I am new to android development and I came across these 3 different options ListView, AbsListView and RecyclerView to create a List in android. What is the difference between these 3.
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Have you googled it! – Ozan Nov 20 '15 at 15:05
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It was a legit question and there is no reason for down vote! I up voted it for you man. – Sam Ramezanli Jul 18 '16 at 15:07
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First, AbsListView is an abstract class and can't be used as a View element in application layout, although you can use it as a Base Class to implement your own View.
Before Lollipop, there wasn’t RecyclerView, it was introduced as a part of Material Design. It introduced a new way of handling listeners.
You can read more in-depth explanation Here
Starting from Lollipop it is considered as good practice to use RecyclerView instead of deprecated ListView.
You can read how to use RecyclerView at official android documentation given by google or use this great tutorial.
