How does Android Play Store list Applications?

Issue

I am trying to list some items in a way very similar to Play Store, currently I am using a Webview and managed to do something similar looking, but performance wise it is very slow.

I'm wondering if Play Store also uses a Webview and gets data from a mobile website like I did, or Play Store uses some sort of widget/view/component to achieve this task, possibly natively. It seems on slow or zero internet connection, the application frames+names are still displayed, and only the images do a lazy load, possibly contributing to much smoother application performance while still capable of listing lots of apps on scrooldown. Here is the Play Store page I'm trying to emulate on my application:

Solution

There is a video that explains the theory behind the new Google Play design. No code though. But it is very interesting.

Basically they are using Cards as their main building blocks.

Cards are organized into clusters.

And everythings rests on top of a Canvas.

You can check out the presentation slides here.

Answered By - Benito Bertoli