# fphilipe/PHFComposeBarView

Compose bar from iOS 7 Messages.app

Repository: https://github.com/fphilipe/PHFComposeBarView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phfcomposebarview
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ios, uiview, cocoapod, component
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-02-11T00:26:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4866, "days_push": 2030, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1171, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.624124+00:00)

## What it is
An Objective-C iOS UI component that precisely recreates the compose bar from the iOS 7 Messages.app, including a text view, placeholder, utility button, and main button. It supports customization of colors, titles, character counters, and automatic growth behavior when text wraps.

## Use cases
- add a message input bar to an iOS chat screen
- recreate the iOS Messages compose bar in my app
- text input bar that grows as the user types
- compose bar with placeholder and character counter
- customizable message composer view for iOS
- input bar with utility button and send button

## When to choose
- building an iOS messaging or chat interface with an iOS 7-style compose bar
- you need a text input bar that auto-grows with configurable max height or line count
- you want a drop-in CocoaPods component with delegate-based integration

## When to avoid
- targeting modern iOS with Swift and SwiftUI, since this is an older Objective-C component
- you need rich text or attachment-heavy input beyond a simple compose bar
- the project requires actively maintained dependencies, as updates are infrequent

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, uikit, compose-bar, text-input, cocoapods, messaging-ui, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- fphilipe/PHFComposeBarView (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.624124+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 2026-08-30T06:28:31.117477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fphilipe/PHFComposeBarView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.624124+00:00, sha 80dd2a39e1ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.