Using ListView How to add a header view

Question

I looke at the ListView  API and I saw the method       addHeaderView View v    What I want to do is to have a layout above the list  is this possible    I tried doing something like      EditText et new EditText this     et setLayoutParams new Gallery LayoutParams LayoutParams FILL PARENT      LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT      et setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT      addHeaderView et     makes app crash   I also tried   setContentView R layout tryview     but it also make the app crash   Help is very much appreciated   Edit   The code for this class is   public class GroupsActivity extends ListActivity    Override public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState      super onCreate savedInstanceState     String your array contents       a   ab   c      setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  this  R layout groups layout  your array contents      EditText et new EditText this     et setLayoutParams new Gallery LayoutParams LayoutParams FILL PARENT  LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT      et setInputType InputType TYPE CLASS TEXT       ListView lv   getListView      lv setTextFilterEnabled true     lv setChoiceMode ListView CHOICE MODE MULTIPLE      lv setAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  GroupsActivity this      android R layout simple list item multiple choice  your array contents        lv addHeaderView et     makes app crash   lv setOnItemClickListener new OnItemClickListener         public void onItemClick AdapterView lt   gt  parent  View view          int position  long id             When clicked  show a toast with the TextView text         Toast makeText getApplicationContext      TextView  view  getText                Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

User · Accepted Answer

You simply can t use View as a Header of ListView   Because the view which is being passed in has to be inflated   Look at my answer at Android ListView addHeaderView   nullPointerException for predefined Views for more info   EDIT   Look at this tutorial Android ListView and ListActivity - Tutorial    EDIT 2  This link is broken Android ListActivity with a header or footer

User · Answer

You can add as many headers as you like by calling addHeaderView   multiple times  You have to do it before setting the adapter to the list view   And yes you can add header something like this way   LayoutInflater inflater   getLayoutInflater    ViewGroup header    ViewGroup inflater inflate R layout header  myListView  false   myListView addHeaderView header  null  false

User · Answer

I found out that inflating the header view as   inflater inflate R layout listheader  container  false     being container the Fragment s ViewGroup  inflates the headerview with a LayoutParam that extends from FragmentLayout but ListView expect it to be a AbsListView LayoutParams instead   So  my problem was solved solved by inflating the header view passing the list as container   ListView list   fragmentview findViewById R id listview   View headerView   inflater inflate R layout listheader  list  false     then  list addHeaderView headerView  null  false     Kinda late answer but I hope this can help someone

[android] Using ListView : How to add a header view?

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