# sephiroth74/Material-BottomNavigation

Bottom Navigation widget component inspired by the Google Material Design Guidelines at https://www.google.com/design/spec/components/bottom-navigation.html

Repository: https://github.com/sephiroth74/Material-BottomNavigation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/material-bottomnavigation
Language: Kotlin
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, widget, navigation, material-design, bottomnavigation, bottombar, xml, google-material, tablet, menu-xml
Last push: 2023-07-03T17:57:55+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": 3803, "days_push": 1157, "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 1450, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.932049+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight Android bottom navigation widget library implementing Google's Material Design bottom navigation guidelines. It is configured via XML menu resources and integrates with CoordinatorLayout behaviors.

## Use cases
- add a material design bottom navigation bar to an android app
- show badges on bottom navigation menu items
- create a tabbed bottom bar with 3-5 menu entries
- customize bottom navigation styling and labels in xml
- implement bottom navigation with scrolling behavior in CoordinatorLayout

## When to choose
- you need a Material Design compliant bottom navigation on Android
- you want XML menu-based configuration with badge support
- you need a lightweight alternative to the support library's BottomNavigationView

## When to avoid
- you are not building an Android app
- you need Jetpack Compose navigation components
- you need a very actively maintained library with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: material-design, bottom-navigation, android-widget, kotlin, navigation-bar, android

## Member repositories
- sephiroth74/Material-BottomNavigation (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.932049+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 2026-08-30T04:35:57.184911+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sephiroth74/Material-BottomNavigation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.932049+00:00, sha 754c0e658ea1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.