Android: No results grid view (same goes for list view)

Layout

The containing layout should be a RelativeLayout and the "no results" view should be above the grid view.

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/gridview_no_results"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:scaleType="fitCenter"
            android:src="@drawable/background_no_results" />

        <GridView
            android:id="@+id/gridview"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            ... />
</RelativeLayout>

Code

Set the empty view

@Override
 public void onViewCreated(View view, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 
  super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
  
  gridables = new ArrayList<CalendaredProgram>();
  gridView = (GridView) view.findViewById(R.id.gridview);
  
  ImageView noResultsView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.gridview_no_results);
  gridView.setEmptyView(noResultsView);
  
  this.setSearchButtonOnClickHandler();
 }

Do request

private class SearchTask
extends AsyncTask {

  ...

  @Override protected void onPostExecute(Response response) {
   
   // Assign empty list if there are no results
  }

  @Override
  protected TaskResult doInBackground(Params... params) {
   
   // Do request
  }
 }