skydoves/Balloon
:balloon: Modernized and sophisticated tooltips, fully customizable with an arrow and animations for Android and Jetpack Compose. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 80
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 11.5
- age_days: 2607
- days_rel: 139
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 13
Adoption not part of the score
3992 stars · 310 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Balloon is a Kotlin library for creating fully customizable tooltips and popups on Android, with arrow positioning, rich animations, and overlay highlighting. It supports both traditional Android Views and Jetpack Compose via a Modifier.balloon() API.
Use cases
- show tooltips to explain UI features in an Android app
- highlight a button with an animated overlay on first launch
- display onboarding popups that appear only once
- chain multiple tooltips to show sequentially in a tour
- add customizable tooltip popups in Jetpack Compose
- show a tooltip with an arrow pointing to an anchor view
When to choose
- you need polished, animated tooltips or coach marks on Android
- your project mixes Android Views and Jetpack Compose
- you want lifecycle-aware tooltips with persistence (show once) out of the box
When to avoid
- you need tooltips on non-Android platforms like iOS or web
- you only need simple static text hints that the platform's built-in Toast or contentDescription already covers
Facets
library · maturity stable
ui-components animation mobile-development android-tools frontend jvm tooltip jetpack-compose popup dsl android-ui onboarding android
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/skydoves/Balloon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 86c0d2f8b538
- homepage: https://skydoves.github.io/Balloon/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 582e85224189
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| skydoves/Balloon | main | 93 |
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