Attach TextView to empty ListView
Description
The following code shows how to Attach TextView to empty ListView.
Example
Main layout xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/myempty"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="No Items to Display"
/>
<ListView
android:id="@+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
</FrameLayout>
Main activity Java code
package com.java2s.myapplication3.app;
/* w ww . j a v a 2 s .c o m*/
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ListView list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.mylist);
TextView empty = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myempty);
/*
* Attach the empty view. The framework will show this
* view when the ListView's adapter has no elements.
*/
list.setEmptyView(empty);
//Continue adding adapters and data to the list
}
}