# florent37/DiagonalLayout

With Diagonal Layout explore new styles and approaches on material design

Repository: https://github.com/florent37/DiagonalLayout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/diagonallayout
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, material-design, elevation, diagonal, layout, design
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-02T11:49:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3610, "days_push": 2253, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2534, forks 316 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.092002+00:00)

## What it is
An Android custom layout view that clips its children with a diagonal edge, enabling new Material Design styles with configurable angle, position, direction, and elevation. It is a small Java UI component distributed as an Android library.

## Use cases
- add a diagonal edge to a header image in an Android app
- create material design cards with slanted edges
- clip a view diagonally with elevation shadows
- build stylish profile headers with angled backgrounds
- explore new material design layout styles on Android

## When to choose
- you need diagonal/slanted view edges in an Android layout
- you want material-style elevation shadows on custom-shaped views
- you are building a Java or Kotlin Android app and want a drop-in custom view

## When to avoid
- you need diagonal layouts on platforms other than Android
- you need a actively maintained library with recent updates
- you use Jetpack Compose rather than XML view layouts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: material-design, diagonal-layout, android-view, elevation, android

## Member repositories
- florent37/DiagonalLayout (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.092002+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 2026-08-30T02:25:15.306320+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/florent37/DiagonalLayout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.092002+00:00, sha c1505c8c21cd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.