在Objective C中绘制图像和文本最轻松的方法是什么?

I am planning to implement a component similar to the iphone's photo album.. I guess that using uviews will make the component to have a bad performace , I mean scrolling slow and all of the stuff ... so which way should I take? Is CALayer better than UIViews in terms of performance? Is there any other (lighter) way to draw images or text without using UIView subclasses?I am planning to implement a component similar