# ManuelPeinado/GlassActionBar

Android - a library that adds a glass-like effect to the action bar.

Repository: https://github.com/ManuelPeinado/GlassActionBar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glassactionbar
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-05-05T22:06:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4819, "days_push": 3042, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1204, forks 228 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.788524+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library that applies a glass-like blur effect to the action bar, supporting the stock action bar, ActionBarCompat, and ActionBarSherlock. It is distributed via Maven Central as an AAR and based on blur techniques described by Nicolas Pomepuy.

## Use cases
- add a frosted glass effect to the Android action bar
- blur the action bar background as content scrolls underneath
- make the action bar translucent over scrolling content
- apply gaussian blur to Android UI elements
- style the action bar in an Android app

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android app using the stock action bar, ActionBarCompat, or ActionBarSherlock and want a glass effect
- you want a simple Maven Central dependency for action bar blurring

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Android project with the modern Toolbar or Material 3 tooling
- you need actively maintained or updated library support
- your minSdk is below API 13

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation, image-processing
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: jvm
- tags: action-bar, blur-effect, glassmorphism, android-ui, android

## Member repositories
- ManuelPeinado/GlassActionBar (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.788524+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 2026-08-30T06:19:38.217377+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ManuelPeinado/GlassActionBar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.788524+00:00, sha 9288646c6f8a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.