ClassCastException when calling ListView.addHeaderView()?
FrameLayout and AbsListView convert their children layout params to FrameLayout.LayoutParams and AbsListView.LayoutParams. This is where the casting fails. View header = View.inflate(this, R.layout.header_layout, null); should fix it. Edit: As mentioned in the comments, changing the ViewGroup Parameter of the inflate call also makes it work: header = inflater.inflate(R.layout.header_layout, null, false);