I'm still pretty new to android coding, and trying to figure things out. I'm creating a listview dynamically as shown below (and then disabling items dynamically also) - you'll notice that there's no xml file for the activity itself, just for the listitem.

What I'd like to do is add a static header to the page. Could someone explain to me how I can modify the code below to EITHER add this programatically within the java file, before the listView, OR edit the code below so that it targets a listView within an xml file!

Help would be much appreciated!!!

public class Start extends ListActivity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

      DataBaseHelper myDbHelper = new DataBaseHelper(null);
      myDbHelper = new DataBaseHelper(this);

      try {
     myDbHelper.openDataBase();
  }catch(SQLException sqle){
     throw sqle;
  }

      ArrayList<String> categoryList = new ArrayList<String>();

      Cursor cur = myDbHelper.getAllCategories();
        cur.moveToFirst();
        while (cur.isAfterLast() == false) {

                if (!categoryList.contains(cur.getString(1))) {
                    categoryList.add(cur.getString(1));
                }

                cur.moveToNext();
            }
        cur.close();
        Collections.sort(categoryList);

        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.listitem, categoryList) {

          @Override
          public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
              View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);

              if(Arrays.asList(checkArray3).contains(String.valueOf(position))){
                  view.setEnabled(false);
              } else {
                  view.setEnabled(true);                      
              }

              return view;
          }                 

       });


    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        if(v.isEnabled()) {
            String clickedCat = l.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
            Toast.makeText(this, clickedCat, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            finish();
            Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), Questions.class);
            myIntent.putExtra("passedCategory", clickedCat);
            myIntent.putExtra("startTrigger", "go");
            startActivity(myIntent);
        }
    }


}