# emilsjolander/StickyListHeaders

An android library for section headers that stick to the top

Repository: https://github.com/emilsjolander/StickyListHeaders
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stickylistheaders
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-05-21T09:48:05+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": 5288, "days_push": 1930, "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 5463, forks 1485 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:19.541108+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library that adds sticky section headers to ListView, mimicking the Ice Cream Sandwich People app and iOS list behavior. It provides a drop-in ListView replacement with a simple adapter API and can also be used for non-sticky section headers.

## Use cases
- add sticky section headers to an Android ListView
- group list items alphabetically with pinned letter headers like a contacts list
- build an Android list with iOS-style section headers
- show pinned headers while scrolling a categorized list
- add section headers to a list without sticky behavior

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android app using ListView and need pinned section headers
- you want a lightweight, high-performance drop-in ListView replacement with header support
- you need to support old Android versions down to Gingerbread

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Android project - use RecyclerView with modern header libraries instead
- you need advanced list features beyond section headers, since the API intentionally stays minimal
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: jvm
- tags: listview, section-headers, sticky-headers, android-ui, java, android

## Member repositories
- emilsjolander/StickyListHeaders (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.541108+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 2026-08-29T17:56:46.264959+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/emilsjolander/StickyListHeaders (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.541108+00:00, sha fa7d447583f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.