# vpdn/MMAppSwitcher

Replace iOS7 app switcher view with your own customized card view.

Repository: https://github.com/vpdn/MMAppSwitcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mmappswitcher
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2015-02-06T09:37:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4612, "days_push": 4226, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1053, forks 40 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:23.894923+00:00)

## What it is
MMAppSwitcher is a small Objective-C library that lets iOS 7 apps replace the default scaled-down screenshot in the app switcher with a custom card view. Apps provide the card via a data source protocol and can refresh it during background fetches or silent push wakeups.

## Use cases
- customize the iOS 7 app switcher card for my app
- show live data in the multitasking card view
- replace the default app snapshot in the app switcher
- update the app switcher card on background fetch
- build a time tracking app with a custom switcher card

## When to choose
- you are building an iOS 7 app and want a branded or live-updating card in the app switcher
- you want a tiny drop-in class or CocoaPods dependency with a one-method data source

## When to avoid
- you target iOS 8 or later, where this hack no longer applies
- you need App Store-safe techniques only, since similar tricks may be rejected
- you need to test on the simulator, since the custom view only appears on real devices

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: ios7, app-switcher, multitasking, objective-c, cocoapods, card-view, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- vpdn/MMAppSwitcher (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.894923+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 2026-08-30T06:59:39.738914+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vpdn/MMAppSwitcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:23.894923+00:00, sha e6a0f2db6216)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.