custom listview adapter getView method being called multiple times, and in no coherent order

Question

I have a custom list adapter:

class ResultsListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {

in the overridden \'getView\' method I do a

Answer 1

Ques: Why Adapter calls getView() manytimes? Ans: As Listview renders on scrolling is refreshes it's view with next upcoming views, for which adapter needs to get views by calling getView().

Ques: Why it's calls lesser if listview width and height set to fill_parent? Ans: Because as inflator has the fixed size for the screen area for list it calculates once for rendering the views onto the screen.

Hope it will resolve your query.