mttkay/ignition
Kick-starts Android application development. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5534
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 4962
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1271 stars · 287 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Ignition is an Android library project that kick-starts app development by providing ready-to-use components and utility classes that wrap common boilerplate. It is split into three sub-projects: ignition-core (UI components), ignition-support (utilities, HTTP wrapper, caching), and ignition-location (AspectJ-based location handling).
Use cases
- reduce boilerplate when building Android apps
- write robust HTTP networking code on Android
- load and cache remote images in Android apps
- cache HTTP responses or object trees to memory and disk
- handle location updates without Activity boilerplate
- use a friendlier AsyncTask implementation
- maintain backwards compatibility across Android API levels
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already built on ignition
- working on an old Android project targeting pre-2013 API levels where modern libraries are unavailable
When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - the library is unmaintained since 2013 and lacks a license
- modern Android development where AndroidX, Retrofit, OkHttp, Glide, and WorkManager cover these needs
- projects requiring active support or security updates
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
http-client caching ui-components image-processing mobile-development android-tools developer-tools jvm android-boilerplate async-task remote-image-loading location-services android
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mttkay/ignition · fetched 2026-08-28 · 775a9f29f2eb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mttkay/ignition | main | 32 |
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