# Kelin-Hong/MVVMLight

A toolkit help to build Android MVVM Application

Repository: https://github.com/Kelin-Hong/MVVMLight
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mvvmlight
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2017-03-30T09:53:49+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": 3744, "days_push": 3443, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1833, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.381839+00:00)

## What it is
MVVMLight is a Java toolkit for building Android MVVM applications on top of Android Data Binding. It adds binding attributes (e.g., image URI loading via Fresco), event commands, collection binding for RecyclerView/ListView/ViewPager without adapters, and a global message pipe for ViewModel communication.

## Use cases
- build an android app with mvvm architecture
- bind imageview uri in android data binding
- bind recyclerview list without writing adapters
- communicate between viewmodels in android
- handle button clicks via binding commands

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app already using this toolkit
- learning how MVVM and Data Binding work on Android

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Jetpack's ViewModel, LiveData, and Data Binding instead
- you need active maintenance or support for modern Android APIs
- your project uses Kotlin-first architecture like Jetpack Compose

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, state-management, middleware
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: mvvm, data-binding, android-architecture, viewmodel, fresco, databinding, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- Kelin-Hong/MVVMLight (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.381839+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 2026-08-30T03:18:37.162243+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kelin-Hong/MVVMLight (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.381839+00:00, sha 255161a973af)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.