What is the difference between ListView and RecyclerView ?

Here is a comparison of ListView and RecyclerView in Android:

ListView

• Older view for displaying scrollable lists of items
• Requires implementing an Adapter to provide the data for each list item
• Adapter needs to implement getView() to return a View for each position
• Reuses views that scroll off screen to improve performance
• Requires manually managing view recycling and reuse
• Limited to vertical scrolling only

RecyclerView

• Newer, more flexible and powerful list view
• Requires implementing an Adapter to provide the data for each list item
• Adapter needs to implem...