# jasonpolites/gesture-imageview

Implements pinch-zoom, rotate, pan as an ImageView for Android 2.1+

Repository: https://github.com/jasonpolites/gesture-imageview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gesture-imageview
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-02-23T08:01:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5310, "days_push": 3478, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1138, forks 492 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.081581+00:00)

## What it is
An Android View class that extends ImageView with pinch-zoom, pan, and double-tap zoom gestures. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for the standard ImageView in XML layouts or programmatically.

## Use cases
- add pinch-to-zoom to an image in an Android app
- replace ImageView with a zoomable image view
- implement double-tap zoom on photos
- pan around a large image with fling gestures
- configure min and max zoom scale limits

## When to choose
- you need a simple, lightweight zoomable ImageView on legacy Android (2.1+)
- you want XML layout configuration with custom scale bounds

## When to avoid
- you need rotation or combined pan-and-zoom gestures
- you need an actively maintained library for modern Android
- you require full ImageView API compatibility

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: imageview, pinch-zoom, gesture-handling, java, android

## Member repositories
- jasonpolites/gesture-imageview (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.081581+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 2026-08-30T06:36:09.207191+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jasonpolites/gesture-imageview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.081581+00:00, sha 7b2257bd6703)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.