RecyclerView

As ListView Improvement

1. Reuses cells while scrolling up/down - It’s optional to implement ViewHolder in the ListView adapter, while in the RecycleView it’s the default way of writing adapter.

2. Decouples list from its container - Put list items easily at run time in the different containers (linearLayout, gridLayout) with setting LayoutManager.

   Example:

    mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.my_recycler_view);
    mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
    //or
    mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 2));
   

3. Animates common list actions - Animations are decoupled and delegated to ItemAnimator.