Listviews work that same no matter what environment you are using.
Could it be that the data simply is not available in your sandbox, while it is available locally?
Be aware that deploying your app in the sandbox (or licensed node) will only update your model and not you data.
Try and see what happens when you connect the debugger from the sandbox to your local modeler. I expect this will give you a clue on what is causing this difference.