HeaderViewListAdapter randomly crashes

Question

I am getting random crash in crashlytics and I can not simulate it. It crashes randomly both on Android V2 and V4 but very very rarely:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index 3, size is 0
   at java.util.ArrayList.throwIndexOutOfBoundsException(ArrayList.java:257)
   at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:311)
   at android.widget.HeaderViewListAdapter.getView(HeaderViewListAdapter.java:225)
   at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1498)
   at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1749)
   at android.widget.ListView.fillSpecific(ListView.java:1294)
   at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1580)
   at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1349)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.onLayout(DrawerLayout.java:801)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1263)
   at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1137)
   at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1051)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:342)
   at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7320)
   at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1162)
   at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1882)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3701)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Method.java)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:866)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:624)
   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(NativeStart.java)

Invalid index 3, size is 0 - indexes are Random in crashlytics. I am using ListView with header and footer in fragment.

In onCreateView:

mSearchBox = inflater.inflate(R.layout.search_box, mListView, false);
mListView.addHeaderView(mSearchBox, null, false);
mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

I use header in ListView for EditText for searching in ListView (purposely because I want that EditText is scrollable with listview content). And also I use addFooterView for showing loader (when loading next items in list).

You can look at HeaderViewListAdapter line 225 (GrepCode):

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
// ...
// ... code
// ...

// Footer (off-limits positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
return mFooterViewInfos.get(adjPosition - adapterCount).view;
}

EDIT: I have found similiar stackoverflow thread but It is not helpful for me: Indexoutofboundsexception with listview Looks like android ListView is a bit bugged when using header or footer in ListView with fragments.

Answer 1

I had to set null adapter on listview before I was clearing the adapter:

mListView.setAdapter(null);
mAdapter.clear();
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);