# airbnb/AirMapView

A view abstraction to provide a map user interface with various underlying map providers

Repository: https://github.com/airbnb/AirMapView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/airmapview
Homepage: http://airbnb.github.io/AirMapView/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, map, airmapview, mapbox, java, google-maps
Last push: 2025-11-06T00:54:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 45/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 50, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4214, "days_push": 301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1877, forks 212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:47.918454+00:00)

## What it is
AirMapView is an Android view abstraction that provides an interactive map UI over multiple underlying map providers, including Google Maps V2 and web-based fallbacks. It works as a drop-in replacement for the Google Maps V2 package and supports swapping providers at runtime.

## Use cases
- show maps on Android devices without Google Play Services
- swap map providers at runtime in an Android app
- add markers, polylines, and polygons with a unified map API
- support Amazon Fire devices without native Google Maps
- replace Google Maps V2 with a provider-agnostic map view

## When to choose
- your Android app must display maps on devices lacking Google Play Services
- you want to support multiple map backends (Google Maps, Mapbox web) behind one API
- you need a drop-in replacement for Google Maps V2

## When to avoid
- you only target devices with Google Play Services and need the latest Google Maps features
- you need a actively developed library with broad provider support
- you build for platforms other than Android

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, gui
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: maps, android-library, map-abstraction, google-maps, mapbox, android

## Member repositories
- airbnb/AirMapView (main) score 45

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.918454+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:14:41.596944+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/airbnb/AirMapView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.918454+00:00, sha 6067711e400b)
  - homepage: http://airbnb.github.io/AirMapView/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:53:25.384453+00:00, sha 680c37e6eb1e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.