If you have "ExpandableListView" and show only one child of expandable Listview at a time, then below is the code for it. expendListView.setOnGroupExpandListener(new ExpandableListView.OnGroupExpandListener() { int previousGroup = -1; @Override public void onGroupExpand(int groupPosition) { if(groupPosition != previousGroup) expendListView.collapseGroup(previousGroup); previousGroup = groupPosition; } }); "groupPosition" will return the open group id. So when I expand the other group then open group will collapse. You can also expand specific item of "ExpandableListView" by applying following code: expendListView.expandGroup(i);