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POWhy is my ListView not showing anything?
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copied!<p>I have a very basic ListView in android and had set a very basic adapter. My problem is that the list view does not show anything, regardless of the adapter and the notifyDataSetChanged(); </p> <p>Here is my code: XML:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <TextView android:text="@string/app_name" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" ></TextView> <ListView android:id="@+id/selectView" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"> </ListView> </RelativeLayout> </code></pre> <p>The Activity code:</p> <pre><code>import android.app.Activity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.ListView; import com.androidcourse.phonemapper.R; import com.androidcourse.phonemapper.model.SelectViewAdapter; public class SelectActivity extends Activity { private ListView mListView; private SelectViewAdapter mAdapter; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedState) { super.onCreate(savedState); setContentView(R.layout.select_activity); initializeListView(); } private void initializeListView() { mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.selectView); mAdapter = new SelectViewAdapter(this); mListView.setAdapter(mAdapter); mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); } @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); } } </code></pre> <p>And the Adapter code:</p> <pre><code>import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Color; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.BaseAdapter; import android.widget.TextView; public class SelectViewAdapter extends BaseAdapter { private Context mContext; private TextView mMockTextView; public SelectViewAdapter(Context cnt) { mContext = cnt; mMockTextView = new TextView(mContext); mMockTextView.setText("Test text"); mMockTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.CYAN); } @Override public int getCount() { return 3; } @Override public Object getItem(int position) { return mMockTextView; } @Override public long getItemId(int position) { return 3; } @Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { return mMockTextView; } } </code></pre> <p>The problem is that nothing is shown on the screen. A black screen (and the first text view from the XML) is all I get. I cannot see the mockTextView and its text. Apparently I am doing something quite wrong, but I cant figure out what.</p>

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