# Manabu-GT/ExpandableTextView

Android's TextView that can expand/collapse like the Google Play's app description

Repository: https://github.com/Manabu-GT/ExpandableTextView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/expandabletextview
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-12-12T06:29:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 56, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4491, "days_push": 264, "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 4057, forks 780 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:33.944331+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing a TextView that can expand and collapse text like Google Play's app descriptions. It is now deprecated and unmaintained, with the README recommending Jetpack Compose instead.

## Use cases
- show a long text preview that expands on tap like Google Play app descriptions
- collapse lengthy descriptions in a ListView item
- add expand/collapse behavior to TextViews in an Android app
- limit text to a maximum number of collapsed lines with an expand button

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already using the View system with this dependency
- you need a drop-in expandable TextView for very old API levels

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project, especially with Jetpack Compose
- you need actively maintained or supported software
- your min SDK is modern and you can implement expandable text with a simple Composable

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: textview, expand-collapse, deprecated, jetpack-compose-migration, android

## Member repositories
- Manabu-GT/ExpandableTextView (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.944331+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 2026-08-29T18:23:36.667948+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Manabu-GT/ExpandableTextView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:33.944331+00:00, sha 6c257c862482)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.