[1] put this as a private class within whatever activity or fragment you use for your ListView
// based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8166497/custom-adapter-for-list-view
private class ListAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
public ListAdapter(Context context) {
    super(context);
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    View v = convertView;

    if (v == null) {
        LayoutInflater vi = LayoutInflater.from(getContext());
        v = vi.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
        // see [2] for list_item
    }

    // at this point you acquire whatever data you need at [position]
    // from whatever database or array or whatever you have
    // so if it's title and image URI,
    String title = ...;
    URI imageUri = ...;

    TextView titleView = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.title);
    titleView.setText(title);

    ImageView thumbnailView = (ImageView)v.findViewById(R.id.image);
    thumbnailView.setImageUri(imageUri);

    return v;
}

[2] res/layout/list_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="@dimen/list_item_height"
    android:background="@drawable/card_style_background">
<ImageView android:id="@+id/image"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/title"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

[3] res/drawable/card_style_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item>
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="@color/card_shadow" />

            <corners android:radius="1.0dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
    <item android:bottom="1dp">
        <shape android:shape="rectangle" >
            <solid android:color="@android:color/white" />

            <stroke
                android:width="1.0px"
                android:color="@color/card_border" />

            <corners android:radius="1.0dp" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>