// myList.java
package com.test.listview;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class myList extends ListActivity
{
	/** Called when the activity is first created. */
	public void onCreate(Bundle icicle)
	{
		super.onCreate(icicle);
		// Create an array of Strings, that will be put to our ListActivity

		String[] names = new String[] { "Linux", "Windows7", "Eclipse", "Suse",
				"Ubuntu", "Solaris", "Android", "iPhone", "Linux", "Windows7",
				"Eclipse", "Suse", "Ubuntu", "Solaris", "Android", "iPhone" };
		setContentView (R.layout.main);
		ListView listView = getListView();
		ArrayAdapter a = new ArrayAdapter <String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_single_choice, names);
		setListAdapter(a);

	}
}


// strings.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="hello">Hello World, myList!</string>
    <string name="app_name">listview</string>
    <string-array name="default_sorts">
        <item>foo</item>
        <item>asdf</item>
        <item>qwer</item>
        <item>346346</item>
        <item>hjkg</item>
        <item>asdfasdfasd</item>
        <item>vbncvnb</item>
        <item>zxc</item>
        <item>hjkk</item>
        <item>tutrurty</item>
    </string-array>
    <string name="main_empty_list">foo</string>
</resources>