# mmin18/LayoutCast

Cast android code and resource changes to the running application through ADB.

Repository: https://github.com/mmin18/LayoutCast
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/layoutcast
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: android, eclipse, adt
Last push: 2018-03-10T14:00:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4047, "days_push": 3098, "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 1697, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:23.941471+00:00)

## What it is
LayoutCast is a Python-based developer tool that pushes Java code and resource changes from an Android project to a running app on a device or emulator via ADB, without restarting the application. It combines a small debug-only Android library, a command-line caster, and an Android Studio/IntelliJ plugin that applies changes in roughly five seconds while preserving the running activity stack.

## Use cases
- push android code changes to a running app without reinstalling
- hot reload android layouts and resources on a device
- speed up the android build and run cycle during debugging
- apply resource changes without restarting the application
- sync java code changes to a phone or emulator over adb
- avoid long gradle build waits when testing on a real device

## When to choose
- you are debugging on a real device or emulator and full rebuild cycles waste significant time
- you maintain a legacy Eclipse ADT or older Gradle-based Android project
- you want to iterate on layouts and resources while keeping the current activity stack intact

## When to avoid
- you are on modern Android tooling - Android Studio's Apply Changes or Live Edit covers this natively
- your device runs below Android 5.0, since Java code casting requires the ART runtime
- you cannot add a debug-only library dependency and Application class change to the project
- you need a maintained tool - the project has had no releases since 2018

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, build-tool, cli
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, android-tools
- platform: cli, editor-plugin, python
- tags: hot-reload, adb, android-studio-plugin, intellij-plugin, eclipse-adt, code-push, resource-sync, instant-run-alternative, art-runtime, gradle, android-library, android

## Member repositories
- mmin18/LayoutCast (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:23.941471+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 2026-08-30T03:37:51.771906+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mmin18/LayoutCast (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:23.941471+00:00, sha e9af31b03c1b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.