It shouldn't be difficult to implement this feature with File.ReadList.
Something like:
B4X:
FillListView(ListView1, File.ReadList(File.DirAssets, "somefile.txt"))
Sub FillListView(lv As ListView, List1 As List)
For i = 0 To List1.Size - 1
lv.AddSingleLine(List1.Get(i))
Next
End Sub