# florent37/FiftyShadesOf

An elegant context-care loading placeholder for Android

Repository: https://github.com/florent37/FiftyShadesOf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fiftyshadesof
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, java, material, design, loading, loader, waiting, gray, shade, grey, view, custom, recycler, list
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-02T11:42:59+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": 3656, "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 1098, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.816472+00:00)

## What it is
FiftyShadesOf is an Android library that displays elegant, context-aware loading placeholders (shimmer/gray shade animations) over views while content loads. It supports targeting views by id, reference, or view group, with cross and fade animation styles.

## Use cases
- show a shimmer placeholder while images load in a RecyclerView
- gray out views during network requests
- add skeleton loading screens to Android apps
- animate loading states for lists and cards
- skip certain views from the loading placeholder

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight Java-based loading placeholder for Android views
- you want simple fluent API to animate multiple views or view groups
- you prefer cross or fade shimmer styles with minimal setup

## When to avoid
- you need Kotlin-first or Jetpack Compose skeleton libraries
- you require highly customizable placeholder layouts or image-based skeletons
- the project needs actively maintained dependencies (last release 2020)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: loading-placeholder, skeleton-screen, shimmer-effect, java, android-view, android

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.816472+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 2026-08-30T06:46:18.783132+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/florent37/FiftyShadesOf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.816472+00:00, sha 07a5db5cae8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.