Question

How to add a header to an existing android activity? All the examples that I found with a search engine are showing how to add a header to the list view.

Answer 1

You have to add a view the xml that you’re using for your layout. So for example, say your Activity is using a linear layout. You’d do:

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" ....>
  <LinearLayout....>
     <!---- Header Stuff Goes Here ---->
  </LinearLayout>
  <!--- Rest of the layout for your activity goes here ---->
</LinearLayout>