# rengwuxian/MaterialEditText

EditText in Material Design

Repository: https://github.com/rengwuxian/MaterialEditText
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialedittext
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-03-28T03:48:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4325, "days_push": 158, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6075, forks 1031 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.819240+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing a Material Design styled EditText with features like floating labels, character counters, helper/error text, and customizable colors. It extends beyond AppCompat v21's limited Material EditText implementation.

## Use cases
- add floating label text inputs to an android app
- material design edittext with error and helper text
- character counter for android text fields
- customizable material text input colors and fonts
- android text field with material design icon

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android app already using it
- you need Material Design text inputs on old Android support libraries

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Jetpack Compose or Material Components instead
- you need actively maintained library with bug fixes and support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, form-handling
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: jvm
- tags: material-design, edittext, android-ui, floating-label, text-input, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- rengwuxian/MaterialEditText (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.819240+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 2026-08-29T17:48:21.910337+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rengwuxian/MaterialEditText (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.819240+00:00, sha 37962a70e95b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.