# team-supercharge/ShimmerLayout

DEPRECATED - Memory efficient shimmering effect for Android applications by Supercharge.

Repository: https://github.com/team-supercharge/ShimmerLayout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shimmerlayout
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, android-animation, animation, memory-efficiency, android-application, shimmer
Last push: 2020-03-26T09:56:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3396, "days_push": 2351, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2512, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.489653+00:00)

## What it is
ShimmerLayout is an Android library that adds a memory-efficient shimmering effect (like Facebook or LinkedIn loading placeholders) to any layout. It is now deprecated in favor of Facebook's Shimmer for Android.

## Use cases
- add shimmer loading effect to android layouts
- create skeleton loading placeholders in android app
- animate shimmer on large layouts without high memory usage
- customize shimmer animation duration and appearance
- show loading state for text or views in android

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy android app already using this library
- you need a lightweight shimmer effect on very old android API levels

## When to avoid
- starting a new android project needing shimmer effects
- you want an actively maintained library
- you prefer Kotlin-first or Jetpack Compose solutions

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

## Member repositories
- team-supercharge/ShimmerLayout (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.489653+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 2026-08-30T02:26:20.520836+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/team-supercharge/ShimmerLayout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.489653+00:00, sha f15ff8130d91)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.