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Jason S
16,247 PointsHow does textview refer to the listview to be empty?
how does the textview connected to the listview other than they are in the relative layout? could i have two listviews and wouldn't the textview not know which one it would be referring to?
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jon1234
5,022 PointsI think in that case you can explicitly define which textview is the empty text for each listview. have a look at the listView.setEmptyView documentation
Jason S
16,247 PointsJason S
16,247 Pointsohh so if you only have one listview then the textview automatically assumes that it is referring to that listview?
jon1234
5,022 Pointsjon1234
5,022 PointsAs long as that textView has the id of
@android:id/emptyand the listView has the id of@android:id/listthen yes it will automatically act as the empty text for the listview