Android addHeaderView disappears when no items in ListView

Question

I am using addHeaderView to add a view item to the top of a ListView. I also have a TextView to display a message saying there are no items in the list.

Here is the layout:

<ListView android:id="@android:id/list"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>            <TextView     android:id="@android:id/empty"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:text="@string/list_empty"     android:gravity="center"     android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" /> 

And the Java code:

final ListView listView = getListView(); final View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_item_add,             listView, false); listView.addHeaderView(view, null, true); 

When there are items in the ListView then the header is shown but if I delete all items in the list (except the header view) then the header view disappears.

I would like the header view to be visible in the list view whether there are items in the list or not.

Thanks,

Answer 1

Remove the @android:id/empty view from your layout, or override/subclass your adapter to return false from isEmpty()