ListViewRemoteViewsFactory.kt

class ListViewRemoteViewsFactory(private val context: Context, private val intent: Intent?) : RemoteViewsService.RemoteViewsFactory{
    private var articles: List<NewsArticle>? = null
    private var articleImages: List<Bitmap?> = ArrayList()
    override fun onCreate() {
        val articlesJson: String? = intent?.extras?.getString("ARTICLES_JSON","")

        if(articlesJson != null) {
            ...
          // Load images
            LoadImagesTask().execute(articles)
        }
    }

    ...

    override fun getViewAt(position: Int): RemoteViews {
        ...
        // Handle the condition for loading image
        if (position < articleImages.size && articleImages[position] != null) {
            views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.header_image, articleImages[position])
        } else {
            views.setImageViewResource(R.id.header_image, R.drawable.ic_launcher) // Placeholder image
        }

        ...

        return views
    }

    ...

    private inner class LoadImagesTask : AsyncTask<List<NewsArticle>, Void, List<Bitmap?>>() {
        ...
    }
}