# matrixxun/MaterialBadgeTextView

As the name describes, this is an Android library that you can use to show new messages badge and new features badge.

Repository: https://github.com/matrixxun/MaterialBadgeTextView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialbadgetextview
Language: Java
License Family: other
Topics: android, textview, badge, android-library
Last push: 2017-02-15T02:56:59+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": 3576, "days_push": 3486, "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 1333, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:24.624778+00:00)

## What it is
A lightweight Android library providing a Material Design styled TextView for displaying notification badges (unread counts, new feature indicators) on icons and toolbar menu items. It consists of a single Java class with no resource files and supports API level 9+.

## Use cases
- show unread message count badge on app icons
- display new features badge in Android app
- add notification badge to toolbar menu item
- material design badge textview for IM apps
- show badge count with 99+ overflow
- highlight new notifications in Android UI

## When to choose
- you need a simple, dependency-free badge view for an Android app
- you want Material Design style badges matching FAB shadows
- you need to badge toolbar menu actions

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained library with recent updates
- your project requires a license file for compliance
- you target only modern Android with Jetpack Compose

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: badge, textview, material-design, notification-badge, android-library, android

## Member repositories
- matrixxun/MaterialBadgeTextView (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.624778+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 2026-08-30T04:44:53.983400+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/matrixxun/MaterialBadgeTextView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.624778+00:00, sha bd547e6930f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.