# pedrovgs/DraggablePanel

Android library used to create an awesome Android UI based on a draggable element similar to the last YouTube graphic component.

Repository: https://github.com/pedrovgs/DraggablePanel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/draggablepanel
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-06-12T17:16:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4525, "days_push": 3369, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2958, forks 592 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.270175+00:00)

## What it is
DraggablePanel is an Android UI library for building draggable panel interfaces similar to YouTube's minimized video player, using Fragments or Views. It is built on ViewDragHelper and is explicitly deprecated and unmaintained.

## Use cases
- create a youtube-like draggable video player on android
- minimize a video fragment into a corner while scrolling
- build a draggable two-panel layout with fragments
- implement swipe-to-minimize ui component in android app
- draggable view that scales while being dragged

## When to choose
- you need a youtube-style draggable panel in a legacy android 4.x app and can maintain the code yourself

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since the library is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need support for modern android versions or jetpack compose
- you expect bug fixes or community updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: draggable-panel, youtube-style-ui, viewdraghelper, deprecated, android

## Member repositories
- pedrovgs/DraggablePanel (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.270175+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 2026-08-30T07:32:11.819940+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pedrovgs/DraggablePanel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.270175+00:00, sha 9685b985469f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.