thanks for the responses. i decided to go with 1 layout for the children - i just change the background color for the different types.
and yes since convertView can be any child previously used, you have to explicitly set the background color on every getChildView() call. right now the layout has 2 text rows - ideally i don't need the second row of text for certain child types. i set the visibility to the 2nd row text views to GONE - but the first row (now only row) still is not vertically centered i've got the gravity of the 1st row textview to CENTER_VERTICAL but it's still not centered. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en