RecyclerView in Xamarin Android

I started with a blank Android app.
Modified activity_main.xml to the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>

Added a new layout file called Item.xml which defines each item as below:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:padding="8dp">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/chat_item"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
        android:padding="12dp"
        android:text="Hello" />
</LinearLayout>

Added an adapter for the RecyclerView called MyAdapter.cs:

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public class MyAdapter : RecyclerView.Adapter
{
    private List<string> items;

    public MyAdapter(List<string> items)
    {
        this.items = items;
    }

    // A view holder class that holds a reference to a text view
    public class MyViewHolder : RecyclerView.ViewHolder
    {
        public TextView textView;

        public MyViewHolder(View itemView) : base(itemView)
        {
            textView = itemView.FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.chat_item);
        }
    }

    // A method that creates a view holder and inflates a layout for each item
    public override RecyclerView.ViewHolder OnCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType)
    {
        View itemView = LayoutInflater.From(parent.Context).Inflate(Resource.Layout.Item, parent, false);
        MyViewHolder viewHolder = new MyViewHolder(itemView);
        return viewHolder;
    }

    // A method that binds the data to the view holder
    public override void OnBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position)
    {
        MyViewHolder myHolder = holder as MyViewHolder;
        string item = items[position];
        myHolder.textView.Text = item;
    }

    public override int ItemCount
    {
        get { return items.Count; }
    }
}

Now it is ready to be used. Added the following member variables to MainActivity.cs:

private RecyclerView recyclerView;
private List<string> items = new List<string>
{
    "Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3", "Item 4", "Item 5"
};

Then added the below code in the OnCreate method of MainActivity.cs:

// Find the recycler view by id
this.recyclerView = FindViewById<RecyclerView>(Resource.Id.recycler_view);

// Create an instance of the custom adapter
MyAdapter adapter = new MyAdapter(this.items);

// Set the adapter to the recycler view
recyclerView.SetAdapter(adapter);

// Create an instance of a linear layout manager
LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);

// Set the layout manager to the recycler view
recyclerView.SetLayoutManager(layoutManager);

This is all. On running the app on my device I got the below:

Screenshot showing the items in the RecyclerView