当listview为空时显示一些东西

I have a listview that shows up when a fragment is opened being updated by a saved list. Initially that list is empty so it spits out an error java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Invalid index 0, size is 0. So i want to show show something like a text saying something like empty so that when there is something in the list it will display. I have tried using the getEmptyView but to no avail. Can i please get some help on how to accomplish this thank you.I have a listview that shows up when a fragment