cardStackView.itemAnimator.apply {
        if (this is DefaultItemAnimator) {
            supportsChangeAnimations = false
        }
    }

cardStackView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator(){
             @Override
             public void setSupportsChangeAnimations(boolean supportsChangeAnimations) {
                                         super.setSupportsChangeAnimations(supportsChangeAnimations);
                   }
             }
    );

RecyclerView.ItemAnimator itemAnimator = cardStackView.getItemAnimator();
        if (itemAnimator instanceof DefaultItemAnimator) {
            DefaultItemAnimator di = (DefaultItemAnimator) itemAnimator;
            di.setSupportsChangeAnimations(false);
        }