# deano2390/MaterialShowcaseView

A Material Design themed ShowcaseView for Android

Repository: https://github.com/deano2390/MaterialShowcaseView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialshowcaseview
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-01T09:36:02+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": 4046, "days_push": 1250, "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 2708, forks 521 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.675711+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library that displays Material Design themed showcase overlays to highlight UI elements and guide users through app features. It supports single-use showcases and multi-step sequences, and is distributed via JitPack.

## Use cases
- show a first-time user how a feature works
- highlight a button with a tooltip overlay on Android
- create a multi-step onboarding tour of app screens
- display a one-time feature announcement overlay
- add Material Design coach marks to an Android app

## When to choose
- you need Material Design styled feature spotlights in an Android app
- you want simple single-use or sequenced onboarding overlays with minimal setup
- you prefer a lightweight Java library added via Gradle/JitPack

## When to avoid
- you are building for iOS, web, or desktop platforms
- you need Jetpack Compose-native onboarding components
- you require a heavily maintained library with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: showcaseview, onboarding, material-design, user-guidance, tooltip-overlay, java, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- deano2390/MaterialShowcaseView (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.675711+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 2026-08-30T02:15:41.185264+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/deano2390/MaterialShowcaseView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.675711+00:00, sha 14632f23ac4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.