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Hi all……

Here is a simple example of expandandable ListView in ANDROID.
But I am not going to explain any code, because everything is explained inside the java file.
Make sure to read it.

package pack.Coderzheaven;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.ExpandableListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
import android.widget.SimpleExpandableListAdapter;

public class ExpandableListDemo extends ExpandableListActivity {

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    	try{
    		 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    		 setContentView(R.layout.main);

        SimpleExpandableListAdapter expListAdapter =
			new SimpleExpandableListAdapter(
					this,
					createGroupList(), 				// Creating group List.
					R.layout.group_row,				// Group item layout XML.
					new String[] { "Group Item" },	// the key of group item.
					new int[] { R.id.row_name },	// ID of each group item.-Data under the key goes into this TextView.
					createChildList(),				// childData describes second-level entries.
					R.layout.child_row,				// Layout for sub-level entries(second level).
					new String[] {"Sub Item"},		// Keys in childData maps to display.
					new int[] { R.id.grp_child}		// Data under the keys above go into these TextViews.
				);
			setListAdapter( expListAdapter );		// setting the adapter in the list.

    	}catch(Exception e){
    		System.out.println("Errrr +++ " + e.getMessage());
    	}
    }

	/* Creating the Hashmap for the row */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	private List createGroupList() {
	  	  ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
	  	  for( int i = 0 ; i < 15 ; ++i ) { // 15 groups........
	  		HashMap m = new HashMap();
	  	    m.put( "Group Item","Group Item " + i ); // the key and it's value.
	  		result.add( m );
	  	  }
	  	  return (List)result;
    }

	/* creatin the HashMap for the children */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	private List createChildList() {

    	ArrayList result = new ArrayList();
    	for( int i = 0 ; i < 15 ; ++i ) { // this -15 is the number of groups(Here it's fifteen)
    	  /* each group need each HashMap-Here for each group we have 3 subgroups */
    	  ArrayList secList = new ArrayList();
    	  for( int n = 0 ; n < 3 ; n++ ) {
    	    HashMap child = new HashMap();
    		child.put( "Sub Item", "Sub Item " + n );
    		secList.add( child );
    	  }
    	 result.add( secList );
    	}
    	return result;
    }
    public void  onContentChanged  () {
    	System.out.println("onContentChanged");
	    super.onContentChanged();
    }
    /* This function is called on each child click */
    public boolean onChildClick( ExpandableListView parent, View v, int groupPosition,int childPosition,long id) {
    	System.out.println("Inside onChildClick at groupPosition = " + groupPosition +" Child clicked at position " + childPosition);
    	return true;
    }

    /* This function is called on expansion of the group */
    public void  onGroupExpand  (int groupPosition) {
    	try{
    		 System.out.println("Group exapanding Listener => groupPosition = " + groupPosition);
    	}catch(Exception e){
    		System.out.println(" groupPosition Errrr +++ " + e.getMessage());
    	}
    }
}

The main.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
 <ExpandableListView android:id="@+id/android:list"
               android:layout_width="fill_parent"
               android:layout_height="fill_parent"
               android:background="@drawable/bkg"/>

     <TextView android:id="@+id/android:empty"
               android:layout_width="fill_parent"
               android:layout_height="fill_parent"
               android:text="No items"/>
</LinearLayout>

The child_row.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TextView android:id="@+id/grp_child"
         android:paddingLeft="50px"
         android:focusable="false"
         android:textSize="14px"
         android:textStyle="normal"
         android:layout_width="150px"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

The group_row.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <TextView android:id="@+id/row_name"
         android:paddingLeft="50px"
         android:textSize="20px"
         android:textColor="@drawable/blue"
         android:textStyle="normal"
         android:layout_width="320px"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

The strings.xml (This file contains the string for the color that is used for text in the ListView)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="app_name">ExpandableList Demo</string>
    <drawable name="white">#ffffff</drawable>
	<drawable name="blue">#2554C7</drawable>
	<drawable name="green">#347C2C</drawable>
	<drawable name="orange">#ff9900</drawable>
	<drawable name="pink">#FF00FF</drawable>
	<drawable name="violet">#a020f0</drawable>
	<drawable name="gray">#778899</drawable>
	<drawable name="red">#C11B17</drawable>
</resources>

The manifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="pack.ExpandableListtwo"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".ExpandableListDemo"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

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