How to load large xml layouts faster in android

Question

I have a xml layout that contains almost 60 TextViews, 30 EditText, 60 CheckBoxes and some background xml shapes for form designing. Now my Activity is taking 2-3 seconds to load on lollipop with 2 GB RAM. So far I didn't have implemented anything in JAVA file.

Is there any way to load it faster? Or any mechanism that will cache the form etc? Need your suggestions, What would be the best way to load it faster?

i assume they not fit one screen so show them using for example `RecyclerView` and they will be shown as fast as a thunder — pskink, May 13 '17 at 21:09
I am using scrollview and inside that multiple linear layouts. Can you show me a demo of what you are saying? — kamranbhatti585, May 13 '17 at 21:13
see any `RecycyclerView` example that uses more than one type of item views — pskink, May 13 '17 at 21:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '17 at 23:54

Let's say that you have json file that based your application form

[ { "type":"text", "name":"name" }, { "type":"checkBox", "name":"Men" }, { "type":"checkBox", "name":"Women" }, { "type":"checkBox", "name":"Have Child?" } ]

You need to create adapter that support two ViewType read this blog post, it will help you to figure out https://medium.com/@ruut_j/a-recyclerview-with-multiple-item-types-bce7fbd1d30e

Thanks for your time. Let me check it! – kamranbhatti585 May 14 '17 at 09:32 — kamranbhatti585, May 14 '17 at 09:32

How to load large xml layouts faster in android

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