# jgilfelt/android-viewbadger

[DEPRECATED] A simple way to "badge" any given Android view at runtime without having to cater for it in layout

Repository: https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-viewbadger
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2015-08-28T07:48:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5454, "days_push": 4023, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2987, forks 1007 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:34.261795+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated Android library that lets developers add badge overlays (e.g., notification counts) to any Android view at runtime without modifying layouts. BadgeView is a TextView subclass supporting custom styling and animations.

## Use cases
- show a notification count badge on an Android view
- add a badge to a tab or list item at runtime
- display a small label overlay on any view without layout changes
- animate badge appearance on Android UI elements
- style custom badge backgrounds on Android views

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app that already uses ViewBadger
- you need a quick, dependency-free badge overlay on old Android codebases

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project (library is deprecated and unmaintained since 2015)
- you need to badge ActionBar items (unsupported)
- you want modern Android UI conventions like Notification number fields

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: android-view-badge, deprecated, badgeview, notification-badge, android

## Member repositories
- jgilfelt/android-viewbadger (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.261795+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 2026-08-30T07:31:24.902465+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.261795+00:00, sha e2312c9dfe58)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.