notifyDataSetChange not working from custom adapter

When I repopulate my ListView, I call a specific method from my Adapter.

Problem:

When I call updateReceiptsList from my Adapter, the data is refreshed, but my ListView doesn't reflect the change.

Question:

Why doesn't my ListView show the new data when I call notifyDataSetChanged?

Adapter:

public class ReceiptListAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    public List<Receipt> receiptlist;
    private Context context;
    private LayoutInflater inflater;
    private DateHelpers dateH;

    public ReceiptListAdapter(Activity activity, Context mcontext, List<Receipt> rl) {
        context = mcontext;
        receiptlist = rl;
        Collections.reverse(receiptlist);
        inflater = (LayoutInflater)activity.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        dateH = new DateHelpers();
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        try {
            int size = receiptlist.size();
            return size;
        } catch(NullPointerException ex) {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    public void updateReceiptsList(List<Receipt> newlist) {
        receiptlist = newlist;
        this.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public Receipt getItem(int i) {
        return receiptlist.get(i);
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int i) {
        return receiptlist.get(i).getReceiptId() ;
    }

    private String getPuntenString(Receipt r) {
        if(r.getPoints().equals("1")) {
            return "1 punt";
        }
        return r.getPoints()+" punten";
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        View vi=convertView;

        final Receipt receipt = receiptlist.get(position);
        ReceiptViewHolder receiptviewholder;
        Typeface tf_hn = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "helveticaneue.ttf");        
        Typeface tf_hn_bold = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "helveticaneuebd.ttf");

        if (vi == null) { //convertview==null
            receiptviewholder = new ReceiptViewHolder();
            vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.view_listitem_receipt, null);
            vi.setOnClickListener(null);
            vi.setOnLongClickListener(null);
            vi.setLongClickable(false);
            receiptviewholder.shop = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.tv_listitemreceipt_shop);
            receiptviewholder.date = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.tv_listitemreceipt_date);
            receiptviewholder.price = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.tv_listitemreceipt_price);
            receiptviewholder.points = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.tv_listitemreceipt_points);
            receiptviewholder.shop.setTypeface(tf_hn_bold);
            receiptviewholder.price.setTypeface(tf_hn_bold);
            vi.setTag(receiptviewholder);
        }else{//convertview is not null
            receiptviewholder = (ReceiptViewHolder)vi.getTag();
        }

        receiptviewholder.shop.setText(receipt.getShop());
        receiptviewholder.date.setText(dateH.timestampToDateString(Long.parseLong(receipt.getPurchaseDate())));
        receiptviewholder.price.setText("€ "+receipt.getPrice());
        receiptviewholder.points.setText(getPuntenString(receipt));

        vi.setClickable(false);
        return vi;
    }

    public static class ReceiptViewHolder {
        public TextView shop;
        public TextView date;
        public TextView price;
        public TextView points;
    }

    public Object getFilter() {
        // XXX Auto-generated method stub
        return null;
    }

}

--EDIT:

found Workaround

Just to have some functional code i do now:

listview.setAdapter( new ReceiptListAdapter(activity,mcontext, -new dataset-);

Works, but not how it is supposed to work.

Change your method from

public void updateReceiptsList(List<Receipt> newlist) {
    receiptlist = newlist;
    this.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

To

public void updateReceiptsList(List<Receipt> newlist) {
    receiptlist.clear();
    receiptlist.addAll(newlist);
    this.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

So you keep the same object as your DataSet in your Adapter.