Balloon 1.x (View)

This section documents the previous major version

Balloon 1.7.6 is the last release of the View based library. It still works and stays published on Maven Central, but it receives no further releases.

New projects should use Balloon 2.0.0, which is built on Compose Multiplatform. If you are upgrading, read the Migration guide.

What is here

Balloon 1.x is an Android only tooltip library built on PopupWindow. It ships two artifacts:

Artifact	What it is
com.github.skydoves:balloon:1.7.6	the View and XML implementation
com.github.skydoves:balloon-compose:1.7.6	a Jetpack Compose wrapper around it

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.skydoves:balloon:1.7.6")
    implementation("com.github.skydoves:balloon-compose:1.7.6")
}

Pages

• Getting Started
• Showing Balloon
• Arrow
• Text and Icon
• Customization
• Overlay
• Animation
• Listeners
• Persistence
• Jetpack Compose
  • Overview
  • BalloonState
  • Compose Extensions

Should I upgrade?

You are using	Recommendation
balloon-compose in a Compose app	Upgrade. The entry points already share their names, so the change is mostly imports, Dp, and Color
balloon from Compose via Modifier.balloon	Upgrade, same as above
balloon from XML layouts, Fragments, or RecyclerView adapters	Stay on 1.7.6. There is no View API in 2.0.0
Starting a new project	Use 2.0.0

See the Migration guide for a setter by setter mapping.