# pakerfeldt/android-viewflow

A horizontal view scroller library for Android

Repository: https://github.com/pakerfeldt/android-viewflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-viewflow
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2013-09-10T07:13:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5597, "days_push": 4740, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1761, forks 683 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.688169+00:00)

## What it is
ViewFlow is an Android UI widget library providing a horizontally scrollable ViewGroup populated from an Adapter, with support for flow indicators and lazy view initialization. It is designed for an indeterminate number of views, as an alternative to ViewPager for dynamic content.

## Use cases
- horizontally scrollable view pager on android
- swipe through an indeterminate number of views
- android carousel with adapter-populated items
- lazy initialize views while swiping
- add page indicator dots to horizontal scroller

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already using ViewFlow
- you need horizontal swiping with an unbounded adapter-backed view count on very old Android versions

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use ViewPager2 or RecyclerView with SnapHelper instead
- you have a small static number of views - use Fragments and ViewPager
- you need an actively maintained library with modern Android support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: android-ui, horizontal-scrolling, viewpager-alternative, adapter-based, legacy, android

## Member repositories
- pakerfeldt/android-viewflow (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.688169+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 2026-08-30T03:27:11.979862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pakerfeldt/android-viewflow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.688169+00:00, sha ac758d713835)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.