Android Custom Adapter - ArrayAdapter requires resource ID to be a Textview error -

i created custom adapter in order have title, description , image list items, keeps throwing this:

java.lang.illegalstateexception: arrayadapter requires resource id textview 

i understand why throw if using standard android adapter, thought making own adapter can pretty avoid this. there i'm missing?

here adapter class:

package homepage;  import android.content.context; import android.view.layoutinflater; import android.view.view; import android.view.viewgroup; import android.widget.baseadapter; import android.widget.imageview; import android.widget.textview;  import java.util.arraylist;  public class adapter_homepage extends baseadapter {     private final context context;     private final arraylist<string> titles;     private final arraylist<string> descriptions;      static class viewholder {         public textview title, description;         public imageview image;     }      public adapter_homepage(context context, arraylist<string> titles, arraylist<string> descriptions) {         this.context = context;         this.titles = titles;         this.descriptions = descriptions;     }       public string getitemtitle(int position) {         return titles.get(position);     }      public string getitemdescription(int position) {         return descriptions.get(position);     }      @override     public int getcount() {         return 0;     }      @override     public object getitem(int position) {         return null;     }      @override     public long getitemid(int position) {         return 0;     }      @override     public view getview(int position, view convertview, viewgroup parent) {          view rowview = convertview;         viewholder holder;          if (rowview == null) {             layoutinflater inflater = (layoutinflater) context.getapplicationcontext().getsystemservice(context.layout_inflater_service);             rowview = inflater.inflate(r.layout.home_activity_item, null);             // configure view holder             holder = new viewholder();             holder.title = (textview) rowview.findviewbyid(r.id.firstline);             holder.description = (textview) rowview.findviewbyid(r.id.secondline);             holder.image = (imageview) rowview.findviewbyid(r.id.icon);             rowview.settag(holder);         }         else {             holder = (viewholder) rowview.gettag();         }          holder.title.settext(getitemtitle(position));         holder.description.settext(getitemdescription(position));         holder.image.setimagedrawable(context.getresources().getdrawable(r.drawable.icon));         return rowview;     } } 

here activity class:

public class activity_homepage extends activity {  private listview listview; private adapter_homepage adapter;  @override public void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {     super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);     setcontentview(r.layout.home_activity_listview);      listview = (listview) findviewbyid(r.id.listview);      arraylist<string> titles = new arraylist<string>();     titles.add("aaron rodgers");     titles.add("jordy nelson");      arraylist<string> descriptions = new arraylist<string>();     descriptions.add("quarterback");     descriptions.add("wide receiver");      adapter = new adapter_homepage(this, titles, descriptions);     listview.setadapter(adapter);     listview.setonitemclicklistener(global_onitemclicklistener);   }  final adapterview.onitemclicklistener global_onitemclicklistener = new adapterview.onitemclicklistener() {     @override     public void onitemclick(adapterview<?> parent, view view, int position, long id) {      } };  } 

it seems using arrayadapter instead of custom implementation , not providing id of textview.

also, need make sure returning correct values on baseadapter methods. returning 0 on getcount() , null on getitem() make app crash.