Tengo un bidimensionalArrayList de tipoString que es la entrada a la clase de adaptador delRecyclerView. Los datos de la lista se toman de una base de datos SQLite cada vez queonResume() se llama. He implementado una función de arrastrar y soltar y unonMove() función que intercambia los elementos de la lista con éxito. Sin embargo, necesito almacenar la lista modificada antesonResume() se llama, lo que reescribirá la lista y la llenará con posiciones antiguas. Mi conjetura es implementar la funcionalidad de reescritura dentro delonStop() evento. Esta es mi actividad principal:

RecyclerView recyclerView;
RecyclerViewAdapter adapter;
RecyclerView.LayoutManager layoutManager;

ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> data;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
    assert fab != null;
    fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, ViewDbActivity.class);
            startActivity(i);
        }
    });

    recyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.myRecyclerView);
    layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
    recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
    RecyclerView.ItemAnimator itemAnimator = new DefaultItemAnimator();

    ItemTouchHelper item = new ItemTouchHelper(new ItemTouchHelper.Callback() {

        @Override
        public int getMovementFlags(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder) {
            int dragFlags = ItemTouchHelper.UP | ItemTouchHelper.DOWN;
            int swipeFlags = ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT;
            return makeMovementFlags(dragFlags, swipeFlags);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onMove(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
            Collections.swap(data, viewHolder.getAdapterPosition(), target.getAdapterPosition());
            adapter.notifyItemMoved(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition(), target.getAdapterPosition());
            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public void onMoved(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int fromPos, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target, int toPos, int x, int y) {
            super.onMoved(recyclerView, viewHolder, fromPos, target, toPos, x, y);
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Moved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

        @Override
        public void onSwiped(RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
            data.remove(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
            adapter.notifyItemRemoved(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
        }
    });

    item.attachToRecyclerView(recyclerView);
    recyclerView.setItemAnimator(itemAnimator);
}

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();

    initialize();

    if(adapter == null) {
        Log.v(TAG, "Adapter = NULL. Initialized");
        setAdapter();
    }
    else {
        Log.v(TAG, "notify is called");
        adapter.updateData(data);
    }
}

public void initialize() {
    Database ourDB = new Database(this);
    ourDB.openDB();
    data = ourDB.getData();
    ourDB.closeDB();
}

public void setAdapter() {
    adapter = new RecyclerViewAdapter(data, this);
    recyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
}

Es importante actualizar la base de datos siempre que sepa cuándo almacenar los datos. ¿Como puedó resolver esté problema? ¿Alguna sugerencia?

!!!

RESPONDER:

Solución final que he implementado:

@Override
public void onMoved(RecyclerView recyclerView, RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int fromPos, RecyclerView.ViewHolder target, int toPos, int x, int y) {
    super.onMoved(recyclerView, viewHolder, fromPos, target, toPos, x, y);

    //preparing new position values
    long movedItem = Long.parseLong(data.get(fromPos).get(0));     // .get(fromPos).get(0) returns PRIMARY KEY from the list
    long draggedItem = Long.parseLong(data.get(toPos).get(0));

    // updating affected rows with new orders
    Database db = new Database(MainActivity.this);
        db.open();
        db.updateOrder(draggedItem, toPos);
        db.updateOrder(movedItem, fromPos);
        db.close();
}

Y dentro de la clase DB:

public void updateOrder(long rowID, int newPos) {
    ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
    cv.put(KEY_ORDER, newPos);
    ourDatabase.update(DATABASE_TABLE, cv, KEY_ROWID + "=" + rowID, null);
}