RecyclerView vs ListView for a chat application

Question

Which is better to use to display chat messages? As far as I understand, RecyclerView supports more custom view orientations (and is generally seen to be superior performance-wise), but since chat is inherently list-like, would it be better to use ListView?

Does it make much of a difference either way for this use-case?

Thanks!

Since chat log is potentially unlimited, better use `RecyclerView` for memory and performance. — Suhyeon Lee, Feb 27 '17 at 09:18
check this one... http://stackoverflow.com/a/28886129/5614644 — Dhruv Tyagi, Feb 27 '17 at 09:20
read this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26728651/recyclerview-vs-listview/29078116#29078116 — IntelliJ Amiya, Feb 27 '17 at 09:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:17

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Yup,Recyclerview is good option.

answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:17

Jinal Patel

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:23

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Recyclerview is a better option becoz Recyclerview has own holder class and Recyclerview has many in build animation. It easy to use and more light weight then listview. You can find recyclerview example here

answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:23

AMIT BHATNAGAR

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:25

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Recycler View is better option as one can use View Holder to avoid the issues faced during scrolling.

Also there are more advantages of recycler view over List view

answered Feb 27 '17 at 09:25

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RecyclerView vs ListView for a chat application

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