The standardListView constructor works well for small lists. To work with lists that contain a large number of items, it's best to use theListView.builder constructor.

In contrast to the defaultListView constructor, which requires creating all items at once, theListView.builder() constructor creates items as they're scrolled onto the screen.

First, you need a data source. For example, your data source might be a list of messages, search results, or products in a store. Most of the time, this data comes from the internet or a database.

For this example, generate a list of 10,000 Strings using theList.generate constructor.

List<String>.generate(10000,(i)=>'Item$i'),

To display the list of strings, render each String as a widget usingListView.builder(). In this example, display each String on its own line.

ListView.builder(itemCount:items.length,prototypeItem:ListTile(title:Text(items.first)),itemBuilder:(context,index){returnListTile(title:Text(items[index]));},)

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';void main() {  runApp(    MyApp(      items: List<String>.generate(10000, (i) => 'Item $i'),    ),  );}class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {  final List<String> items;  const MyApp({super.key, required this.items});  @override  Widget build(BuildContext context) {    const title = 'Long List';    return MaterialApp(      title: title,      home: Scaffold(        appBar: AppBar(title: const Text(title)),        body: ListView.builder(          itemCount: items.length,          prototypeItem: ListTile(title: Text(items.first)),          itemBuilder: (context, index) {            return ListTile(title: Text(items[index]));          },        ),      ),    );  }}

To specify each item's extent, you can use eitherprototypeItem,itemExtent, oritemExtentBuilder.

Specifying either is more efficient than letting the children determine their own extent because the scrolling machinery can make use of the foreknowledge of the children's extent to save work, for example when the scroll position changes drastically.

UseprototypeItem oritemExtent if your list has items of fixed size.

UseitemExtentBuilder if your list has items of different sizes.