Repo brief: scwang90/SmartRefreshLayout

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 1y ago

• 8 active contributors
• Apache-2.0 licensed
• Tests present

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

What it is

SmartRefreshLayout is an Android pull-to-refresh framework that provides intelligent, gesture-driven refresh and load-more functionality with support for nested view hierarchies, over-scroll bouncing, and dozens of built-in animated header/footer styles. It inherits from ViewGroup (not FrameLayout) to handle complex layouts including RecyclerView, ListView, WebView, and custom scrollable views across multiple nesting levels. Monorepo structure: app/ is the sample application containing activities organized by feature (examples/, practice/, style/). Core library likely resides in refresh-header/ and refresh-footer/ modules (referenced as implementation project(...) in build.gradle).…

Start here

• app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml: Declares all 50+ activity examples and defines app entry point…
• app/build.gradle: Defines minSdk, targetSdk, compile targets (Java 8, SDK 34), dependencies (Material, AndroidX), and…
• [app/src/main/java/com/scwang/refresh/layout/activity/example/BasicExampleActivity.java](https://github.com/scwang90/SmartRefreshLayout/blob/main/app/src/main/java/com/scwang/refresh/layout/activity/…
• [app/src/main/java/com/scwang/refresh/layout/activity/NestedLayoutExampleActivity.java](https://github.com/scwang90/SmartRefreshLayout/blob/main/app/src/main/java/com/scwang/refresh/layout/activity/N…
• app/proguard-rules.pro: Defines ProGuard/R8 obfuscation rules for release builds; important for maintaining…

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.

Clone and build:

git clone https://github.com/scwang90/SmartRefreshLayout.git
cd SmartRefreshLayout
./gradlew build
./gradlew :app:installDebug

The debug keystore is already committed (app/debug.keystore) for unsigned APK signing.

Daily commands:

./gradlew :app:assembleDebug
./gradlew :app:installDebug
adb shell am start -n com.scwang.refresh.layout.app/.activity.IndexMainActivity

Or import into Android Studio and Run → Run 'app'.

Key cautions & unknowns

• Stale — last commit 1y ago
• Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 52% of recent commits
• RenderScript deprecation: Build uses renderscriptTargetApi 25 and renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true, which is deprecated in recent NDK versions and may fail on Android 12+. No unit/integration tests: Only…
• 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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