# neokree/MaterialTabs

Custom Tabs with Material Design effects

Repository: https://github.com/neokree/MaterialTabs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/materialtabs
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-03-12T01:46:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4334, "days_push": 2732, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1383, forks 375 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.600900+00:00)

## What it is
MaterialTabs is an Android UI library that renders Material Design-style tab bars (text or icon tabs) with animations, specifically for apps running on pre-Lollipop Android versions. It provides a MaterialTabHost view with customizable colors that integrates with ViewPager and requires API 14+ plus the Android support v7 Toolbar.

## Use cases
- add material design tabs to an android app
- create a tab bar synced with viewpager
- material style tabs for older android versions
- customizable tab host with text or icon tabs
- material design animations for tabs on pre-lollipop devices

## When to choose
- You maintain a legacy Android app supporting old Android versions (API 14+) that needs Material-style tab navigation
- You want a drop-in MaterialTabHost view that syncs selection with a ViewPager
- You need text or icon tabs with custom primary/accent colors on pre-Lollipop devices

## When to avoid
- You target Android 5.0+ or use AndroidX — use TabLayout from the Material Components/design support library instead, as the author recommends
- You need ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, or new features — the project is explicitly unsupported
- You build UI with modern Jetpack Compose or current Android tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: material-design, tabs, viewpager, android-ui, deprecated, pre-lollipop, android-support-library, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- neokree/MaterialTabs (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.600900+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 2026-08-30T04:40:03.462161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/neokree/MaterialTabs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.600900+00:00, sha d59f1d6a437b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.