[android] Is there an addHeaderView equivalent for RecyclerView?

Probably http://alexzh.com/tutorials/multiple-row-layouts-using-recyclerview/ will help. It uses only RecyclerView and CardView. Here is an adapter:

public class DifferentRowAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RecyclerView.ViewHolder> {
    private List<CityEvent> mList;
    public DifferentRowAdapter(List<CityEvent> list) {
        this.mList = list;
    }
    @Override
    public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View view;
        switch (viewType) {
            case CITY_TYPE:
                view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_city, parent, false);
                return new CityViewHolder(view);
            case EVENT_TYPE:
                view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_event, parent, false);
                return new EventViewHolder(view);
        }
        return null;
    }
    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
        CityEvent object = mList.get(position);
        if (object != null) {
            switch (object.getType()) {
                case CITY_TYPE:
                    ((CityViewHolder) holder).mTitle.setText(object.getName());
                    break;
                case EVENT_TYPE:
                    ((EventViewHolder) holder).mTitle.setText(object.getName());
                    ((EventViewHolder) holder).mDescription.setText(object.getDescription());
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        if (mList == null)
            return 0;
        return mList.size();
    }
    @Override
    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        if (mList != null) {
            CityEvent object = mList.get(position);
            if (object != null) {
                return object.getType();
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }
    public static class CityViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        private TextView mTitle;
        public CityViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            mTitle = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.titleTextView);
        }
    }
    public static class EventViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        private TextView mTitle;
        private TextView mDescription;
        public EventViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            mTitle = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.titleTextView);
            mDescription = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.descriptionTextView);
        }
    }
}

And here's an entity:

public class CityEvent {
    public static final int CITY_TYPE = 0;
    public static final int EVENT_TYPE = 1;
    private String mName;
    private String mDescription;
    private int mType;
    public CityEvent(String name, String description, int type) {
        this.mName = name;
        this.mDescription = description;
        this.mType = type;
    }
    public String getName() {
        return mName;
    }
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.mName = name;
    }
    public String getDescription() {
        return mDescription;
    }
    public void setDescription(String description) {
        this.mDescription = description;
    }
    public int getType() {
        return mType;
    }
    public void setType(int type) {
        this.mType = type;
    }
}