StickyListHeadersListView stickyList = (StickyListHeadersListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
MyAdapter adapter = new MyAdapter(this);
stickyList.setAdapter(adapter);

public class MyAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements StickyListHeadersAdapter {

private String[] countries;
private LayoutInflater inflater;

public MyAdapter(Context context) {
 inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
 countries = context.getResources().getStringArray(R.array.countries);
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
 return countries.length;
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
 return countries[position];
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
 return position;
}

@Override 
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
 ViewHolder holder;

 if (convertView == null) {
  holder = new ViewHolder();
  convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.test_list_item_layout, parent, false);
  holder.text = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
  convertView.setTag(holder);
 } else {
  holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
 }

 holder.text.setText(countries[position]);

 return convertView;
}

@Override 
public View getHeaderView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
 HeaderViewHolder holder;
 if (convertView == null) {
  holder = new HeaderViewHolder();
  convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.header, parent, false);
  holder.text = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
  convertView.setTag(holder);
 } else {
  holder = (HeaderViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
 }
 //set header text as first char in name
 String headerText = + countries[position].subSequence(0, 1).charAt(0);
 holder.text.setText(headerText);
 return convertView;
}

@Override
public long getHeaderId(int position) {
 //return the first character of the country as ID because this is what headers are based upon
 return countries[position].subSequence(0, 1).charAt(0);
}

class HeaderViewHolder {
 TextView text;
}

class ViewHolder {
 TextView text;
}

}