In this section, we are going to explore list controls in FMX, specifically, two components that implement list controls: TListBox and TListView. We'll learn when to favor one over the other and how to master their powerful features.
List controls (a concept usually distinct from grids) are very important in almost every application, but it is especially true that lists are the most frequently used way to deliver a large amount of data to the user on mobile platforms. Screens of mobile devices are usually smaller and the interaction is usually not mediated by a high-precision device (a mouse or a physical keyboard, for instance). Especially on mobile phones, it is quite natural to interact with the screen with a finger while holding the device with the same hand, making it naturally comfortable to consume information in the form of lists of items instead of grids with bi-directional scrolling.
The importance of list controls is assumed on mobile platforms, in...