# recruit-lifestyle/FloatingView

Repository: https://github.com/recruit-lifestyle/FloatingView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/recruit-lifestyle-floatingview
Homepage: http://engineer.recruit-lifestyle.co.jp/techblog/2015-07-29-floatingview/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-02-03T05:53:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4057, "days_push": 2403, "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 1137, forks 203 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.876644+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library (Java) for displaying floating overlay views, such as chat-head style icons, on top of other apps using a foreground Service and FloatingViewManager. It supports API level 14+ and is now archived in favor of Android's native Bubbles API.

## Use cases
- show a floating chat head bubble over other apps
- display a draggable overlay icon on android
- implement facebook-messenger style chat heads
- add a floating widget that users can drag and dismiss into a trash icon
- overlay ui on top of other applications

## When to choose
- you must support Android versions below the API 31 Bubbles requirement
- you need a simple draggable overlay icon with trash animation in a legacy app

## When to avoid
- starting a new project on modern Android - use the official Bubbles API instead
- you need maintained library support or bug fixes
- your app targets Android versions where SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW overlays are heavily restricted

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: floating-view, chat-head, overlay, system-alert-window, android-library, archived, android

## Member repositories
- recruit-lifestyle/FloatingView (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.876644+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 2026-08-30T06:36:21.264476+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/recruit-lifestyle/FloatingView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.876644+00:00, sha 326a61f96744)
  - homepage: http://engineer.recruit-lifestyle.co.jp/techblog/2015-07-29-floatingview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:17.417201+00:00, sha d13b609711c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.