@Override
 protected void onResume() {
   super.onResume();
   if (g.hasDataChanged()) {
     getFavoritePlaces();
   }
 }
public class FavouriteActivity extends android.app.ListActivity {

  private Globals g = Globals.getInstance();

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    //        getWindow().setBackgroundDrawableResource(R.drawable.favoritebackground);
    //        ListView lv = getListView();
    //        lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
    //        lv.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.favoritebackground);
    //        lv.setCacheColorHint(0);
    //
    getFavoritePlaces();
  }

  @Override
  protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    if (g.hasDataChanged()) {
      getFavoritePlaces();
    }
  }

  protected void onListItemClick(final ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
    l.setOnItemClickListener(
        new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
          @Override
          public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> a, View v, int position, long id) {
            Object o = l.getItemAtPosition(position);
            Place placeItem = (Place) o;
            // TODO unable to get placeItem reference
            //                String reference = placeItem.reference;
            Intent in = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SinglePlaceActivity.class);
            //                in.putExtra("reference", reference);
            startActivity(in);
          }
        });
  }

  private void getFavoritePlaces() {
    new AsyncTask<String, Void, List<Place>>() {
      @Override
      protected List<Place> doInBackground(String... strings) {
        PlacesContract placesDbHelper =
            new PlacesContract(new MySQLiteHelper(getApplicationContext()));

        return placesDbHelper.findAllPlaces().results;
      }

      @Override
      protected void onPostExecute(List<Place> places) {
        if (places.isEmpty()) {
          Toast.makeText(
                  FavouriteActivity.this, "You haven't added places yet!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
              .show();
        }

        setListAdapter(
            new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                FavouriteActivity.this,
                R.layout.activity_favourite,
                R.id.favList,
                getPlacesNames(places)));
      }
    }.execute();
  }

  private String[] getPlacesNames(List<Place> places) {

    String[] names = new String[places.size()];
    for (int i = 0; i < places.size(); i++) {
      names[i] = places.get(i).name;
    }
    return names;
  }
}