Child selection in ExpandableListView

Question

In an ExpandableListView is it possible to initially select a child item so that the containing group is expanded and the list is scrolled to this child\'s posi

Answer 1

Add a call to listView.expandGroup() before setSelectedChild().

The shouldExpandGroup parameter set to true in setSelectedChild() seems only to work if there's at least one group expanded in the first place.

Answer 2

In an ExpandableListView is it possible to initially select a child item so that the containing group is expanded and the list is scrolled to this child's position:

//select child and open it's group
ExpListView.setSelectedChild(groupPos, childPos, true);
//scroll to selected child
ExpListView.smoothScrollToPosition(ExpListView.getFlatListPosition(ExpListView.getPackedPositionForChild(groupPos, childPos)));