# path/android-priority-jobqueue

A Job Queue specifically written for Android to easily schedule jobs (tasks) that run in the background, improving UX and application stability.

Repository: https://github.com/path/android-priority-jobqueue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/path-android-priority-jobqueue
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-02-24T12:15:03+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": 4894, "days_push": 1651, "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 2392, forks 372 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.392888+00:00)

## What it is
A priority job queue library for Android that lets developers schedule background jobs with persistence, prioritization, network constraints, and grouping. It decouples background work from the activity lifecycle to improve UX and application stability.

## Use cases
- schedule background jobs in an android app
- persist queued network requests across app restarts
- run background tasks that survive configuration changes
- prioritize and group background work
- delay jobs until network connectivity is available
- replace async tasks with a robust job manager

## When to choose
- building an Android app needing reliable, persistent background job execution
- you need prioritization, retry, and network-aware scheduling for tasks
- you want to decouple background work from UI lifecycle

## When to avoid
- starting a new project, since development moved to a fork and this repo is stopped
- using on non-Android platforms
- you only need simple one-shot background work covered by WorkManager

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: concurrency, scheduling
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: job-queue, background-tasks, android, persistence, task-scheduling, automation, mobile

## Member repositories
- path/android-priority-jobqueue (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.392888+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 2026-08-30T02:34:27.785266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/path/android-priority-jobqueue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.392888+00:00, sha 45d80915e9c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.