 <p>Another way is, don't extend <code>ListActivity</code>. Just extends <code>Activity</code>, then you can create your list view by <code>setContentView()</code> and get the list view by <code>findViewById(R.id.yourlistview)</code>.</p> <p>If you extends from <code>ListActivity</code>, then don't use <code>setContentView()</code>. You need get the default list view hosted in list activity by <code>getListView()</code>.</p>