 <pre><code>&lt;android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView android:id="@+id/nested_scrollbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical" app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" android:scrollbars="none" &gt; &lt;LinearLayout android:id="@+id/nested_scrollbar_linear" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" &gt; &lt;android.support.v7.widget.CardView android:id="@+id/flexible.example.cardview" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"&gt; &lt;/android.support.v7.widget.CardView&gt; &lt;android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView android:id="@+id/list_view" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" /&gt; &lt;/LinearLayout&gt; &lt;/android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView&gt; </code></pre> <p>and apply <code>.setNestedScrollingEnabled</code> to <code>recyclerview</code> and set it to <strong>false</strong></p> <p>P.s: for Api lower 21 : </p> <p><code>ViewCompat.setNestedScrollingEnabled(recyclerView, false);</code></p>