public class CustomAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {

	Cursor c;
	String TAG = "CustomAdapter";
	private Context context = null;
	ArrayList<String> elements = null;
	private ArrayList<String> data = null;

	public static String contactName;
	public static int count = 0;

	private ArrayList<Boolean> itemChecked = null;
	public static List<String> messages;
	public static List<String> contactID;

	String body;
	String phoneNumber;

	public CustomAdapter(Context context, int type, ArrayList<String> elements) {
		super(context, type, elements);

		data = elements;
		this.elements = elements;
		this.context = context;
	}

	// THIS IS SIMPLY A CLASS VIEW WILL HOLD DIFFERENT VIEWS OF YOUR ROW.
	static class ViewHolder {
		public ImageView photo;
		public TextView contact;
	}

	@Override
	public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
		View rowView = convertView;
		final ViewHolder holder;

		if (rowView == null) {
			LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
					.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

			// HERE I AM INFLATING LISTVIEW LAYOUT.
			rowView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.contact_entry, null, false);
			holder = new ViewHolder();
			holder.photo = (ImageView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.iv_contactPic);
			holder.contact = (TextView) rowView
					.findViewById(R.id.contactEntryText);
			rowView.setTag(holder);

			// RETRIEVE LATEST CONTACTS WHO SENT SMS (for visual) 
			contactID = new ArrayList<String>();
			contactID = elements;

			String folder = "content://sms/inbox/";
			Uri mSmsQueryUri = Uri.parse(folder);
			contactID = new ArrayList<String>();

			try {
				c = context.getContentResolver().query(
						mSmsQueryUri,
						new String[] { "_id", "thread_id", "address", "date",
								"body" }, null, null, null);
				if (c == null) {
					Log.i(TAG, "cursor is null. uri: " + mSmsQueryUri);
				}

				c.moveToFirst();
				while (c.moveToNext()) {
					phoneNumber = c.getString(0);
					contactID.add(phoneNumber);
				}

			} catch (Exception e) {
				// Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage());
			} finally {
				c.close();
			}

		} else {
			holder = (ViewHolder) rowView.getTag();
		}

		if (holder != null) {
			
			// bind the data to the row views
			holder.contact.setText(data.get(position));
			holder.photo.setImageBitmap(getByteContactPhoto(contactID
					.get(position)));

		// SHOW CONTACT PHOTO IF IT EXISTS. IF NOT, DEFAULT (***NOT WORKING***)
		Long l = Long.parseLong(contactID.get(position));
			contactPhoto = loadContactPhoto(context.getContentResolver(), l);
			if(contactPhoto == null){
				holder.photo.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_intel);
			} else{
				holder.photo.setImageBitmap(contactPhoto);
			}

		return rowView;
	} // end if

        // GET CONTACT PHOTO
	private static Bitmap loadContactPhoto(ContentResolver cr, long  id) {
    Uri uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(ContactsContract.Contacts.CONTENT_URI, id);
    InputStream input = ContactsContract.Contacts.openContactPhotoInputStream(cr, uri);
    if (input == null) {
        return null;
    }
    return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(input);
}

	
} // end class