Issue using setEmptyView on a ListActivity

Question

I have the following setup, and the empty view text doesn\'t show up...

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstance         


        

Answer 1

I was missing a setContentView(R.layout.listview); and because of this the view was not picked upped by findViewById.

Answer 2

Shouldn't

<ScrollView
        android:id="@android:id/empty"

be

<ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/empty"

? I don't know if that makes any difference.

Are you sure that setListAdapter(null); actually initializes the Adapter, rather than just ignoring the command?

Answer 3

In fact, you doesn't need this line in your java code

getListView().setEmptyView(findViewById(R.id.empty));

The couple of Android ID android:id="@android:id/list" and android:id="@android:id/empty" are exclusive !

Best regards, Division-par-zero.