List activity with header, footer and empty all visible

Question

I would like to have the listview in a ListActivity be displayed with the header and footer visible all the time even if the list data is empty.

An empty list causes

Answer 1

Ok, this workaround is a hack. But, without having to create a fake item.

For an ArrayAdapter you can add a null item... i.e.

myAdapter.add(null);

And, in the MyAdapter getView(..) you do something like:

myItem = getItem(position);
if (myItem == null) {
   return getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_empty_row, null);
} else {
...
}