# cwRichardKim/RKDropdownAlert

iOS / Objective C: an extremely simple UIAlertView alternative

Repository: https://github.com/cwRichardKim/RKDropdownAlert
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rkdropdownalert
Homepage: https://medium.com/@cwRichardKim/devux-uialertview-alternatives-3a78ab64cbf8
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-04-16T20:15:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4430, "days_push": 3426, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1528, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.646500+00:00)

## What it is
RKDropdownAlert is an Objective-C iOS library that displays simple, customizable dropdown alert banners as an alternative to UIAlertView, inspired by Facebook's Slingshot app. It offers one-line default calls plus options for title, message, colors, duration, and tap handling.

## Use cases
- show a dropdown notification banner in an iOS app
- replace UIAlertView with a less intrusive alert
- display error messages like incorrect PIN or promo code
- show quick status notifications with custom colors and duration
- handle taps on an alert to trigger actions

## When to choose
- building an iOS app in Objective-C that needs lightweight, customizable alert banners
- you want a one-line-call alert similar in ease to SVProgressHUD but with more customization
- you need non-blocking notifications that don't break user flow

## When to avoid
- developing in Swift with modern SwiftUI or UIKit alert APIs
- you need modal dialogs requiring user confirmation buttons
- the project needs actively maintained dependencies (last release 2017)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: objective-c, alert-view, dropdown-alert, uialertview-alternative, cocoa-touch, ios, mobile

## Member repositories
- cwRichardKim/RKDropdownAlert (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.646500+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 2026-08-30T04:31:30.684531+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cwRichardKim/RKDropdownAlert (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.646500+00:00, sha ace20b331577)
  - homepage: https://medium.com/@cwRichardKim/devux-uialertview-alternatives-3a78ab64cbf8 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:55.919770+00:00, sha 1c7b6e0d62b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.