Android - Disable onClick highlight for one group in expandable list?

Question

I have an ExpandableListView backed by an implementation of BaseExpandableListAdapter. The first group in the list functions as a header and is not expandable. I've set isChildSelectable() to return false for this group and everything's functioning normally. However, when the user clicks on this non-expandable group, the UI still highlights the row. This is a confusing and unnecessary visual cue that I'd like to eliminate.

I can't set android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent" on the ExpandableListView itself, because I do want the other list items to be highlighted upon click and expansion.

Is it possible to suppress click highlighting for that first group (only)?

Answer 1

Try to set the individual parent view's OnClickListener to null from getGroupView().

View getGroupView(int groupPosition, boolean isExpanded, View convertView,
            ViewGroup parent) {
    ...
    convertView.setOnClickListener(null);
    ...
}