{"id":5223,"date":"2024-03-14T02:32:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-listview-in-android-beginners-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:22:27","slug":"how-to-use-listview-in-android-beginners-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-listview-in-android-beginners-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Android ListView Tutorial for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ListView is a commonly used interface element in Android for displaying data lists. 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