# navasmdc/MaterialDesignLibrary

This is a library with components of Android L to you use in android 2.2

Repository: https://github.com/navasmdc/MaterialDesignLibrary
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialdesignlibrary
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, material-design
Last push: 2023-05-28T17:32:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4355, "days_push": 1193, "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 8916, forks 2188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:26.283902+00:00)

## What it is
An Android UI library providing Material Design components (buttons, switches, progress indicators, snackbars, dialogs) for use on Android 2.2 and above. It backports Material Design widgets to older Android versions via custom XML views.

## Use cases
- add material design buttons to an old android app
- backport material design widgets to android 2.2
- use snackbar and dialog components on legacy android
- get material-style progress bars and sliders in android
- apply material design look to pre-lollipop android project

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app on old support-library versions that needs Material-style widgets
- targeting very old Android versions (2.2+) where official Material Components are unavailable

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use the official Material Components library instead
- the project is effectively unmaintained and predates AndroidX
- you need modern Material Design 2/3 behavior and theming

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation, theme
- domain: mobile-development, web-design
- platform: jvm
- tags: material-design, android-widgets, legacy-android, ui-library, android

## Member repositories
- navasmdc/MaterialDesignLibrary (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.283902+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 2026-08-29T17:24:33.933783+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/navasmdc/MaterialDesignLibrary (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.283902+00:00, sha 48fe70e37532)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.