Preventing/catching “IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view” error

Question

I have a ListView with some focusable components inside (mostly EditTexts). Yeah, I know this isn\'t exactly recommended, but in general, almost everything is w

Answer 1

In case of Expandable List View, if your child items have edit text then you need to change the focusability before descendants for Expandable List View

expandableListView.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BEFORE_DESCENDANTS);