# xfumihiro/ViewInspector

View Inspection Toolbar for Android Development

Repository: https://github.com/xfumihiro/ViewInspector
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xfumihiro-viewinspector
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-08-04T15:19:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3972, "days_push": 2586, "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 2114, forks 196 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:15.756724+00:00)

## What it is
A Gradle plugin and Android library that adds a view inspection toolbar to debug builds, showing view boundaries, margins, paddings, layering, and view lifecycle events. It builds on Jake Wharton's Scalpel and Lucas Rocha's Probe and has zero effect on non-debug builds.

## Use cases
- inspect android view hierarchies on device
- show view outlines margins and paddings while debugging layouts
- profile the android view tree
- log view lifecycle events to logcat
- debug custom viewgroups layer by layer

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Android project already using it
- you want an on-device view inspection toolbar in debug builds of an older Android codebase

## When to avoid
- starting a new Android project - use Android Studio's built-in Layout Inspector instead
- you need actively maintained tooling or support for modern Android Gradle plugins
- you need release-build inspection

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, gui, logging, monitoring
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: android, view-inspection, debugging, gradle-plugin, layout-inspector, scalpel, probe, mobile

## Member repositories
- xfumihiro/ViewInspector (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:15.756724+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 2026-08-30T02:53:29.472462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xfumihiro/ViewInspector (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:15.756724+00:00, sha 714fd49b17cb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.