Migrating to AndroidX makes app performance drop, recyclerview slow

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I recently migrated my Android app from the traditional Android Support Library to AndroidX to stay updated with the latest libraries and features. However, I’ve encountered a significant drop in app performance, especially with RecyclerView becoming noticeably slower.

Here is the snippet of the dependencies before and after the migration:

implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0'
compile('com.android.support:design:26.1.0') {
    transitive = true
    exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'
}

// Use older recyclerview version due to issue: 
 https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/38375597
// Don't upgrade until that issue is resolved! otherwise we'll have users crashing
implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.2.1'

After migration (AndroidX):

   // External dependencies
implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.1.1'
compile('com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0') {
    transitive = true
    exclude module: 'recyclerview-v7'
}

// Use older recyclerview version due to issue: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/38375597
// Don't upgrade until that issue is resolved! otherwise we'll have users crashing
implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0'

Has anyone else experienced similar issues after migrating to AndroidX, especially concerning RecyclerView performance? Are there any specific steps or configurations I might be missing during the migration that could impact performance?

I appreciate any insights or suggestions on how to address this performance drop

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