To add a Swipe To Refresh layout with a RecyclerView add the following to your Activity/Fragment layout file:

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
    android:id="@+id/refresh_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:scrollbars="vertical" />

</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

In your Activity/Fragment add the following to initialize the SwipeToRefreshLayout:

SwipeRefreshLayout mSwipeRefreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.refresh_layout);
mSwipeRefreshLayout.setColorSchemeResources(R.color.green_bg,
        android.R.color.holo_green_light,
        android.R.color.holo_orange_light,
        android.R.color.holo_red_light);

mSwipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
    @Override
    public void onRefresh() {
        // Execute code when refresh layout swiped
    }
});