You need to add this control to your form or panel like below
Controls.Add(listView1);
or
YourPanelName.Controls.Add(listView1);
if you have already added listview by designer ( e.g. named as ListView1
)
then you don't need to create new list view, you can directly add items
//ListView listView1 = new ListView();
listView1.View = View.Details;
listView1.FullRowSelect = true;
listView1.GridLines = true
listView1.Columns.Add("Header Information",20);
listView1.Columns.Add("Description",20);
listView1.Items.Add(new ListViewItem(new string[] {"Information", "Description"}));