# johnkil/Android-AppMsg

In-layout notifications. Based on Toast notifications and article by Cyril Mottier (http://android.cyrilmottier.com/?p=773).

Repository: https://github.com/johnkil/Android-AppMsg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-appmsg
Homepage: http://johnkil.github.com/Android-AppMsg
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, toast, crouton, snackbar
Last push: 2020-10-02T13:04:20+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": 5140, "days_push": 2161, "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 1365, forks 391 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.187838+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing in-layout (activity-bound) notifications, similar to Toasts but scoped to the current activity context. It is based on Cyril Mottier's crouton concept and is distributed as an AAR on Maven Central.

## Use cases
- show notifications bound to the current activity instead of system toasts
- display in-layout alert messages that slide with the screen
- avoid toasts persisting over other apps after task switching
- show styled feedback messages inside an Android layout
- replace Toast notifications with context-aware croutons

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android app (API 4+) using Eclipse/ant-era tooling and want Toast-like in-layout notifications
- you need activity-scoped notifications that don't leak across apps

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Material Design Snackbar from the Android Support/AndroidX library instead
- you need actively maintained or modern Gradle/AndroidX-compatible components

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: toast, crouton, snackbar, in-layout-notifications, java, android

## Member repositories
- johnkil/Android-AppMsg (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.187838+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 2026-08-30T04:41:16.441145+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/johnkil/Android-AppMsg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.187838+00:00, sha 6851474f2df2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.