DEPRECATED!

Swipe to dismiss feature is added to Android support library. So, it would be better to use that implementation. You can find example here

How to

• Add to your project build.gradle file

  dependencies {
  compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
  compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:22.2.0'
  }

• In your project init RecyclerView, LayoutManager, Adapter and ItemTouchHelper

  // init recycler view
  RecyclerView recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
  
  // init layout manager
  LayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
  // or 
  // LayoutManager layoutManager = new GridLayoutManager(this, 2);
  // or
  // LayoutManager layoutManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(3, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
  recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
  
  // init data
  final List<String> items = getItems(); // implement #getItems method by yourself
  
  // init adapter
  RecyclerView.Adapter<CustomViewHolder> adapter = new RecyclerView.Adapter<CustomViewHolder>() {
      @Override
      public CustomViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup viewGroup, final int i) {
      // inflate your view here
          View view = LayoutInflater.from(viewGroup.getContext()).inflate(android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1
                      , viewGroup, false);
          // optionally, to support selectors (different 'colors' on touch/press)
          view.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.list_selector_background);
          view.setClickable(true);
  
          return new CustomViewHolder(view);
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onBindViewHolder(CustomViewHolder viewHolder, int i) {
          // populate view holder
          viewHolder.mTextView.setText(items.get(i));
      }
  
      @Override
      public int getItemCount() {
          return mItems.size();
      }
  };
  
  recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
  
  // init swipe to dismiss logic
  ItemTouchHelper swipeToDismissTouchHelper = new ItemTouchHelper(new ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(
              ItemTouchHelper.LEFT | ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT, ItemTouchHelper.LEFT | ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT) {
      @Override
      public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
          // callback for drag-n-drop, false to skip this feature
          return false;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void onSwiped(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
          // callback for swipe to dismiss, removing item from data and adapter
          items.remove(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
          adapter.notifyItemRemoved(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
      }
  });
  swipeToDismissTouchHelper.attachToRecyclerView(mRecyclerView);

That's it.

Android Swipe-to-Dismiss RecyclerView Sample Code

Sample code that shows how to make RecyclerView support the swipe-to-dismiss Android UI pattern.

See the original Google+ post for discussion.

See also Jake Wharton's port of this sample code to old versions of Android using the NineOldAndroids compatibility library.

© Roman Nurik (original library)

© Vasya Drobushkov (recycler view support)