Repo brief: roughike/BottomBar

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 5y ago

• 12 active contributors
• Apache-2.0 licensed
• CI configured
• Tests present

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

What it is

BottomBar is a deprecated custom Android View component that implements Material Design's Bottom Navigation pattern (per Google's spec). It provides a customizable bottom navigation bar with tab support, badges, color animations, and icon-only or text+icon layouts—historically an alternative before Google released the official BottomNavigationView. Standard Android library structure: core custom View logic resides in a bottom-bar module (referenced as compile project(':bottom-bar') in app/build.gradle), example/demo activities in app/src/main/java/com/example/bottombar/sample/ (BadgeActivity.java, CustomColorAndFontActivity.java, etc.), drawable assets for icons organized by density…

Start here

• app/src/main/java/com/example/bottombar/sample/MainActivity.java: Primary demo…
• app/src/main/java/com/example/bottombar/sample/BadgeActivity.java: Demonstrates…
• [app/src/main/java/com/example/bottombar/sample/CustomColorAndFontActivity.java](https://github.com/roughike/BottomBar/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/example/bottombar/sample/CustomColorAndFontAct…
• app/build.gradle: Declares dependency on the core bottom-bar module and support libraries; defines minSdkVersion and build config
• app/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/: Contains the 24dp solid-black icon assets required for bottom navigation tabs

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

git clone https://github.com/roughike/BottomBar.git
cd BottomBar
./gradlew build
./gradlew installDebug  # or use Android Studio

Daily commands:

Open in Android Studio and run the app module. Or: ./gradlew installDebug to deploy to a connected device/emulator. Run tests with ./gradlew connectedAndroidTest (see .idea/runConfigurations/All_Tests.xml).

Key cautions & unknowns

• Stale — last commit 5y ago
• Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 82% of recent commits
• (1) This is a deprecated library—the author explicitly discourages new usage in the README. (2) minSdkVersion is API 11 (Honeycomb, 2011); modern projects target API 21+. (3) No AndroidX migration visible—uses old…
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests

Evidence note

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