ListView 是继承AbListView，AbListView是所有列表类控件的基类。
ListView的数据加载在ListView数据加载中最关键的一个函数就是makeAndAddView(),这个函数的作用就获得一个ChildView并把该ChildView添加到List中，具体见源码分析：
private View makeAndAddView(int position, int y, boolean flow, int childrenLeft, boolean selected) { View child;//即ChildView //如果数据没有发生改变 if (!mDataChanged) { //优先从循环器中获取该位置的视图 // Try to use an existing view for this position child = mRecycler.getActiveView(position); if (child != null) { // Found it -- we're using an existing child //如果找到了就直接添加到List中 // This just needs to be positioned setupChild(child, position, y, flow, childrenLeft, selected, true); return child; } } //如果数据发生了改变，则在该位置上新建一个视图，或者如果可能的话转换一个已经没有用的视图(可能是当整个ListView其他位置发生了变化，但是该位置的ChildView并未发生任何变化) // Make a new view for this position, or convert an unused view if possible child = obtainView(position, mIsScrap); // This needs to be positioned and measured setupChild(child, position, y, flow, childrenLeft, selected, mIsScrap[0]); //返回该childView return child; } ListView的缓存机制当ListView发生滑动操作时，若干已经加载的ChildView会被因滑动而被暂时隐藏掉，为了避免下次显示再重新加载，这时ListView的缓存机制就会被触发，即运行layoutChildren()函数(其实任何触碰事件都会触发，即onTouchEvent() -。-)。
那么ListView的缓存机制是依靠什么来缓存的呢？答案就是AbListView中 的内部类RecycleBin。关于RecycleBin的具体作用，源码中的注释已经解释的非常清楚了，在此就不在赘述。
/** * The RecycleBin facilitates reuse of views across layouts. The RecycleBin has two levels of * storage: ActiveViews and ScrapViews. ActiveViews are those views which were onscreen at the * start of a layout. By construction, they are displaying current information. At the end of * layout, all views in ActiveViews are demoted to ScrapViews. ScrapViews are old views that * could potentially be used by the adapter to avoid allocating views unnecessarily. *... ... */当需要缓存ActiveViews时会调用fillActiveViews()函数，该函数会把ListView中的所有ActiveViews 一次性都缓存起来。
/** * Fill ActiveViews with all of the children of the AbsListView. * ... ... */ void fillActiveViews(int childCount, int firstActivePosition) { if (mActiveViews.length < childCount) { mActiveViews = new View[childCount]; } mFirstActivePosition = firstActivePosition; //noinspection MismatchedReadAndWriteOfArray final View[] activeViews = mActiveViews; ... ... }而对于ScrapViews则是调用的addScrapView()函数。
/** * Puts a view into the list of scrap views. * <p> * If the list data hasn't changed or the adapter has stable IDs, views * with transient state will be preserved for later retrieval. * * @param scrap The view to add * @param position The view's position within its parent */ void addScrapView(View scrap, int position) { ... ... // Don't scrap views that have transient state. final boolean scrapHasTransientState = scrap.hasTransientState(); if (scrapHasTransientState) { //Transient状态 ... ... }else{ //scrap状态 ... ... } ... ... }该函数中又分为两个不同的level，一个是transient瞬时态，另一个就是一般的普通态，关于这两个状态的区分我个人的想法是为了更加快速的获取ScrapViews，因为处于瞬时状态的view最有可能是接下来将要在界面上显示的View，毕竟你向上或向下滑动列表时目的就是这个，这一点在obtainView()函数中得到了体现：
View obtainView(int position, boolean[] isScrap) { ... ... //优先获取TransientStateView scrapView = mRecycler.getTransientStateView(position); if (scrapView == null) { scrapView = mRecycler.getScrapView(position); } ... ... }还有一个比较重要的函数就是scrapActiveViews()函数，它的作用是将目前所有的ActiveViews降级为ScrapViews，并将之前的所有ScrapViews清除。该函数在每次调用layoutChildern()函数时必定会被调用执行，目的就是为清空所有当前的ActiveViews，为新产生的ActiveViews做好准备。
/** * Move all views remaining in mActiveViews to mScrapViews. */ void scrapActiveViews() { ... ... //该函数确保mScrapViews的大小不会超过mActiveViews pruneScrapViews(); } 结语