diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/MainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/MainActivity.java
index deb5421a4..beb1e2bd4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/MainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/android/sunshine/app/MainActivity.java
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-
+import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-
-
 public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
 
     @Override
@@ -70,6 +68,8 @@ public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
      */
     public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
 
+        ArrayAdapter<String> mForecastAdapter;
+
         public PlaceholderFragment() {
         }
 
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                     "Sun 6/29 - Sunny - 20/7"
             };
             List<String> weekForecast = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(data));
+
+
+            // Now that we have some dummy forecast data, create an ArrayAdapter.
+            // The ArrayAdapter will take data from a source (like our dummy forecast) and
+            // use it to populate the ListView it's attached to.
+            mForecastAdapter =
+                new ArrayAdapter<String>(
+                    getActivity(), // The current context (this activity)
+                    R.layout.list_item_forecast, // The name of the layout ID.
+                    R.id.list_item_forecast_textview, // The ID of the textview to populate.
+                    weekForecast);
+
             View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container, false);
             return rootView;
         }