# nfarina/calloutview

A lightweight callout view class for iOS mimicking UICalloutView.

Repository: https://github.com/nfarina/calloutview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/calloutview
Homepage: http://nfarina.com/post/78014139253/smcalloutview-for-ios-7
Language: Objective-C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-06-14T05:10:49+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": 5124, "days_push": 1906, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1193, forks 184 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:56.439491+00:00)

## What it is
SMCalloutView is a lightweight Objective-C library that recreates the private UICalloutView control from iOS MapKit, letting developers show map-pin-style callout bubbles anywhere in their apps. It supports iOS 7+ styling, custom backgrounds, and arbitrary content views.

## Use cases
- show a callout bubble when tapping a pin outside MKMapView
- display popup tooltips pointing at UI elements in iOS apps
- customize the appearance of map annotation callouts
- use callout bubbles with the Google Maps iOS SDK
- present rich content views in a popover-style bubble

## When to choose
- you need the system MapKit callout look outside of MKMapView
- you want a lightweight drop-in Objective-C class with no dependencies
- you need customizable callout backgrounds or content views

## When to avoid
- you are building with SwiftUI and want native modern popover APIs
- you need a cross-platform solution for Android or web
- you require actively maintained libraries with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, callout-view, mapkit, popup-bubble, uikit, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- nfarina/calloutview (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.439491+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 2026-08-30T06:22:14.616680+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nfarina/calloutview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:56.439491+00:00, sha 3a95b77598ee)
  - homepage: http://nfarina.com/post/78014139253/smcalloutview-for-ios-7 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:29:25.184616+00:00, sha da4bd9a56835)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.