# runway20/PopoverView

A simple UIView popover control for iPhone/iPad written in CoreGraphics.

Repository: https://github.com/runway20/PopoverView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/popoverview
Language: Objective-C
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-06-15T03:59:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5117, "days_push": 3731, "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 1006, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:11.819389+00:00)

## What it is
A resolution-independent UIView popover component for iPhone and iPad, written entirely in CoreGraphics and QuartzCore. It displays custom views, titles, or string selection lists via a simple one-line static interface that handles positioning, animation, and memory management.

## Use cases
- show a popover with custom content on tap in an iOS app
- display a modal tooltip or menu anchored to a point on iPhone or iPad
- present a list of string options in a popover
- show a calendar or other UIView as a popover with a title
- add lightweight popover UI without storyboards or external dependencies

## When to choose
- you are maintaining or building a legacy Objective-C iOS app and need a simple, dependency-free popover
- you want a one-line API that handles positioning, animation, and memory management automatically
- you need a resolution-independent popover drawn purely with CoreGraphics

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project in Swift or SwiftUI, which have native popover and presentation APIs
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases or security updates
- you require guaranteed long-term support, since the project has had no releases since 2016

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, popover, uikit, coregraphics, modal-content, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- runway20/PopoverView (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:11.819389+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 2026-08-30T07:12:58.402791+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/runway20/PopoverView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:11.819389+00:00, sha ffb086cc97d6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.