ZieIony/Carbon
Material Design implementation for Android 4.0+. Shadows, ripples, vectors, fonts, animations, widgets, rounded corners and more. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4228
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1865
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3029 stars · 372 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Carbon is a Material Design implementation library for Android 4.0+ that provides real backports of Lollipop features like animated shadows, touch ripples, rounded corners, and vector/SVG support. It offers custom widgets, XML attributes for styling, and bugfixes to make UI look consistent across all Android API levels.
Use cases
- add material design shadows and ripples on pre-Lollipop Android
- backport elevation and rounded corners to Android 4.x
- use material widgets like BottomNavigationView and TabLayout on old APIs
- render SVG vectors with gradients and text in Android views
- apply custom fonts and tinting consistently across Android versions
- fix Android layout bugs like FrameLayout padding handling
When to choose
- you must support old Android versions (4.x) with modern Material Design looks
- you want consistent shadows and ripples across all API levels without gradients
- you need extra widgets like RangeSeekBar, FlowLayout, or FloatingActionMenu
When to avoid
- you target only Android Lollipop and above and can use native Material Components
- you need a library under active development with recent updates
- you prefer Jetpack Compose over XML-based Android UI
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
ui-components animation theme css-framework mobile-development web-design cross-platform jvm material-design android-ui backport shadows ripples widgets svg-support android
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ZieIony/Carbon · fetched 2026-08-28 · 054ffedd91a2
- homepage: https://androidreclib.wordpress.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c7d06d5615ef
- site_page: https://androidreclib.wordpress.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · c1d52c2f4ca8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ZieIony/Carbon | main | 10 |
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