Update Android ListActivity when list data changes?

Question

I wanted to know how to refresh a ListActivity when I change/add data to it.

I first thought that ListAdapter would know when the list is chang

Answer 1

Maybe you should do this setListAdapter(listAdapter);

Answer 2

Try ArrayAdapter:notifyDataSetChanged
Google docs link

Answer 3

If you are using an ArrayAdapter, manipulate the contents of the list through the adapter -- do not touch the underlying list. There are add(), insert(), and remove() methods on ArrayAdapter.

If you are using a CursorAdapter, run a requery() on the Cursor.