# sharish/ShimmerRecyclerView

Repository: https://github.com/sharish/ShimmerRecyclerView
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shimmerrecyclerview
Language: Kotlin
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-10-30T20:20:10+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": 3529, "days_push": 1038, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4007, forks 542 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.194306+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library providing a custom RecyclerView that displays shimmer placeholder views while content loads. It offers a built-in demo adapter with show/hide methods and configurable shimmer layouts, colors, and layout managers.

## Use cases
- show shimmer loading placeholders in a RecyclerView list
- display skeleton screens while fetching data in an Android app
- add shimmer effect to grid layouts during loading
- replace content with real adapter after data loads
- customize shimmer color and demo child count in Android lists

## When to choose
- you need ready-made shimmer/skeleton loading states for Android lists or grids
- you want a drop-in RecyclerView subclass with minimal setup
- you need both list and grid shimmer layouts with XML attribute configuration

## When to avoid
- you are not building an Android app
- you need loading placeholders outside RecyclerView (e.g., plain views)
- you want a library with active development or a permissive license guarantee

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: recyclerview, shimmer-loading, loading-placeholder, skeleton-screen, kotlin, android-ui, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- sharish/ShimmerRecyclerView (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.194306+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 2026-08-29T18:24:03.841702+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sharish/ShimmerRecyclerView (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.194306+00:00, sha f74b76e2c343)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.