What is a list view?
Android ListView is a view which groups several items and display them in vertical scrollable list. The list items are automatically inserted to the list using an Adapter that pulls content from a source such as an array or database.
What is list view used for?
Android ListView is a ViewGroup that is used to display the list of items in multiple rows and contains an adapter that automatically inserts the items into the list. The main purpose of the adapter is to fetch data from an array or database and insert each item that placed into the list for the desired result.
What is difference between ListView and GridView?
ListView resembles GridView; but difference is that you can set custom templates to show, edit, delete, update, insert and sort data. The ListView control is used to display the values from a data source.