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Bubble Picker

An easy-to-use animation which can be used for content picking for Android

From igalata·Updated May 2, 2026·View on GitHub·
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Check this [project on dribbble](https://dribbble.com/shots/3349372-Bubble-Picker-Open-Source-Component) The project is written primarily in Kotlin, first published in 2017. It has gained significant community traction with 1,395 stars and 245 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: android, animation, bubble, java, kotlin.

Latest release: v0.2.5
April 16, 2018View Changelog →

Bubble-Picker

License

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Requirements

  • Android SDK 16+

Usage

Add to your root build.gradle:

Groovy
allprojects { repositories { ... maven { url "https://jitpack.io" } } }

Add the dependency:

Groovy
dependencies { compile 'com.github.igalata:Bubble-Picker:v0.2.4' }

How to use this library

Add BubblePicker to your xml layout

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"> <com.igalata.bubblepicker.rendering.BubblePicker android:id="@+id/picker" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" app:backgroundColor="@android:color/white" /> </FrameLayout>

Override onResume() and onPause() methods to call the same methods from the BubblePicker

Kotlin

kotlin
override fun onResume() { super.onResume() picker.onResume() } override fun onPause() { super.onPause() picker.onPause() }

Java

java
@Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); picker.onResume(); } @Override protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); picker.onPause(); }

Pass the PickerItem list to the BubblePicker

Kotlin

kotlin
val titles = resources.getStringArray(R.array.countries) val colors = resources.obtainTypedArray(R.array.colors) val images = resources.obtainTypedArray(R.array.images) picker.adapter = object : BubblePickerAdapter { override val totalCount = titles.size override fun getItem(position: Int): PickerItem { return PickerItem().apply { title = titles[position] gradient = BubbleGradient(colors.getColor((position * 2) % 8, 0), colors.getColor((position * 2) % 8 + 1, 0), BubbleGradient.VERTICAL) typeface = mediumTypeface textColor = ContextCompat.getColor(this@DemoActivity, android.R.color.white) backgroundImage = ContextCompat.getDrawable(this@DemoActivity, images.getResourceId(position, 0)) } } }

Java

java
final String[] titles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.countries); final TypedArray colors = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.colors); final TypedArray images = getResources().obtainTypedArray(R.array.images); picker.setAdapter(new BubblePickerAdapter() { @Override public int getTotalCount() { return titles.length; } @NotNull @Override public PickerItem getItem(int position) { PickerItem item = new PickerItem(); item.setTitle(titles[position]); item.setGradient(new BubbleGradient(colors.getColor((position * 2) % 8, 0), colors.getColor((position * 2) % 8 + 1, 0), BubbleGradient.VERTICAL)); item.setTypeface(mediumTypeface); item.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(DemoActivity.this, android.R.color.white)); item.setBackgroundImage(ContextCompat.getDrawable(DemoActivity.this, images.getResourceId(position, 0))); return item; } });

Specify the BubblePickerListener to get notified about events

Kotlin

kotlin
picker.listener = object : BubblePickerListener { override fun onBubbleSelected(item: PickerItem) { } override fun onBubbleDeselected(item: PickerItem) { } }

Java

java
picker.setListener(new BubblePickerListener() { @Override public void onBubbleSelected(@NotNull PickerItem item) { } @Override public void onBubbleDeselected(@NotNull PickerItem item) { } });

To get all selected items use picker.selectedItems variable in Kotlin or picker.getSelectedItems() method in Java.

For more usage examples please review the sample app

Changelog

Version: 0.2.4

  • Added a possibility to setup the BubblePicker using BubblePickerAdapter

Version: 0.2.3

  • Fixed black textures issue on some devices

Version: 0.2.1

  • BubblePicker.centerImmediately veriable added, so it's possible to place the bubbles
    in the center of the view immediately

Version: 0.2

  • icon parameter added to place an image on a bubble along with the title
  • iconOnTop parameter added to control position of the icon on a bubble
  • textSize parameter added
  • BubblePicker.bubbleSize variable now can be changed from 1 to 100

Known iOS versions of the animation

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Irina Galata

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SOFTWARE.

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