# frogermcs/LikeAnimation

Android like button with delightful star animation inspired by Twitter's heart. See blog post for description.

Repository: https://github.com/frogermcs/LikeAnimation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/likeanimation
Homepage: http://frogermcs.github.io/twitters-like-animation-in-android-alternative/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-04-17T05:38:10+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": 3907, "days_push": 3060, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1657, forks 249 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.166506+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing a like button with a delightful star burst animation inspired by Twitter's heart animation. It implements custom views (circle, dots, icon) animated with ObjectAnimator rather than frame animations.

## Use cases
- add a twitter-style like animation to an android app
- implement a like/favorite button with burst effect
- learn how to draw custom animated views on android canvas
- reproduce twitter heart animation with star icon
- add delightful micro-interactions to android ui

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made animated like button for Android
- you want to study custom canvas drawing and ObjectAnimator techniques

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with recent updates and broad device support
- you are not building an Android app
- you need a cross-platform or Compose-based solution

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: like-button, twitter-heart, custom-view, android-ui, android

## Member repositories
- frogermcs/LikeAnimation (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.166506+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 2026-08-30T03:44:46.731296+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frogermcs/LikeAnimation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.166506+00:00, sha 60454d9a2ffd)
  - homepage: http://frogermcs.github.io/twitters-like-animation-in-android-alternative/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:19.792395+00:00, sha a6206d74a6f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.