor c.
	 * If c is null, the array will be discarded.
	 *
	 * @param c the cursor to find the columns from
	 * @param from the Strings naming the columns of interest
	 */
	private void findColumns(Cursor c, String[] from) {
		if (c != null) {
			int i;
			int count = from.length;
			if (mFrom == null || mFrom.length != count) {
				mFrom = new int[count];
			}
			for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
				mFrom[i] = c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(from[i]);
			}
		} else {
			mFrom = null;
		}
	}

	@Override
	public Cursor swapCursor(Cursor c) {
		findColumns(c, mOriginalFrom);
		return super.swapCursor(c);
	}
}

class SimpleViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder
{
	public TextView[] views;

	public SimpleViewHolder (View itemView, int[] to)
	{
		super(itemView);
		views = new TextView[to.length];
		for(int i = 0 ; i < to.length ; i++) {
			views[i] = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(to[i]);
		}
	}
}