How to debug Android java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException HeaderViewListAdapter.java line

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I have an app which is live in the android playstore, where I recently started seeing crash reports from Crashlytics with the following trace :

Fatal Exception: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index 0, size is 0
   at java.util.ArrayList.throwIndexOutOfBoundsException(ArrayList.java:251)
   at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:304)
   at android.widget.HeaderViewListAdapter.isEnabled(HeaderViewListAdapter.java:164)
   at android.widget.ListView.dispatchDraw(ListView.java:3259)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.widget.AbsListView.draw(AbsListView.java:4960)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:467)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13116)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout.drawChild(DrawerLayout.java:1229)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:467)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.support.v7.internal.widget.ActionBarOverlayLayout.draw(ActionBarOverlayLayout.java:500)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13116)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13116)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:13896)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:3024)
   at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:2893)
   at android.view.View.draw(View.java:14183)
   at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:467)
   at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:2449)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13118)
   at android.view.View.getDisplayList(View.java:13162)
   at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.draw(HardwareRenderer.java:1198)
   at android.view.ViewRootImpl.draw(ViewRootImpl.java:2431)
   at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performDraw(ViewRootImpl.java:2303)
   at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:2109)
   at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1179)
   at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:4859)
   at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
   at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
   at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532)
   at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
   at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:725)
   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5328)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Method.java)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1102)
   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:869)
   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(NativeStart.java)

My app has got lots of screens and views, and from this trace there is no frame which is from my app :( How do I figure out where to start looking? Any pointers on this very much appreciated.

that mean your `ArrayList` or `array` is `empty` whatever you passing in `HeaderViewListAdapter.java` — M D, Dec 28 '15 at 15:34
Do your analytics report which activity is loaded before that error? Are there a lot of places in your code where you have a HeaderViewListAdapter? — OneCricketeer, Dec 28 '15 at 15:35
Your `HeaderViewListAdapter.isEnabled` method is throwing the exception by not checking if its analyzing a correct index of the given array. Add some checks to make sure its a valid index value — em_, Dec 28 '15 at 15:36
Did you got any solution for the issue? I am also facing the same issue and not able to find any solution for it. — Pravinsingh Waghela, Feb 28 '18 at 06:53
getting the same issue though I have not used any HeaderViewListAdapter — chetan, Apr 02 '18 at 07:40

Nikola Despotoski · Answer 1 · 2015-12-28T15:42:41.093

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Override getHeadersCount() and always return 0 when you data size is 0.

@Override
public int getHeadersCount(){
  return getCount() == 0 ? 0 : super.getHeaderCount();
}

This happens when you are having non null data list and it attempts to access 0 element.

Also you might need to do the same with isEnabled() method

@Override
public boolean isEnabled(int position){
  return position > 0 || getHeadersCount() > 0 ? super.isEnabled(position) : false;
}

edited Dec 28 '15 at 15:42

answered Dec 28 '15 at 15:37

Nikola Despotoski

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Override where? – m0skit0 Aug 16 '18 at 09:21
@m0skit0 override in the Adapter. You need to create a class that extends your adapter and overrides this method. – Simon Jun 12 '20 at 02:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '17 at 05:57

I was getting the same exception while using custom adapter with ListView. And exception was thrown from Android standard library classes, not even leading to any line of my code. I also was adding Header, so my adapter was implicitly wrapped by HeaderViewListAdapter. In my case the problem appears when I'm deleting data from adapter.

I was thinking that the problem is because ListView or adapter can't work fine with Header, but for real the reason was other.

My solution is to make sure that adapter's data is never changed from other threads, and notifyDataSetChanged() is called from UI thread.

So, after fixes everything works and my code looks like:

// Loader's callbacks
@Override
public Loader<...> onCreateLoader(int id, Bundle args) {
    return new Loader...
}

@Override
public void onLoadFinished(Loader<...> loader, Data data) {
    ...
    // adapter's list of items
    listItems.clear();
    listItems.addAll(data);
    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    ...
}

@Override
public void onLoaderReset(Loader<List<? extends Map<String, ?>>> loader) {
    ...
}

// custom loader 
private static class ContactAsyncLoader extends AsyncTaskLoader<...> {
    @Override
    public List<..> loadInBackground() {
        Data data = new ..
        ...
        return data;
    }
}

How to debug Android java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException HeaderViewListAdapter.java line

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