1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor circuit on a device; a layout component operative on one or more background threads on the processor circuit to receive a plurality of layout objects and to calculate layout parameters for each of the plurality of layout objects; a view component operative on a main thread on the processor circuit to instantiate a plurality of view objects, wherein a view object is created for and associated with each of the plurality of layout objects; and a display component operative on the main thread to create a display of a plurality of placeholders, wherein a placeholder is displayed for each of the plurality of view objects according to layout parameters of an associated view object.