ListView listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);View emptyView = findViewById(R.id.empty);ViewGroup parentView = (ViewGroup) listview.getParent();parentView.addView(emptyView, 2); // 一定要将EmptyView添加到ListView的ParentView上，不然无效果listview.setEmptyView(emptyView)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"android:orientation="vertical"><Viewandroid:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="45dip"android:background="#CCC"/><ListViewandroid:id="@+id/lv_list"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"/><TextViewandroid:id="@+id/tv_empty_view"android:layout_width="match_parent"android:layout_height="match_parent"android:gravity="center"android:text="No Data"android:textColor="@android:color/black"android:visibility="visible"/></LinearLayout>

package com.yongdaimi.android.androidapitest;import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.ViewParent;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;public class ListViewApiUseDemoActivity extends AppCompatActivity {private ListView lv_list;private TextView tv_empty_view;private ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter;@Overrideprotected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);setContentView(R.layout.activity_listview_api_use_demo);initView();/* tv_empty_view = new TextView(this);tv_empty_view.setText("No Data");tv_empty_view.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) lv_list.getParent();viewGroup.addView(tv_empty_view, new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
*/lv_list.setEmptyView(tv_empty_view);String[] emptyData = new String[]{};arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, emptyData);lv_list.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {@Overridepublic void run() {String[] data = {"1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"};arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, data);lv_list.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);}}, 1500);new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {@Overridepublic void run() {String[] data = {};arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, data);lv_list.setAdapter(null);}}, 4500);}private void initView() {lv_list = findViewById(R.id.lv_list);tv_empty_view = findViewById(R.id.tv_empty_view);}}