Android: ClassCastException Adding HeaderView to Listview

Question

I am getting ClassCastException when i try to add HeaderView to ListView here is the code of HeaderView

 View headerView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.header, null);
 listview.addHeaderView(headerView);
 listview.setAdapter(adapter);

and here is the stackTrace

04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494): java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.RelativeLayout$LayoutParams cannot be cast to android.widget.AbsListView$LayoutParams
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ListView.setupChild(ListView.java:1826)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1793)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ListView.fillDown(ListView.java:691)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ListView.fillFromTop(ListView.java:752)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1630)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:2091)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.ScrollView.onLayout(ScrollView.java:1468)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1055)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1671)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1525)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1434)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:453)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:388)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.View.layout(View.java:14817)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:4631)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performLayout(ViewRootImpl.java:1987)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1744)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1000)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5670)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:761)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:574)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:544)
04-25 12:38:42.324: E/AndroidRuntime(18494):    at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:747)

EDIT:

This is my Layout

<RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/re3"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@android:color/transparent" >


        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/list"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@color/white"
            android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
             >
        </ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

and this is my Activity code

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView(R.layout.lay);

    ListView listview=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
    adapter = new LazyAdapter(this,l, list_cons);

    View headerView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.header, null);

    listview.addHeaderView(headerView);
    listview.setAdapter(adapter);
}

@user3294034 what you want to do with the code, post your this much code that we can understand it and help you out. — user3340335
– user3340335, Commented Apr 25, 2014 at 7:51
I want to add a header to the top of ListView this is my need. — Salman
– Salman, Commented Apr 25, 2014 at 7:54

Joffrey · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 08:53:36Z

6

UPDATE: as @Zielony pointed out, the previous solution would attach your header to your list as a child, and you don't want that. Here is what you can do to inflate properly your layout_* attributes without attaching the header:

View header = LayoutInflater.from(getContext())
                        .inflate(R.layout.list_header, listView, false);
listView.addHeaderView(header);

Try to specify the parent for the view you inflate. Replace this:

View headerView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.header, null);

By this:

View headerView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.header, listview);

This should set the LayoutParams to the right type, not causing the ClassCastException anymore.

edited Apr 25, 2014 at 8:53

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 8:22

Joffrey

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Zielony Over a year ago

this will also add header to the ListView as a child. ListView uses special type of adapter for lists with headers and footers

Joffrey Over a year ago

You sure of that? I think the ViewGroup parameter is here only for inflation purposes, to properly determine the layout_* parameters type.

Zielony Over a year ago

Yes, I'm sure. See: grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/…

Ando Masahashi · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 08:33:51Z

-1

View header = (View)getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.headerView,null);
ls.addHeaderView(header);

In my case, this works

View header = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.header, null);
View footer = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.footer, null);
ListView listView = getListView();
listView.addHeaderView(header);
listView.addFooterView(footer);
setListAdapter(new
ArrayAdapter<String(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_single_choice,android.R.id.text1, names));

answered Apr 25, 2014 at 8:33

Ando Masahashi

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