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In this example the fragment xml file is hard coded into the activity_main.xml file. We could however use the fragment manager and add() method in the java code to give us extra control at runtime.

MainActivity.java

package com.jamesfroggatt.listactivitydemo.app;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}

MyListFragment.java

package com.jamesfroggatt.listactivitydemo.app;

import android.app.ListFragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyListFragment extends ListFragment implements AdapterView.OnItemClickListener {

    // link the layout xml file to our list fragment
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        return inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_list_fragment, container, false);
    }

    // create the adapter, set the adapter
    @Override
    public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
        // brings data from the XML into the java code
        // and gives an appearance to each piece of the list
        ArrayAdapter adapter=ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(getActivity(),R.array.surnames,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1);
        setListAdapter(adapter);

        // set the onItemclick Listener
        getListView().setOnItemClickListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
           Toast.makeText(getActivity(),"Item "+position,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="#FF4400">

<!-- the list fragment can be added as below (in xml) or we can -->
    <!-- use the fragment manager in java code.. i.e.
      make a transaction and use transaction.add() in MainACtivity-->
    <fragment
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:name="com.jamesfroggatt.listactivitydemo.app.MyListFragment"
        android:id="@+id/fragment"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

my_list_fragment.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <ListView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@android:id/list"
        android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical" />

    <!-- show text when there nothing in the listView -->
    <!-- "@android:id/empty" -->
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="New text"
        android:id="@android:id/empty"
        android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"/>
</LinearLayout>

res/values/strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <string name="app_name">ListActivityDemo</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>

    <string-array name="surnames">
        <item>Froggatt</item>
        <item>Lawrence</item>
        <item>Richardson</item>
        <item>Barrett</item>
    </string-array>

    <string name="title_activity_another">MainActivity</string>

</resources>

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