diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/adapters/AbstractDiffAdapter.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/adapters/AbstractDiffAdapter.kt
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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+package org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.adapters
+
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.AsyncDifferConfig
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.DiffUtil
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.ListAdapter
+import org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.viewholder.AbstractViewHolder
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
+
+/**
+ * Generic adapter that implements an [AsyncDifferConfig] and covers some of the basic boilerplate
+ * code used in every [RecyclerView].
+ * Type assigned to [Model] must inherit from [Object] in order to be compared properly.
+ */
+abstract class AbstractDiffAdapter<Model : Any, Holder : AbstractViewHolder<Model>> :
+    ListAdapter<Model, Holder>(AsyncDifferConfig.Builder(DiffCallback<Model>()).build()) {
+    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: Holder, position: Int) =
+        holder.bind(currentList[position])
+
+    private class DiffCallback<Model> : DiffUtil.ItemCallback<Model>() {
+        override fun areItemsTheSame(oldItem: Model & Any, newItem: Model & Any): Boolean {
+            return oldItem === newItem
+        }
+
+        @SuppressLint("DiffUtilEquals")
+        override fun areContentsTheSame(oldItem: Model & Any, newItem: Model & Any): Boolean {
+            return oldItem == newItem
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/viewholder/AbstractViewHolder.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/viewholder/AbstractViewHolder.kt
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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+package org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.viewholder
+
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
+import androidx.viewbinding.ViewBinding
+import org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.adapters.AbstractDiffAdapter
+import org.yuzu.yuzu_emu.adapters.AbstractListAdapter
+
+/**
+ * [RecyclerView.ViewHolder] meant to work together with a [AbstractDiffAdapter] or a
+ * [AbstractListAdapter] so we can run [bind] on each list item without needing a manual hookup.
+ */
+abstract class AbstractViewHolder<Model>(binding: ViewBinding) :
+    RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root) {
+    abstract fun bind(model: Model)
+}