# michael-rapp/ChromeLikeTabSwitcher

Provides a tab switcher similar to the one, which is used in Google Chrome on Android

Repository: https://github.com/michael-rapp/ChromeLikeTabSwitcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromeliketabswitcher
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: google, chrome, switcher, tab, navigation, cards, android
Last push: 2024-03-10T05:41:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3511, "days_push": 906, "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 1224, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:02.854461+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing a tab switcher UI component similar to the one in Google Chrome on Android, implemented as a custom view. It supports smartphone and tablet layouts, animated tab add/remove, state restoration, and bitmap-rendered tab previews for performance.

## Use cases
- add a chrome-style tab switcher to an android app
- show tabs as stacked cards with animations on android
- implement a browser-like tab overview screen
- customize tab appearance in an android ui
- restore tab switcher state on configuration changes

## When to choose
- you need a Chrome-like tab overview UI in an Android app
- you want animated, recyclable tab views with bitmap previews
- you need a customizable tab switcher as a drop-in custom view

## When to avoid
- you need a tablet-optimized layout, which is not yet implemented
- you need a cross-platform or Compose-based tab switcher
- you need a general-purpose tab layout rather than a card-stack switcher

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, state-management
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: tab-switcher, custom-view, chrome-style-ui, view-recycling, java, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- michael-rapp/ChromeLikeTabSwitcher (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.854461+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 2026-08-30T06:15:28.890483+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/michael-rapp/ChromeLikeTabSwitcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:02.854461+00:00, sha 8963498c62d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.