# arcadefire/nice-spinner

A nice spinner for Android

Repository: https://github.com/arcadefire/nice-spinner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nice-spinner
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, spinner, material-design
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-07-28T20:08:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4049, "days_push": 766, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2857, forks 439 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.926025+00:00)

## What it is
NiceSpinner is an Android UI library that re-implements the default Android spinner widget with a material design look, arrow animation, and customizable dropdown display. It is distributed via JitPack and used by adding a view tag to XML layouts.

## Use cases
- add a material design dropdown spinner to an android layout
- replace the default android spinner with a nicer animated one
- customize spinner arrow and text colors in android
- show a dropdown list of options in an android app
- handle item selection from a spinner in android

## When to choose
- you need a material-styled spinner widget in an Android app on API 14+
- you want a drop-in replacement for the default Android spinner with arrow animation

## When to avoid
- the project is archived and no longer maintained, so bugs and compatibility issues won't be fixed
- you need a spinner for platforms other than Android
- you prefer actively maintained Jetpack Compose dropdown components

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: -
- tags: android-spinner, material-design, dropdown, archived, android

## Member repositories
- arcadefire/nice-spinner (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.926025+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 2026-08-30T07:36:29.771164+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/arcadefire/nice-spinner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.926025+00:00, sha f1322c580065)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.