android - Correct use of setEmtpyView in AdapterView

Question

I'm really having trouble using the setEmptyView method. I tried it to implement it in GridView and ListView, but both of them didnt work. Here a sample codeblock:

 networkGames = (GridView) baseLayer.findViewById(R.id.all_game_grid_network);
 networkGames.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.game_border);
 networkGames.setSelector(R.drawable.game_active_border);
 networkGames.setOnItemClickListener(new NetworkGameListener());
 networkGames.setEmptyView(View.inflate(baseLayer, R.drawable.no_network_games, null));
 networkGames.setAdapter(new NetworkAdapter());

The network adapter contains no items:

private class NetworkAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

        /* (non-Javadoc)
         * @see android.widget.Adapter#getCount()
         */
        @Override
        public int getCount() {
            return 0;
        }

        /* (non-Javadoc)
         * @see android.widget.Adapter#getItem(int)
         */
        @Override
        public Object getItem(int position) {
            return null;
        }

        /* (non-Javadoc)
         * @see android.widget.Adapter#getItemId(int)
         */
        @Override
        public long getItemId(int position) {
            return 0;
        }

        /* (non-Javadoc)
         * @see android.widget.Adapter#getView(int, android.view.View, android.view.ViewGroup)
         */
        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
            return null;
        }

    }

I also tried to call networkGames.setAdapter(null), but this doesnt work either. My emtpyView looks like this:

<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/LinearLayout01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <TextView
    android:text="There are currently no network games available. Start a new one."
    android:id="@+id/TextView01"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center">
    </TextView>
</LinearLayout>

I really don't know what I'm doing wrong. I also read various tutorials, but none of them metnioned any problems.

Answer 1

You need to add this same view in the layout in which you have added the AdapterView.

AdapterView only changes its visibility based on the contents in the adapter.

EDITED :
Following layout and code works fine :

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <ListView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="300dip"
        android:id="@+id/list_view" />
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/empty_list_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="List view is empty"
        android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>

Code :

ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById( R.id.list_view );
listView.setEmptyView( findViewById( R.id.empty_list_view ) );
listView.setAdapter( new ArrayAdapter( this, R.layout.selected_spinner_view, new ArrayList() ) );