# jgilfelt/SystemBarTint

[DEPRECATED] Apply background tinting to the Android system UI when using KitKat translucent modes

Repository: https://github.com/jgilfelt/SystemBarTint
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/systembartint
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2015-09-05T09:30:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4672, "days_push": 4015, "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 5315, forks 1415 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.515946+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated Android library that applies background tinting to the status and navigation bars when using KitKat translucent system UI modes. It provides a SystemBarTintManager to set tint colors or drawables and handles system UI insets across Android versions back to API 10.

## Use cases
- tint the Android status bar with a custom color on KitKat translucent mode
- add a background tint to the navigation bar for full-bleed content screens
- make translucent system bars readable over maps or photo grids
- get system bar insets to pad layouts under translucent status bars
- apply drawable tints to Android system UI bars

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Android app targeting KitKat-era translucent system UI
- supporting devices running Android 4.4 where native translucent bar styling needs background protection

## When to avoid
- building new Android apps - modern Android APIs handle system bar coloring natively
- targeting Android 5.0+ where the library is unnecessary
- using fullscreen or immersive window modes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: android, status-bar, navigation-bar, translucent-system-ui, kitkat, deprecated, system-bar-tinting, mobile

## Member repositories
- jgilfelt/SystemBarTint (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.515946+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 2026-08-29T17:58:57.538183+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jgilfelt/SystemBarTint (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.515946+00:00, sha ac9a54e02282)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.