Using ActionBarActivity instead of ListActivity

Question

my own activity extends the ListActivity for the following reason:

<ListView
    android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_below="@+id/h_exercises"
    android:layout_above="@+id/btn_add_exercise"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
    style="@style/general_list_view" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@android:id/list"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
    android:text="@string/info_no_exercises_in_DB"
    android:id="@android:id/empty"
    android:layout_above="@+id/btn_add_exercise"/>

So if the Activity extends ListActivity and u got a view with id "@android:id/empty", the view will be shown if the list is empty.

But since my Activity needs an ActionBar i need to extend my Activity by ActionBarActivity. So is there a way to implement this scenario programmatically?

Maybe something like:

@Override
protected void onResume() {        
    if (listview.getCount()!=0){
        textview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    } else {
        listview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
    }         
}

Thanks for your help and suggestions

greets Pebbles

Answer 1

You can use a ListFragment and put it inside an ActionBarActivity. ListFragment has built-in empty view feature.