Android: Adding static header to the top of a ListActivity

Currently I have a class that is extending the ListActivity class. I need to be able to add a few static buttons above the list that are always visible. I've attempted to grab the ListView using getListView() from within the class. Then I used addHeaderView(View) to add a small layout to the top of the screen.

Android: how to open new intent from ListView, hosted in TabHost, inside same FrameLayout?

I looked through tons of articles how to open new Activity from ListView hosted by TabHost.