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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Acting on List Item Taps Using a ListView in a Regular Activity

Posted by kenikeako
kenikeako
1,785 Points

I don't understand the mEmptyTextView. Where is that coming from?

I don't understand where the emptytextView is coming from. Where was this declared in the XML.

1 Answer

Moira Lawrie-Martyn
Moira Lawrie-Martyn
8,073 Points
Moira Lawrie-Martyn
Moira Lawrie-Martyn
8,073 Points

When you're setting up the listview in the layout file, you'll have a listview with the id @android:id/list and a text view with the id @android:id/empty. Android will automatically throw list information in the listview with that id. The other is if there's no list to show, which is where the mEmptyTextView comes from. You can change what the text says by accessing it through that variable.