# romainpiel/Shimmer-android

(DEPRECATED) An Android TextView with a shimmering effect

Repository: https://github.com/romainpiel/Shimmer-android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/romainpiel-shimmer-android
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-10-10T13:28:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4563, "days_push": 3614, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1973, forks 431 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.153525+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated Android library providing a ShimmerTextView and ShimmerButton with a shimmering animation effect, ported from Facebook's iOS Shimmer library. It is no longer maintained, though the code still works and can be copied into projects.

## Use cases
- add a shimmering effect to text on Android
- show an animated loading indicator
- highlight a TextView with a shimmer animation
- create a shimmering button in an Android app
- customize shimmer animation duration and direction

## When to choose
- you need a simple shimmer text effect on Android and are fine copying unmaintained code
- you want a lightweight drop-in view for loading shimmer effects on older Android projects

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with active support
- starting a new Android project where modern shimmer libraries exist
- you need effects beyond TextView/Button shimmering

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: shimmer-effect, textview, loading-indicator, deprecated, java, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- romainpiel/Shimmer-android (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.153525+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 2026-08-30T03:04:59.795413+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/romainpiel/Shimmer-android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.153525+00:00, sha 019f63734c4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.