diff --git a/tests/UiBench/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/UiBench/AndroidManifest.xml
index 95bbb21..3d3247c 100644
--- a/tests/UiBench/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/UiBench/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -85,13 +85,21 @@
         </activity>
         <activity
             android:name=".TrivialRecyclerViewActivity"
-            android:label="General/Trivial Recycler ListView" >
+            android:label="General/Trivial RecyclerView" >
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="com.android.test.uibench.TEST" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
         <activity
+            android:name=".SlowBindRecyclerViewActivity"
+            android:label="General/Slow Bind RecyclerView" >
+        <intent-filter>
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+            <category android:name="com.android.test.uibench.TEST" />
+        </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+        <activity
             android:name=".ActivityTransition"
             android:label="Transitions/Activity Transition" >
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/SlowBindRecyclerViewActivity.java b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/SlowBindRecyclerViewActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e32862f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/SlowBindRecyclerViewActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.android.test.uibench;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.os.Trace;
+import android.support.v7.widget.GridLayoutManager;
+import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
+import com.android.test.uibench.recyclerview.RvBoxAdapter;
+import com.android.test.uibench.recyclerview.RvCompatListActivity;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+public class SlowBindRecyclerViewActivity extends RvCompatListActivity {
+    /**
+     * Spin wait. Used instead of sleeping so a core is used up for the duration, and so
+     * traces/sampled profiling show the sections as expensive, and not just a scheduling mistake.
+     */
+    private static void spinWaitMs(long ms) {
+        long start = System.nanoTime();
+        while (System.nanoTime() - start < TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(ms));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RecyclerView.LayoutManager createLayoutManager(Context context) {
+        return new GridLayoutManager(context, 3);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected RecyclerView.Adapter createAdapter() {
+        return new RvBoxAdapter(this, TextUtils.buildSimpleStringList()) {
+            @Override
+            public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
+                Trace.beginSection("bind item " + position);
+
+                spinWaitMs(3);
+                super.onBindViewHolder(holder, position);
+                Trace.endSection();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvBoxAdapter.java b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvBoxAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3440f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvBoxAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.android.test.uibench.recyclerview;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
+import android.util.TypedValue;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class RvBoxAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<RvBoxAdapter.ViewHolder> {
+
+    private int mBackground;
+
+    private List<String> mValues;
+
+    public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
+        public TextView mTextView;
+
+        public ViewHolder(TextView v) {
+            super(v);
+            mTextView = v;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return super.toString() + " '" + mTextView.getText();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public RvBoxAdapter(Context context, String[] strings) {
+        TypedValue val = new TypedValue();
+        if (context.getTheme() != null) {
+            context.getTheme().resolveAttribute(
+                    android.R.attr.selectableItemBackground, val, true);
+        }
+        mBackground = val.resourceId;
+        mValues = new ArrayList<>();
+        Collections.addAll(mValues, strings);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RvBoxAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
+        final ViewHolder h = new ViewHolder(new TextView(parent.getContext()));
+        h.mTextView.setMinimumHeight(128);
+        h.mTextView.setPadding(20, 0, 20, 0);
+        h.mTextView.setFocusable(true);
+        h.mTextView.setBackgroundResource(mBackground);
+        RecyclerView.LayoutParams lp = new RecyclerView.LayoutParams(
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
+                ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
+        lp.leftMargin = 10;
+        lp.rightMargin = 5;
+        lp.topMargin = 20;
+        lp.bottomMargin = 15;
+        h.mTextView.setLayoutParams(lp);
+        return h;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
+        holder.mTextView.setText(position + ":" + mValues.get(position));
+        holder.mTextView.setMinHeight((200 + mValues.get(position).length() * 10));
+        holder.mTextView.setBackgroundColor(getBackgroundColor(position));
+    }
+
+    private int getBackgroundColor(int position) {
+        switch (position % 4) {
+            case 0: return Color.LTGRAY;
+            case 1: return Color.RED;
+            case 2: return Color.DKGRAY;
+            case 3: return Color.BLUE;
+        }
+        return Color.TRANSPARENT;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getItemCount() {
+        return mValues.size();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvCompatListActivity.java b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvCompatListActivity.java
index e08dbc6..939b661 100644
--- a/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvCompatListActivity.java
+++ b/tests/UiBench/src/com/android/test/uibench/recyclerview/RvCompatListActivity.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 
 import com.android.test.uibench.R;