# pchmn/MaterialChipsInput

Implementation of Material Design Chips component for Android

Repository: https://github.com/pchmn/MaterialChipsInput
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialchipsinput
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, android-library, material-design, chips, library
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-08T17:57:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3429, "days_push": 86, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2606, forks 382 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.066626+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library implementing the Material Design Chips component, providing ChipsInput (a chip-based input with suggestions like contact chips) and ChipView views. It is highly customizable and distributed via JitPack.

## Use cases
- add material design chips input to an android app
- implement contact chips with avatar suggestions in android
- create a tag input field with filterable suggestions on android
- display selectable chip views in an android layout
- build a multi-select autocomplete with chips in android

## When to choose
- you need a Material Design chips/contact-chips component in a legacy Android project with minSdk >= 15
- you want a customizable chip input with suggestion filtering and detailed chip views

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library - the repo is archived and deprecated
- you target modern Android with Jetpack Compose, where Material 3 chips are built in
- you need support for newer Android SDK versions or bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, form-handling
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: material-design, chips, android-library, deprecated, archived, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- pchmn/MaterialChipsInput (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.066626+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 2026-08-30T02:21:00.797134+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pchmn/MaterialChipsInput (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.066626+00:00, sha f6bc8d98751d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.