[android help] How to handle empty ListView in android?

Having a bit of trouble dealing with empty ListView in android. Here's what I've got:

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {
...
refreshList();
...}


public void refreshAlbumList(){
    albumList=control.listAlbums();

    if (albumList.length!=0){
        ArrayAdapter ap = new ArrayAdapter(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,albumList);
        setListAdapter(ap);
    }else{      
        //deal with empty list somehow, currently results in error
    }
}

What I've tried is:

  this.getListView().setEmptyView(findViewById(android.R.id.empty));

And then inserting a TextView with id empty into main_activity.xml But the result was that took over the screen and I couldn't see the list.

Current xml:

xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:android1="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    android1:id="@id/android:list"
    android1:layout_width="match_parent"
    android1:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android1:layout_weight="1" >

.

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