What is difference between ListView and RecyclerView

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I wanted to make fast Responsive Adapter.

Which view is more efficient, ListView or RecyclerView?

Have you read the documentation for both prior to asking this question? — Egor, Mar 26 '15 at 10:36
possible duplicate of [Recycler View VS List View](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26728651/recycler-view-vs-list-view) — CAS, Mar 26 '15 at 10:37

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '15 at 11:04

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Basically It depends on your implementation. RecyclerView is the new widget that has different architecture principles. If your list is simple and wouldn't use Choice modes, Selection mode and other hard dependent things like CursorAdapter, then it is faster and better to use RecyclerView - it would have better performance. In other case it is better to use ListView - you have all things like SelectionMode out of the box.

answered Mar 26 '15 at 11:04

Viktor Yakunin

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Ironically if your list is overly complex, i.e. arbitrary layouts, then you have to use RecyclerView too. – MLProgrammer-CiM Mar 26 '15 at 11:16
If the list item is heavy, you better use custom view to avoid too many 'layouts', 'measurements' and 'drawings' :) – Viktor Yakunin Mar 26 '15 at 11:20
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I meant arbitrarily sized and laid out cells, like a programming guide: http://img.hexus.net/v2/lifestyle/reviews/apple/macmini/eyetv_program_guide_c.jpg – MLProgrammer-CiM Mar 26 '15 at 11:50

What is difference between ListView and RecyclerView

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