Android - Better alternative to expandable listview?

You can achieve that with ListView and custom adapter class.

Notice that adapter has methods int getViewTypeCount() and int getItemViewType(int position) which you can overwrite.

look at sample implemation for dataset in Map of lists

public abstract class ExampleMapAdapter<V extends Map<?, ? extends List<?>>> extends BaseAdapter {    public static final int VIEW_TYPE_HEADER = 0;    public static final int VIEW_TYPE_LISTITEM = 1;    protected V data;    protected int[] sectionsStart;    protected Object[] sections;    protected int count;    public ExampleMapAdapter(V data) {        this.data = data;        onSetData();    }    @Override    public int getCount() {        return count;    }    @Override    public Object getItem(int position) {        int sectionIndex = getSectionForPosition(position);        int innerIndex = position - sectionsStart[sectionIndex];        if(innerIndex == 0) { //head            return sections[sectionIndex];        }        else { //values            return data.get(sections[sectionIndex]).get(innerIndex - 1);        }    }    @Override    public long getItemId(int position) {        return position;    }    @Override    public int getViewTypeCount() {        return 2;    }    @Override    public int getItemViewType(int position) {        return Arrays.binarySearch(sectionsStart, position) < 0 ? VIEW_TYPE_LISTITEM : VIEW_TYPE_HEADER;    }    public int getPositionForSection(int section) {        return sectionsStart[section];    }    public int getSectionForPosition(int position) {        int section = Arrays.binarySearch(sectionsStart, position);        return section < 0 ? -section - 2 : section;    }    @Override    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {        if(getItemViewType(position) == VIEW_TYPE_HEADER) {            return getHeaderView(position, convertView, parent);        }        else {            return getListItemView(position, convertView, parent);        }    }    @Override    public void notifyDataSetInvalidated() {        data = null;        onSetData();        super.notifyDataSetInvalidated();    }    @Override    public void notifyDataSetChanged() {        onSetData();        super.notifyDataSetChanged();    }    protected void onSetData() {        if(data == null) {            sectionsStart = null;            sections = null;            count = 0;        }        else {            sectionsStart = new int[data.size()];            sections = data.keySet().toArray(new Object[data.size()]);            count = 0;            int i = 0;            for(List<?> v : data.values()) {                sectionsStart[i] = count;                i++;                count += 1 + v.size();            }        }    }    protected abstract View getHeaderView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent);    protected abstract View getListItemView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent);}

and usage example:

public class ExampleActivity extends Activity {    class SubItem {        public final String text;        public final int number;        public final boolean checked;        public SubItem(String text, int number, boolean checked) {            this.text = text;            this.number = number;            this.checked = checked;        }    }    //use LinkedHashMap or TreeMap as other map implementations may not keep key's order    final Map<String, List<SubItem>> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, List<SubItem>>();    {        List<SubItem> list = new ArrayList<SubItem>();        list.add(new SubItem("sub item", 1, false));        list.add(new SubItem("sub item", 2, true));        map.put("Item1", list);        list = new ArrayList<SubItem>();        list.add(new SubItem("sub item", 1, true));        list.add(new SubItem("sub item", 2, false));        list.add(new SubItem("sub item", 3, false));        map.put("Item2", list);    }    @Override    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        ListView vList = new ListView(this);        vList.setAdapter(new ExampleMapAdapter<Map<String, List<SubItem>>>(map) {            @Override            protected View getHeaderView(int position, View convertView,                    ViewGroup parent) {                TextView v = convertView == null ?                         new TextView(parent.getContext()) : (TextView) convertView;                v.setText((String) getItem(position));                return v;            }            @Override            protected View getListItemView(int position, View convertView,                    ViewGroup parent) {                CheckBox v = convertView == null ?                         new CheckBox(parent.getContext()) : (CheckBox) convertView;                SubItem item = (SubItem) getItem(position);                v.setText(item.text + " " + item.number);                v.setChecked(item.checked);                return v;            }        });        setContentView(vList);    }}