Q:

touchlistview custom footer prevents list size update

My problem might be related to this one:
Add footer to Android TouchListView
In the demo project of Commonware's touchlistview https://github.com/commonsguy/cwac-touchlist/blob/master/demo/src/com/commonsware/cwac/tlv/demo/TouchListViewDemo.java
A simple textview is added as footer which works OK.  When I add my own instead, it breaks down when removing items.  With 4 items initially, The footer stays at position 5 after removing any of the 4 items. 
This is how I add the footer:
View footerView = ((LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context. LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)).inflate(R.layout.footer_cloud, null, false);

This is the xml:
<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? >
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="64dip"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    >
    <ImageView android:id="@+id/add_icon"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_menu_add"
    />

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/cloudBG"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"
        android:layout_width="230dp"
        android:layout_height="60dp"
        android:background="@drawable/cl"

    />

</RelativeLayout>

Adding debug to onRemove:
Log.d("tlv","count b4 remove "+adapter.getCount()+" aray: "+array.size());
            adapter.remove(adapter.getItem(which));

            //adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            Log.d("tlv","count after remove "+adapter.getCount()+" aray: "+array.size());

Shows that the adapter and array sizes are updated
I changed some code in the touchlistview.java to fix a crash when dragging an item below the lowest item:
Log.d("tlv","drag from "+mFirstDragPos+ " to "+mDragPos+" cnt "+ getCount());
                                                if(mDragPos < getCount()-this.getFooterViewsCount()){// Nino van Hooff: fix out of bounds
                                                    mDropListener.drop(mFirstDragPos, mDragPos);
                                                }else{
                                                    mDropListener.drop(mFirstDragPos, mDragPos-1);
                                                }
                                        }
                                        unExpandViews(false);

The getCount function always returns the same number (amount of items + 1 for footer), even after items are removed
Who know what the difference with my custom footer is? 

A:

While I cannot reproduce your problems, there are others. :-) 
Even in the baseline code, if you remove a row from a TouchListView to which you applied a footer, you will get strange visual results.  From a Hierarchy View standpoint, what appears to happen is that for each removed row, the footer is duplicated -- remove four rows, get four footers. 
I have no idea why this is happening.  TouchListView is oblivious to the ListAdapter that provides its contents.  Perhaps that is the actual issue. 
For the time being, I am going to have to officially not support having a footer and supporting remove modes at the same time.  Either works individually, but not the combination.  I will augment TouchListView to give a runtime exception if you try. 
Eventually, TouchListView really needs a replacement.  I might replace it in 2012 as part of my deeper exploration of touch events.  Perhaps somebody else will come up with theirs.  Since most of this code is just pulled from the Music app of the AOSP, I have limited ability to make repairs. 
My apologies for not supporting this feature at the present time.