Expandable list view is used to group list data by categories. It has the capability of expanding and collapsing the groups when user touches header.
If you are not aware of list view before please refer to this tutorial Android ListView Tutorial
Let’s start by creating a new project..
1. Create a new project in the Eclipse IDE from File ⇒ Android Application Project and fill all required details. I left my main activity name as MainActivity.java
2. In order to create an expandable list view, we need three xml layout files. First one is for main listview, 2nd one for list view group item and 3rd one is for list view child item. Open your activity_main.xml and add ExpandableListView element.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#f4f4f4" >
<ExpandableListView
android:id="@+id/lvExp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
3. Create another xml layout for list view group header. I created an xml file named list_group.xml and pasted following code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="8dp"
android:background="#000000">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/lblListHeader"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="?android:attr/expandableListPreferredItemPaddingLeft"
android:textSize="17dp"
android:textColor="#f9f93d" />
</LinearLayout>
4.Create one more xml file named list_item.xml for child list item. This will contain simple TextView element.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="55dip"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/lblListItem"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="17dip"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:paddingLeft="?android:attr/expandableListPreferredChildPaddingLeft" />
</LinearLayout>
5. I am using a custom adapter class to create list view. Create a new class file called ExpandableListAdapter.java and extend this from BaseExpandableListAdapter. This class provides required methods to render listview.
getGroupView() – Returns view for the list group header
getChildView() – Returns view for list child item
package info.androidhive.expandablelistview;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseExpandableListAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class ExpandableListAdapter extends BaseExpandableListAdapter {
private Context _context;
private List<String> _listDataHeader; // header titles
// child data in format of header title, child title
private HashMap<String, List<String>> _listDataChild;
public ExpandableListAdapter(Context context, List<String> listDataHeader,
HashMap<String, List<String>> listChildData) {
this._context = context;
this._listDataHeader = listDataHeader;
this._listDataChild = listChildData;
}
@Override
public Object getChild(int groupPosition, int childPosititon) {
return this._listDataChild.get(this._listDataHeader.get(groupPosition))
.get(childPosititon);
}
@Override
public long getChildId(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
return childPosition;
}
@Override
public View getChildView(int groupPosition, final int childPosition,
boolean isLastChild, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
final String childText = (String) getChild(groupPosition, childPosition);
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater infalInflater = (LayoutInflater) this._context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = infalInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
}
TextView txtListChild = (TextView) convertView
.findViewById(R.id.lblListItem);
txtListChild.setText(childText);
return convertView;
}
@Override
public int getChildrenCount(int groupPosition) {
return this._listDataChild.get(this._listDataHeader.get(groupPosition))
.size();
}
@Override
public Object getGroup(int groupPosition) {
return this._listDataHeader.get(groupPosition);
}
@Override
public int getGroupCount() {
return this._listDataHeader.size();
}
@Override
public long getGroupId(int groupPosition) {
return groupPosition;
}
@Override
public View getGroupView(int groupPosition, boolean isExpanded,
View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
String headerTitle = (String) getGroup(groupPosition);
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater infalInflater = (LayoutInflater) this._context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = infalInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_group, null);
}
TextView lblListHeader = (TextView) convertView
.findViewById(R.id.lblListHeader);
lblListHeader.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
lblListHeader.setText(headerTitle);
return convertView;
}
@Override
public boolean hasStableIds() {
return false;
}
@Override
public boolean isChildSelectable(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
return true;
}
}
6. Once you are done with customer adapter, open your MainActivity.java and do the following changes. In the following I created required data needed for list view and passed it to custom adapter.
package info.androidhive.expandablelistview;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupClickListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupCollapseListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupExpandListener;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ExpandableListAdapter listAdapter;
ExpandableListView expListView;
List<String> listDataHeader;
HashMap<String, List<String>> listDataChild;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// get the listview
expListView = (ExpandableListView) findViewById(R.id.lvExp);
// preparing list data
prepareListData();
listAdapter = new ExpandableListAdapter(this, listDataHeader, listDataChild);
// setting list adapter
expListView.setAdapter(listAdapter);
}
/*
* Preparing the list data
*/
private void prepareListData() {
listDataHeader = new ArrayList<String>();
listDataChild = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
// Adding child data
listDataHeader.add("Top 250");
listDataHeader.add("Now Showing");
listDataHeader.add("Coming Soon..");
// Adding child data
List<String> top250 = new ArrayList<String>();
top250.add("The Shawshank Redemption");
top250.add("The Godfather");
top250.add("The Godfather: Part II");
top250.add("Pulp Fiction");
top250.add("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly");
top250.add("The Dark Knight");
top250.add("12 Angry Men");
List<String> nowShowing = new ArrayList<String>();
nowShowing.add("The Conjuring");
nowShowing.add("Despicable Me 2");
nowShowing.add("Turbo");
nowShowing.add("Grown Ups 2");
nowShowing.add("Red 2");
nowShowing.add("The Wolverine");
List<String> comingSoon = new ArrayList<String>();
comingSoon.add("2 Guns");
comingSoon.add("The Smurfs 2");
comingSoon.add("The Spectacular Now");
comingSoon.add("The Canyons");
comingSoon.add("Europa Report");
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(0), top250); // Header, Child data
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(1), nowShowing);
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(2), comingSoon);
}
}
Run your project, you should see following output. (Note: The list view group indicators might change depending upon your android version)
ListView child item click listener
Detecting the child item click can be done by implementing setOnChildClickListener listener on listview.
// Listview on child click listener
expListView.setOnChildClickListener(new OnChildClickListener() {
@Override
public boolean onChildClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, int childPosition, long id) {
Toast.makeText(
getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition)
+ " : "
+ listDataChild.get(
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition)).get(
childPosition), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
return false;
}
});
Listening when group is expanded
You may want to execute some lines of code when the listview group is expanded. For this you can use setOnGroupExpandListener which triggers an event when listview group expanded.
// Listview Group expanded listener
expListView.setOnGroupExpandListener(new OnGroupExpandListener() {
@Override
public void onGroupExpand(int groupPosition) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition) + " Expanded",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
Listening when group is collapsed
Implementing setOnGroupCollapseListener will trigger an event when listview group is collapsed.
// Listview Group collasped listener
expListView.setOnGroupCollapseListener(new OnGroupCollapseListener() {
@Override
public void onGroupCollapse(int groupPosition) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition) + " Collapsed",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
Complete Code
Here is the final code for MainActivity.java
package info.androidhive.expandablelistview;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupClickListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupCollapseListener;
import android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupExpandListener;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ExpandableListAdapter listAdapter;
ExpandableListView expListView;
List<String> listDataHeader;
HashMap<String, List<String>> listDataChild;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// get the listview
expListView = (ExpandableListView) findViewById(R.id.lvExp);
// preparing list data
prepareListData();
listAdapter = new ExpandableListAdapter(this, listDataHeader, listDataChild);
// setting list adapter
expListView.setAdapter(listAdapter);
// Listview Group click listener
expListView.setOnGroupClickListener(new OnGroupClickListener() {
@Override
public boolean onGroupClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, long id) {
// Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
// "Group Clicked " + listDataHeader.get(groupPosition),
// Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return false;
}
});
// Listview Group expanded listener
expListView.setOnGroupExpandListener(new OnGroupExpandListener() {
@Override
public void onGroupExpand(int groupPosition) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition) + " Expanded",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
// Listview Group collasped listener
expListView.setOnGroupCollapseListener(new OnGroupCollapseListener() {
@Override
public void onGroupCollapse(int groupPosition) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition) + " Collapsed",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
// Listview on child click listener
expListView.setOnChildClickListener(new OnChildClickListener() {
@Override
public boolean onChildClick(ExpandableListView parent, View v,
int groupPosition, int childPosition, long id) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Toast.makeText(
getApplicationContext(),
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition)
+ " : "
+ listDataChild.get(
listDataHeader.get(groupPosition)).get(
childPosition), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
return false;
}
});
}
/*
* Preparing the list data
*/
private void prepareListData() {
listDataHeader = new ArrayList<String>();
listDataChild = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
// Adding child data
listDataHeader.add("Top 250");
listDataHeader.add("Now Showing");
listDataHeader.add("Coming Soon..");
// Adding child data
List<String> top250 = new ArrayList<String>();
top250.add("The Shawshank Redemption");
top250.add("The Godfather");
top250.add("The Godfather: Part II");
top250.add("Pulp Fiction");
top250.add("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly");
top250.add("The Dark Knight");
top250.add("12 Angry Men");
List<String> nowShowing = new ArrayList<String>();
nowShowing.add("The Conjuring");
nowShowing.add("Despicable Me 2");
nowShowing.add("Turbo");
nowShowing.add("Grown Ups 2");
nowShowing.add("Red 2");
nowShowing.add("The Wolverine");
List<String> comingSoon = new ArrayList<String>();
comingSoon.add("2 Guns");
comingSoon.add("The Smurfs 2");
comingSoon.add("The Spectacular Now");
comingSoon.add("The Canyons");
comingSoon.add("Europa Report");
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(0), top250); // Header, Child data
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(1), nowShowing);
listDataChild.put(listDataHeader.get(2), comingSoon);
}
}
