Question

I want to implement a collapsible view, exactly like the one from Google Play market. It displays a number of rows from the content, and an arrow, and tapping on the arrow reveals the whole content. Is this implemented with the ExpandableListView or is there any other solution?

Screen shots attached with highlighting what I am looking for.
Thanks.

Answer 1

There is a simpler way:

        final TextView descriptionText = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.detail_description_content);
        final TextView showAll = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.detail_read_all);
        showAll.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                showAll.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

                descriptionText.setMaxLines(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
            }
        });

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/detail_description_container"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        >

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/detail_description_content"
            android:maxLines="5"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/detail_read_all"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

The important part is maxlines and scrollview. This doesn’t give a slow animation (that would be a bid more complex) but an instant open effect.