AppController.java

package com.lynden.testjavafxlistview;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.beans.property.ListProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleListProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;

public class AppController implements Initializable {

    @FXML
    private Button button;
    
    @FXML
    private Label label;

    @FXML
    private ListView myListView;

    protected List<String> asianCurrencyList = new ArrayList<>();
    protected List<String> europeanCurrencyList = new ArrayList<>();

    protected ListProperty<String> listProperty = new SimpleListProperty<>();

    @FXML
    private void handleButtonAction(ActionEvent event) {
        listProperty.set(FXCollections.observableArrayList(europeanCurrencyList));
    }

    @Override
    public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
        asianCurrencyList.add("CNH");
        asianCurrencyList.add("JPY");
        asianCurrencyList.add("HKD");
        asianCurrencyList.add("KRW");
        asianCurrencyList.add("SGD");

        europeanCurrencyList.add("EUR");
        europeanCurrencyList.add("GBP");
        europeanCurrencyList.add("NOK");
        europeanCurrencyList.add("SEK");
        europeanCurrencyList.add("CHF");
        europeanCurrencyList.add("HUF");

        myListView.itemsProperty().bind(listProperty);

        //This does not work, you can not directly add to a ListProperty
        //listProperty.addAll( asianCurrencyList );
        listProperty.set(FXCollections.observableArrayList(asianCurrencyList));
    }
}