# loopj/android-smart-image-view

Android ImageView replacement which allows image loading from URLs or contact address book, with caching

Repository: https://github.com/loopj/android-smart-image-view
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-smart-image-view
Homepage: http://loopj.com/android-smart-image-view/
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-08-03T16:59:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5654, "days_push": 1126, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1287, forks 492 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:15.081884+00:00)

## What it is
SmartImageView is a drop-in replacement for Android's standard ImageView that loads images asynchronously from URLs or the contact address book. It caches images in memory and on disk for fast repeated loading.

## Use cases
- load images from urls into an android imageview
- display contact profile photos in android
- cache remote images on android
- replace imageview with url-loading version
- asynchronous image loading outside the ui thread

## When to choose
- you need a simple drop-in ImageView that loads from URLs or contacts with caching
- you want a lightweight jar with minimal setup for legacy Android projects

## When to avoid
- you need modern image loading features like GIFs, transformations, or lifecycle integration (use Coil or Glide)
- you are starting a new Android project and want an actively maintained library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, caching, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: imageview, image-loading, contact-photos, drop-in-replacement, android

## Member repositories
- loopj/android-smart-image-view (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.081884+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 2026-08-30T04:55:52.306967+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/loopj/android-smart-image-view (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:15.081884+00:00, sha e12a39f77f5c)
  - homepage: http://loopj.com/android-smart-image-view/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:11:55.960829+00:00, sha bd4548c77c43)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.