# Tapadoo/Alerter

An Android Alerting Library

Repository: https://github.com/Tapadoo/Alerter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/alerter
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, android-library, alerting, ui, android-app, android-ui, android-development, customisation, java, material-design, material-ui, app, google
Last push: 2023-07-21T08:28:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3498, "days_push": 1139, "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 5503, forks 631 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:21.729763+00:00)

## What it is
Alerter is an Android library written in Kotlin that displays customisable alert views overlaid on the window's decor view, as an alternative to Toasts and Snackbars. It uses a builder pattern for simple integration and supports custom colours, icons, durations, and click listeners.

## Use cases
- show alert messages in an android app
- replace toasts and snackbars with a custom alert
- display a full-width notification banner overlay
- show coloured alerts with icons in android
- add clickable alert messages from activities or fragments

## When to choose
- you need customisable, overlay-style alerts beyond what Toast or Snackbar offers
- you want a simple builder-pattern API for Android alerts
- your app targets older Android APIs (14+)

## When to avoid
- you only need simple, standard Toasts or Snackbars
- you need alerts inside dialogs or non-Activity contexts
- you need a library under heavy active development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: jvm
- tags: alerting, toast-alternative, snackbar-alternative, material-design, builder-pattern, overlay-alerts, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- Tapadoo/Alerter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.729763+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 2026-08-29T17:56:17.439164+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tapadoo/Alerter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.729763+00:00, sha d6ab7dcff7d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.