c# - Passing image into Android ListView ArrayAdapter -

i have listview , passing value list using arrayadapter. did.

first created string array:

private static readonly string[] menuitemnames = new string[] {     "home", "new", "delete", "submit", "help" }; 

and created arrayadapter:

this.mymenulist.adapter = new arrayadapter<string> (this, resource.layout.item_menu, resource.id.menuitemtext, menuitemnames); 

and seems work fine. values menuitemnames array goes list , makes new item. next each item, have icon. how can set icon of each one?

this tried:

drawable sideicon1 = context.resources.getdrawable (resource.drawable.home_icon); drawable sideicon2 = context.resources.getdrawable (resource.drawable.new_icon); drawable sideicon3 = context.resources.getdrawable (resource.drawable.delete_icon); drawable sideicon4 = context.resources.getdrawable (resource.drawable.submit_icon); drawable sideicon5 = context.resources.getdrawable (resource.drawable.help_icon); 

then, made drawable array:

drawable[] sidemenuitemiconsdrawables = new drawable[] {     sideicon1, sideicon2, sideicon3, sideicon4, sideicon5 }; 

and make new arrayadapter:

this.mymenulist.adapter = new arrayadapter<drawable> (this, resource.layout.item_menu, resource.id.imgview, sidemenuitemiconsdrawables); 

this doesn't seem work. nee pass instead of drawable change image of imageview ?

thank time.

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edit: tried. crashes app before view loads. adapter count changes crashes after that.

        ilist<idictionary<string, object>> menuitemnames = new list<idictionary<string, object>> ();          dictionary<string, object> sideitem1 = new dictionary<string, object> ();         sideitem1.add ("text", "sidemenuitem1");         sideitem1.add ("icon", resource.drawable.menu_icon);          dictionary<string, object> sideitem2 = new dictionary<string, object> ();         sideitem2.add ("text", "sidemenuitem2");         sideitem2.add ("icon", resource.drawable.back_arrow_box);          dictionary<string, object> sideitem3 = new dictionary<string, object> ();         sideitem3.add ("text", "sidemenuitem3");         sideitem3.add ("icon", resource.drawable.bar_addabsence);          dictionary<string, object> sideitem4 = new dictionary<string, object> ();         sideitem4.add ("text", "sidemenuitem4");         sideitem4.add ("icon", resource.drawable.bar_addexpense);          dictionary<string, object> sideitem5 = new dictionary<string, object> ();         sideitem5.add ("text", "sidemenuitem5");         sideitem5.add ("icon", resource.drawable.bar_addtime);          menuitemnames.add (sideitem1);         menuitemnames.add (sideitem2);         menuitemnames.add (sideitem3);         menuitemnames.add (sideitem4);         menuitemnames.add (sideitem5);          string[] sidemenufromarr = { "text", "icon" };          int[] sidemenutoarr = { resource.id.textsidemenuitem, resource.id.imgviewsidemenuitemicon };          simpleadapter sidemenulistadapter = new simpleadapter (context, menuitemnames, resource.layout.item_menu, sidemenufromarr, sidemenutoarr);         this.abshomesidemenulist.adapter = sidemenulistadapter; 

there several ways of solving that, me think using simpleadapter simplest way. make list of hashmap of string , object. create layout, populate list text , icons wish use , pass layout , list simpleadapter constructor. like:

    list<hashmap<string, object>> menuitemnames = new arraylist<hashmap<string,object>>();     hashmap<string, object> row = new hashmap<string, object>();     row.put("icon", r.drawable.home_icon);     row.put("text", "home");     menuitemnames.add(row);     row = new hashmap<string, object>();     row.put("icon", android.r.drawable.new_icon);     row.put("text", "new");     menuitemnames.add(row);     row = new hashmap<string, object>();     row.put("icon", android.r.drawable.delete_icon);     row.put("text", "delete");     menuitemnames.add(row);      int[] = {r.id.sidemenuitemiconsdrawables, r.id.menuitemtext}; //ids of text , icon     string[] = {"icon", "text"};      adapter = new simpleadapter(this, menuitemnames, r.layout.item_menu, from, to);     listview.setadapter(adapter); 

i hope helps.