RecycleViewMatcher (updated for scrolling)

RecycleViewMatcher.java

package com.foo.RecyclerViewMatcher;

import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;

import org.hamcrest.Description;
import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;

/**
 * Fork of the RecyclerViewMatcher from https://github.com/dannyroa/espresso-samples
 */
public class RecyclerViewMatcher {

    private final int recyclerViewId;

    public RecyclerViewMatcher(int recyclerViewId) {
        this.recyclerViewId = recyclerViewId;
    }

    public Matcher<View> atPosition(final int position) {
        return atPositionOnView(position, -1);
    }

    public Matcher<View> atPositionOnView(final int position, final int targetViewId) {

        return new TypeSafeMatcher<View>() {
            Resources resources = null;
            View childView;

            public void describeTo(Description description) {
                String idDescription = Integer.toString(recyclerViewId);
                if (this.resources != null) {
                    try {
                        idDescription = this.resources.getResourceName(recyclerViewId);
                    } catch (Resources.NotFoundException var4) {
                        idDescription = String.format("%s (resource name not found)", recyclerViewId);
                    }
                }

                description.appendText("RecyclerView with id: " + idDescription + " at position: " + position);
            }

            public boolean matchesSafely(View view) {

                this.resources = view.getResources();

                if (childView == null) {
                    RecyclerView recyclerView =
                        (RecyclerView) view.getRootView().findViewById(recyclerViewId);
                    if (recyclerView != null && recyclerView.getId() == recyclerViewId) {
                        RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = recyclerView.findViewHolderForAdapterPosition(position);
                        if (viewHolder != null) {
                            childView = viewHolder.itemView;
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        return false;
                    }
                }

                if (targetViewId == -1) {
                    return view == childView;
                } else {
                    View targetView = childView.findViewById(targetViewId);
                    return view == targetView;
                }
            }
        };
    }
}

https://gist.github.com/baconpat/8405a88d04bd1942eb5e430d33e4faa2

FYR:

            onView(new RecyclerViewMatcher(R.id.repo_list).atPosition(pos)).check(
                    matches(hasDescendant(withText(repo.name))));
            onView(new RecyclerViewMatcher(R.id.repo_list).atPosition(pos)).check(
                    matches(hasDescendant(withText(repo.description))));
            onView(new RecyclerViewMatcher(R.id.repo_list).atPosition(pos)).check(
                    matches(hasDescendant(withText("" + repo.stars))));