# roughike/SwipeSelector

A nicer-looking, more intuitive and highly customizable alternative for radio buttons and dropdowns for Android.

Repository: https://github.com/roughike/SwipeSelector
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/swipeselector
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-06-10T23:27:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3845, "days_push": 2641, "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 1085, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.004506+00:00)

## What it is
SwipeSelector is an Android UI library providing a swipeable, customizable alternative to radio buttons and dropdowns. It lets developers present a set of choices as swipeable items with values, titles, and descriptions.

## Use cases
- replace radio buttons with a nicer swipeable picker in an Android app
- replace dropdown spinners with a more intuitive selection UI
- let users swipe through options with titles and descriptions
- customize the look of choice selectors in Android layouts
- retrieve the currently selected item value from a swipeable control

## When to choose
- you are building a native Android app and want a polished alternative to radio buttons or spinners
- you need a lightweight Java library with support down to old Android API levels
- you want a highly customizable selection widget with value/title/description items

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform or Jetpack Compose solution
- you require actively maintained software with recent releases
- your project is not Android or uses Kotlin-first modern UI tooling exclusively

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, frontend
- platform: -
- tags: android-ui, swipe-selector, radio-button-alternative, dropdown-alternative, java, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- roughike/SwipeSelector (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.004506+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 2026-08-30T06:49:52.848556+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/roughike/SwipeSelector (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.004506+00:00, sha c750edc521d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.