# daimajia/AndroidViewHover

An elegant way to show your menu or messages.

Repository: https://github.com/daimajia/AndroidViewHover
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/androidviewhover
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-05-28T15:13:11+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": 4408, "days_push": 1193, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3231, forks 712 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:50.125684+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library that provides a hover view (BlurLayout) for elegantly displaying menus or messages over existing views with blur and animation effects. It wraps any view and reveals hover content with animated transitions.

## Use cases
- show a hover menu over a view without starting a new activity
- display overlay messages with blur background on Android
- add animated hover content to list items or cards
- create elegant in-place menus for Android apps
- show contextual actions when tapping a view

## When to choose
- you need an animated hover/overlay menu on Android without navigating to a new activity
- you want blur-backed overlay content over existing views
- you are maintaining a legacy Java Android app using support libraries

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively maintained UI library
- your project uses Jetpack Compose
- you cannot use RenderScript or legacy dependencies like NineOldAndroids

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: hover-view, blur-layout, menu-overlay, renderscript, java, android

## Member repositories
- daimajia/AndroidViewHover (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.125684+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 2026-08-29T18:43:56.685953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/daimajia/AndroidViewHover (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:50.125684+00:00, sha 2946e5cc9496)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.