# florent37/ViewTooltip

A fluent tooltip for Android

Repository: https://github.com/florent37/ViewTooltip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/viewtooltip
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, view, tooltip, hint, gravity, custom, activity, fragment, edittext, material, indicator, tutorial, sample, showcase, show
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-07-02T11:44:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3373, "days_push": 2253, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1080, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.462214+00:00)

## What it is
A fluent Java library for Android that displays customizable tooltips attached to any view, with configurable position, colors, corners, arrows, animations, and auto-hide behavior. It automatically keeps tooltips within screen bounds and works with activities, fragments, and EditTexts.

## Use cases
- show a tooltip hint next to an EditText
- display onboarding tips over UI elements
- show an error message bubble near a form field
- create a tutorial showcase highlighting views
- customize tooltip position, color, and corner radius
- auto-hide tooltips after a delay

## When to choose
- you need a simple, fluent API to show tooltips on Android views
- you want tooltips that automatically stay within screen bounds
- you need customizable tooltip styling like arrows, corners, and animations

## When to avoid
- you need Jetpack Compose tooltips rather than View-based ones
- you need an actively maintained library (last release 2020)
- you need complex onboarding flows beyond simple tooltips

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: tooltip, android-view, fluent-api, showcase, hint-overlay, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- florent37/ViewTooltip (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.462214+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 2026-08-30T06:51:27.800478+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/florent37/ViewTooltip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.462214+00:00, sha 05e0f42b2f65)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.