# chrismiles/CMPopTipView

Custom UIView for iOS that pops up an animated "bubble" pointing at a button or other view. Useful for popup tips.

Repository: https://github.com/chrismiles/CMPopTipView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cmpoptipview
Homepage: https://github.com/chrismiles/CMPopTipView
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-07-06T09:39:44+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": 5772, "days_push": 2249, "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 2716, forks 459 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:12.091228+00:00)

## What it is
CMPopTipView is an Objective-C UIView subclass for iOS that displays an animated rounded-rect bubble pointing at a button or other view, useful for popup tips and onboarding hints. It auto-positions its pointer toward the target view or UIBarButtonItem and is rendered entirely with Core Graphics.

## Use cases
- show a popup tooltip pointing at a nav bar button in iOS
- display onboarding tips over UIButtons in an iPhone app
- add animated bubble hints to a universal iPad/iPhone app
- highlight a toolbar item with a dismissible popup message
- customize tooltip background and text colors in an iOS app

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, self-contained Objective-C tooltip bubble for UIKit
- you want automatic positioning toward any UIView or UIBarButtonItem
- you need Core Graphics-rendered tooltips with slide/pop animations and customizable colors

## When to avoid
- you are building in Swift with modern SwiftUI and want native popover APIs
- you need actively maintained components with recent updates and modern iOS features
- you need tooltips outside of iOS/UIKit contexts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, tooltip, popup-bubble, uikit, onboarding-tips, ios, mobile, swift

## Member repositories
- chrismiles/CMPopTipView (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.091228+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 2026-08-30T02:15:21.641846+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chrismiles/CMPopTipView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:12.091228+00:00, sha efb3cb87e4ca)
  - homepage: https://github.com/chrismiles/CMPopTipView (fetched 2026-08-29T09:58:19.572239+00:00, sha f9b2b888f54a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.