Android: Adding static header to the top of a ListActivity

Question

Currently I have a class that is extending the ListActivity class. I need to be able to add a few static buttons above the list that are always visible. I\'ve attempted to

Answer 1

The ListView answer above is useful but scrolls with the list and doesn't keep the header graphics at the top. The best solution I've found is to set a custom title to the activity. Here is what my constructor looks like:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE);
    setContentView(R.layout.your_listview_layout);
    getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.your_header);
    ...

Where your_listview_layout.xml configures a ListView, and your_header.xml contains whatever custom header layout that you like. Just note that the three lines above must be called in exactly that order to not cause run-time problems.

The tutorial that helped me was http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-create-custom-window-title-in-android/ and you can find many related pages on Stack Overflow by searching for the term "setFeatureInt"