How is the getView() method used and where is it getting called?

Question

I am new to Android development and have been following the tutorials available on the Android website. I am currently on the section of tutorials for Views, specifically th

Answer 1

Adapter.getView is called inside ObtainView method, inherited from GridView parent class AbsListView, with ScrapView objects passed in when available:

child = mAdapter.getView(position, scrapView, this);

Then ObtainView is implemented in GridView.onMeasure directly but also in several more callbacks that invoke GridView.layoutChildren, including inherited onTouchEvent method which handles scroll, fling and other touch navigation.