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How to dynamically change text of empty view in listfragment

I have red many solutions regarding this but none of them solved my problem.
What i want to do is, when my list view is empty its ok if the default empty text view shows up (which is declared in xml) but what if i want to change its text at some point in an activity that extends listfragment according to my need and make it visible....
Recently i tried this:
public void setEmptyText(CharSequence emptyText) {
ListView mListView = (ListView) NotificationsView.findViewById(android.R.id.list);
View emptyView = mListView.getEmptyView();
((TextView) emptyView).setText(emptyText);
}
It doesn't give any error but it is not solving the problem too. Any Help would be appreciated thanks
EDIT:
here is my layout of listfragment
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#id/android:list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/fragment_bg"
android:divider="#null"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:listSelector="#drawable/list_style" >
</ListView>
<TextView
android:id="#id/android:empty"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/fragment_bg"
android:text="No data" />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

If you are using ListFragment all you need to do is call the method
setEmptyText("Your empty text"):
The system will recognize the view label with the android:id="#id/android:empty" id and will change the text for you. No need to reference it or do any cast, it's all built in the ListFragment

By default the listview or adapter (don't remember which one) makes it invisible. Call emptyView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE); to make it visible.

This is how to change the value of a text view:
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.empty);
tv.setText('yourText');

Create a List with a static textView

I need your help. My problem is that I'm trying to create a layout that have a static textView and in the bottom a List with an adapter. I don't know how to do that. There is what I want that the layout show me:
NameOfPerson //The static text
Exm1
Exm2
Exm3
The problem is show the list with the static text, and/or show the static text with the list. What I have to do? I have to use fragments?
Thanks,

What's wrong with that solution?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>

Try this code :
View footerView = ((LayoutInflater) ActivityContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)).inflate(R.layout.footer_layout, null, false);
ListView.addFooterView(footerView);

See ListView.html.addHeaderView.
Do your ListView as you normally would, and add the extra view with addHeaderView. Be sure to call addHeaderView before setAdapter though, otherwise it won't have any effect.

Android: set empty view to a list view

<TextView
android:id="#android:id/empty"
style="#style/FacebookFont"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="#string/no_result_found"
android:textColor="#color/white" />
this is the xml code for empty view. I am setting empty view as follows:
list.setAdapter(adapter);
list.setEmptyView(findViewById(android.R.id.empty));
I have the items in the listview even then also before listview is populated the empty view is shown.
I don't want that empty view to be shown when listview contains some item.
Please help.

if you are using ListActivity then no need to set the empty view manually. Remove list.setEmptyView(findViewById(android.R.id.empty)); from your code.
Change your layout like below then it's automatically add EmptyView if list has no item:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp">
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#00FF00"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"/>
<TextView android:id="#android:id/empty"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:text="No data"/>
</LinearLayout>

You have to set the empty view before setting the adapter, if your MainActivity is not extending ListActivity.
Try this
list.setEmptyView(findViewById(android.R.id.empty));
list.setAdapter(adapter);
Sorry for the late answer!
Alternate method: Make your activity extend from ListActivity. And add a textview to your list layout with id android.R.id.empty

Try this
View view = getLayoutInflater() .inflate(<resource id of the empty view>, null);
ViewGroup viewGroup= ( ViewGroup)list.getParent();
viewGroup.addView(view);
list.setEmptyView(view);
list.setAdapter(adapter);

There are some correct answers, however, I think this is the best approach I've found:
View emptyView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.empty_list_cart, null);
addContentView(emptyView, listView.getLayoutParams()); // You're using the same params as listView
listView.setEmptyView(emptyView);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);

Whatever #dhawalSodhaParmar has explained is correct. But there is a confusion when you look at the way the answer is put down.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".SampleActivity">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:divider="#null"
android:dividerHeight="0dp" />
<!-- Empty view is only visible when the list has no items. -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/empty_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE!"
android:textColor="#525252"
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Suppose if you already have a list view and adapter backing the same with data. And assuming everything is working fine, whoever wants to implement this empty list view screen has to start like below:
Step 1:
Modify the existing Activity XML file which has the list view with the one I have used here. You can use either a Linear Layout or Relative Layout, but preferably Relative because of the flexibility. And a textView like I have written.
Step 2:
Go to your Activity Java file, and after your setContentView
ListView emptyListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
// set your adapter here
// set your click listener here
// or whatever else
emptyListView.setEmptyView(findViewById(R.id.empty_text_view));
That's it, now run and you are set!

// first of all create a global variable of Text view
// which is displayed when the list is empty
private TextView mEmptyStateTextView;
//then in onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
/Setting empty text view
mEmptyStateTextView=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.emptyview);
view.setEmptyView(mEmptyStateTextView);
//then in onLoadfinished method
mEmptyStateTextView.setText(R.string.no_earthquakes);

Android ListView items overlap while scrolling

I have implemented a ListView in my application using a custom implementation of CursorAdapter. My problem is, that whenever I fling to scroll quickly to the bottom of the list (right after launching the application), I sometimes end up with all the ListView items drawn overlapping each other. If I scroll back up or touch one of the items, they become properly arranged.
Here is how it looks after I quickly scroll down :
http://i.stack.imgur.com/cTcfD.png
Here is how it looks when I am select-ing one of the items :
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZTRSt.png
Here is the XML for my ListView :
<ListView
android:id="#+id/all_reminders_list"
android:paddingLeft="4dp"
android:paddingRight="4dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:clickable="true"
android:dividerHeight="1.0sp"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true">
Here's the newView(..) method of my custom CursorAdapter :
public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.view_list_item, parent, false);
return view;
}
And this is the bindView(..) method :
public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
TextView whatTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.item_what_text);
whatTextView.setText(cursor.getString(1));
TextView whenTextView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.item_when_text);
if(cursor.getInt(9) != 0) // DONE_FLAG = 1 (completed)
{
//Arrow visibility
ImageView arrow = (ImageView)view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_arrow);
arrow.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
//Text color
whatTextView.setTextColor(Color.LTGRAY);
whenTextView.setTextColor(Color.LTGRAY);
//WHEN text
whenTextView.setText(TimeCalculationHelper.getCompletedTimeString(cursor.getLong(2)));
}
else // DONE_FLAG = 0
{
//Arrow visibility
ImageView arrow = (ImageView)view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_arrow);
arrow.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
//Text color
whatTextView.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
whenTextView.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
//WHEN text
whenTextView.setText(TimeCalculationHelper.getTimeRemainingString(cursor.getLong(2)));
}
}
I've also noticed that I have been able to replicate it only when my device (Galaxy S2) is in power saving mode. Is there something I should be doing differently here? Thanks in advance!
EDIT : Including the list item's layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingLeft="2dp">
<TextView android:id="#+id/item_what_text"
android:lines="1"
android:maxLines="2"
android:textSize="22dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="3dp"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/item_when_text"
android:lines="1"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textSize="14dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="13 minutes"
android:paddingBottom="2dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/item_what_text"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/list_item_arrow"
android:src="#drawable/next"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

I also faced the same problem, with List items in my ListView overlapping each other whilst scrolling.
My fix:
I just specified a background for the parent layout that contained the ListView in question. Previously it was transparent.

I had the same problem and found it was caused by setting the animateLayoutChanges attribute to true on the listview.
Unfortunately I lose the animation of the listview by removing it but at least it draws properly when scrolling fast.
Giving the parent layout a background also appears to fix the issue, as mentioned by Pavan. Will experiment and change my answer if I discover issues with the background change.

For solving this ,i have one more solution:
I faced problem by using this layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/root"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:paddingTop="4dip"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:divider="#null"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:listSelector="#color/transprent_editbox"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
</RelativeLayout>
In order to solve that Problem,i just did few modifications on Above layout,those are:
1)Changed top layout from Relative to Linear Layout.
2)Put my ListView in other Relative Layout ..
i did like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/root"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:paddingTop="4dip"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:divider="#null"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:listSelector="#color/transprent_editbox"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
After using this,my problem is solved.

1.
in my opinion, height is wrap_content
because listview is restore row
2.
other opinion is write this code android:cacheColorHint="#00000000" in ListView

I also faced the same problem and found that animateLayoutChanges attribute causing the problems.
So i changed
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
to
android:animateLayoutChanges="false"
and it worked.

getRootView() not working

This is my xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/background"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="15dip" >
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
Now in my code I would like to change the window's background color, and I'm doing it like this:
ListView listview = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
View root = listview.getRootView();
root.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#bdbdbd"));
If I understood this correctly, this should change the background color of the listview's parent (in this case, the LinearLayout). However this is not working, what am I doing wrong?

I think you're confused, getRootView() won't get you that LinearLayout, but the parent of that view. See this other question. You should use listview.getParent() instead; note that it needs to be casted.

try to use getParent() in place of getRootView() to get the instance of the surrounding LinearLayout..