# frogermcs/InstaMaterial

Implementation of Instagram with Material Design (originally based on Emmanuel Pacamalan's concept)

Repository: https://github.com/frogermcs/InstaMaterial
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/instamaterial
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-09-30T19:55:47+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": 4314, "days_push": 2163, "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 4939, forks 1410 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.746225+00:00)

## What it is
A demo Android application that recreates the Instagram UI using Material Design, built as the companion source code to the author's blog tutorial series. It showcases implementations of Material Design elements such as floating action buttons, toolbars, RecyclerViews, ripples, and activity/view transition animations.

## Use cases
- learn material design by studying a complete android app
- implement floating action button, toolbar and recyclerview in android
- add activity and view transition animations to an android app
- recreate the instagram feed ui with material design
- find examples of like button, ripple and animator effects in android
- get source code for a material design concept app

## When to choose
- You want a working reference for classic Material Design UI patterns in Java-based Android code
- You are following the author's blog series and want the matching source for each part
- You need concrete examples of transitions, ripples, and AnimatorSet-based UI effects

## When to avoid
- You need a real, functional Instagram client or photo-sharing app with a backend
- Your project uses Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, or AndroidX - this code targets the old Java Support Library era
- You require actively maintained or production-ready software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components, gui
- domain: mobile-development, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: material-design, instagram-clone, demo-app, sample-app, android-ui, java, ui-transitions, recyclerview, floating-action-button, concept-app, blog-series, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- frogermcs/InstaMaterial (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.746225+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 2026-08-29T18:17:56.020694+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frogermcs/InstaMaterial (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.746225+00:00, sha 679369587e58)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.