[android help] Dynamically adding custom row to listview

By referring this, I created following:

main.xml

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

            android:id="@+id/addBtn"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:onClick="addItems"
        android:text="Add New Item" />

            android:id="@+id/list"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" />

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MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    ListView list;   
    ArrayList listItems = new ArrayList();    
    ArrayAdapter adapter;   
    int clickCounter = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
        adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, listItems);
        list.setAdapter(adapter);

        list.setOnItemClickListener(new android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view,
                    int position, long id) {
                String item = list.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
                Log.i("MainActivity", "Selected = " + item);
            }
        });
    }

    public void addItems(View v) {
        listItems.add("Clicked : " + clickCounter++);
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
}

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And it's working perfectly. But as per requirements, my each listview row won't just be a single string. Instead, it'll be collection of views consisting of imageview and textviews stored in row.xml.

Now my queries are:

• 
  

  What will replace adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, listItems); ? Will it be adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,R.layout.row, listItems); ??

  
  


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  How do I refer to imageview and textviews of each row? How do I set and get data from them? How do I recognize their click events?

  
  


• 
  

  Is use of Adapter must? or can I get away with it?

  
  

Any help appreciated.

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