In the below example layout I have created CollapsingToolbarLayout with using Recyclerview. Here first I have created CoordinatorLayout created all layout in CoordinatorLayout. Now I have added AppBarLayout, CollapsingToolbarLayout, ImageView, Toolbar, RecyclerView and FloatingActionButton. You can see below program it will clearly describe how to create CollapsingToolbarLayout with using Recyclerview.

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/app_bar_layout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

        <android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout
            android:id="@+id/collapsing_toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
            app:contentScrim="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed">
            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/image"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
                android:scaleType="centerCrop"
                android:src="@drawable/img1"
                app:layout_collapseMode="parallax" />
            <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                android:id="@+id/toolbar"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                android:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark"
                android:title="Collapsing Toolbar"
                app:layout_collapseMode="pin" />

            </android.support.design.widget.CollapsingToolbarLayout>

        </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

             <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
                android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
             </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

        <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
              android:id="@+id/fab"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_margin="16dp"
              android:clickable="true"
              android:src="@drawable/two"
              app:layout_anchor="@id/recyclerView"
              app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end" />


</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>