An activity that uses a SwipeRefreshLayout as a container for the layout of the classes that extend it.

activity_swipe_refresh.xml

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/swipe_container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

SwipeRefreshActivity.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Antonio Leiva Gordillo.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package com.antonioleiva.swiperefreshlayoutexample.app.R;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
import com.antonioleiva.swiperefreshlayoutexample.app.R;
 
public abstract class SwipeRefreshActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener {
 
    private SwipeRefreshLayout refreshLayout;
 
    @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        super.setContentView(R.layout.activity_swipe_refresh);
        refreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.swipe_container);
    }
 
    @Override public void setContentView(int layoutResID) {
        View v = getLayoutInflater().inflate(layoutResID, refreshLayout, false);
        setContentView(v);
    }
 
    @Override public void setContentView(View view) {
        setContentView(view, view.getLayoutParams());
    }
 
    @Override public void setContentView(View view, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
        refreshLayout.addView(view, params);
        initSwipeOptions();
    }
 
    private void initSwipeOptions() {
        refreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(this);
        setAppearance();
        disableSwipe();
    }
 
    private void setAppearance() {
        refreshLayout.setColorScheme(android.R.color.holo_blue_bright,
        android.R.color.holo_green_light,
        android.R.color.holo_orange_light,
        android.R.color.holo_red_light);
    }
 
    /**
     * It shows the SwipeRefreshLayout progress
     */
    public void showSwipeProgress() {
        refreshLayout.setRefreshing(true);
    }
 
    /**
     * It shows the SwipeRefreshLayout progress
     */
    public void hideSwipeProgress() {
        refreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
    }
 
    /**
     * Enables swipe gesture
     */
    public void enableSwipe() {
        refreshLayout.setEnabled(true);
    }
 
    /**
     * Disables swipe gesture. It prevents manual gestures but keeps the option tu show
     * refreshing programatically.
     */
    public void disableSwipe() {
        refreshLayout.setEnabled(false);
    }
 
    /**
     * It must be overriden by parent classes if manual swipe is enabled.
     */
    @Override public void onRefresh() {
        // Empty implementation
    }
}

swipe refresh is not working,when i set empty view for list view which is child of swipe refresh layout

Swipe to refresh only works when the view that is set using ListView.setEmptyView() is not clickable, by setting android:clickable="false"

getting error........
java.lang.InstantiationException: can't instantiate class com.example.SwipeRefreshActivity

Same here: "can't instantiate class..."

Yeah, this snippet was great!
Until I found myself using a ListView as sole View inside it... I now cannot scroll up: it refreshes...

Found a solution to my above problem: http://nlopez.io/swiperefreshlayout-with-listview-done-right/
Hope it helps someone.