Good user interface design: how to handle an empty ListView?

Question

My application connects to the network and populates a ListView. Sometimes nothing comes back. What is the best way to notify the user that the list is empty?

Some of my own suggestions:

• Show "No Results" in the first ListItem
• Show a new view that says "No results"

Answer 1

ListView allows you to show an alternative view when it is empty:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AdapterView.html#setEmptyView(android.view.View)

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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