VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago
RecyclerView was created as a ListView improvement, so yes, you can create an attached list with ListView control, but using RecyclerView is easier as it:
- Reuses cells while scrolling up/down – this is possible with implementing View Holder in the ListView adapter, but it was an optional thing, while in the RecycleView it’s the default way of writing adapter.
- Decouples list from its container – so you can put list items easily at run time in the different containers (linearLayout, gridLayout) with setting LayoutManager.
To conclude, RecyclerView is a more flexible control for handling “list data” that follows patterns of delegation of concerns and leaves for itself only one task – recycling items.
