How to initialize A List View

List Views.java

ListView myList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mylist)
ArrayList<String> myFamily = new ArrayList<String>();

myFamily.add("XXX"); // adding new items
myFamily.add("YYY");

// OR ArrayList<String> myFamily = new ArrayList<String>(asList"XXX", "YYY");

ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.id.simple_list_item_1, myFamily);

myList.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
 // Adapter is to convert the ArrayList to ListView items
 
myList.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.setOnItemClickListener() {
   @Override
   public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id){
   
   // Here's where we tell the action needs to be done after tapping the item
   
   }
}};
// The Listener is to take actions on every single tap on each of the ListView items (if desired) 

/* [ AdapterView<?> ] is a Generic variable type used to handle different kinds of views like ListViews, GridViews, so the <?> cause 
 we don't know actually which View exactly will send the value to the method.
 
 [View view ] Represents what actually has been taped like in this case A row in the ListView
 
 [ int position ] Represents the position of the item (child) of the original parent.