Add a Basic ListView


1. Add a ListView to XML

2. Set android:id="@+id/myListView" in the ListView.

3. Now open the MainActivity.java file and add the below import to the imports section.

import android.widget.ListView;

4. Add the line: ListView myListView between the public class and the onCreate method.
Defining the myListView variable here will make this available throughout the whole class.

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {

ListView myListView;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {


5. Add the bolded code below in the OnCreate method after setContentView and before the end of the method }. This code will link your editText in your main.xml file to the editText in code.

          myListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.myListView);

6. Compile and run!