ExpandableListView Ignores SetSelectedChild()

I try to select an item in ExpandableListView using setSelectedChild(int groupPosition, int childPosition, boolean shouldExpandGroup), but nothing happens. Here's the primitive act

Solution 1:

I was just wrestling with an issue in which setSelectedChild(int, int, true) did not expand the group as it says it does. I got around it by using the strikingly intuitive method of calling ExpandableListView.expandGroup(int);

This answer was given to me by a co-worker, so I'll pass props on to her if it helps.

Solution 2:

for me the trick was

_explist.expandGroup(0);
_explist.setSelectedChild(1,0, true);