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Comparison of react native ScrollView vs FlatList vs RecyclerListView
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Memory consumed by FlatList and RecyclerListView is similar, RecyclerListView wins over UI glitches as for large data sets glitches may observed in FlatList

No ScrollView FlatList RecyclerListView
1 No Memory Management Automatic Memory Management Automatic Memory Management (Similar to FlatList)
2 Loads All content at once Loads content as window scrolled Loads content as window scrolled
3 Scroll position is not preserved if data refreshed Scroll position is not preserved if data refreshed Scroll is preserved if data refreshed
4 Observable frame drops Observable frame drops for large data sets (> 1500) No frame drops, Highly Performant
5 Trouble refreshing data Trouble refreshing data Easy to refresh/update data
6 Available in react native import {ScrollView} from 'react-native' Available in react native import {FlatList} from 'react-native' Available via third-party module import { RecyclerListView, DataProvider, LayoutProvider } from "recyclerlistview" https://github.com/Flipkart/recyclerlistview
7 Easy to setup Easy to setup Hard to setup, Limited Documentation
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