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I built a Modern Android Toast Library that works properly on Android 11+ (with icons, colors & Version Catalog support)

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🚀 I built a Modern Android Toast Library that works properly on Android 11+ (with icons, colors & Version Catalog support)

Android’s default Toast customization stopped working reliably after Android 11 (API 30).
Setting background colors directly on Toast views is now restricted — which makes many old solutions break.

So I built a lightweight modern alternative:

👉 Toast Library

It provides:

✅ Success / Error / Info / Default variants
🎨 Colored rounded backgrounds
🧩 Built-in vector icons
📍 Gravity control (TOP / CENTER / BOTTOM)
📦 JitPack installation
🧰 Version Catalog support (latest Android Studio)
⚡ Lightweight & dependency-free

📦 Installation (JitPack)

Step 1 — Add JitPack repository

Inside settings.gradle.kts

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven("https://jitpack.io")
    }
}

dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)

    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        maven("https://jitpack.io")
    }
}
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⭐ Recommended: Version Catalog setup (Latest Android Studio)

Inside:

gradle/libs.versions.toml
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Add:

[versions]
toastlib = "v2.0.0"

[libraries]
toastlib = { module = "com.github.TutorialsAndroid:Toast-Library", version.ref = "toastlib" }
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Then inside:

app/build.gradle.kts
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dependencies {
    implementation(libs.toastlib)
}
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Alternative: Direct dependency 

dependencies {
    implementation("com.github.TutorialsAndroid:Toast-Library:v2.0.0")
}
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🚀 Usage Examples

Success Toast 

ToastLib.success(this, "Saved successfully");
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Error Toast 

ToastLib.error(this, "Something went wrong");
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Info Toast 

ToastLib.info(this, "Welcome back!");
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Default Toast 

ToastLib.show(this, "Default toast");
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📍 Custom Position Example 

ToastLib.show(
        this,
        "Top message",
        ToastLib.ToastType.INFO,
        Gravity.TOP
);
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📱 Why this library exists

Older approaches:

toast.getView().setBackgroundColor(...)
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no longer work consistently on modern Android versions.

This library solves that using:

✔ custom layouts
✔ vector icons
✔ Material-style backgrounds
✔ Android 11+ compatibility

📦 GitHub Repo

⭐ Check it out here:

https://github.com/TutorialsAndroid/Toast-Library

Feedback and contributions welcome!

🛣 Roadmap

Next updates coming soon:

✨ toast animations
✨ builder pattern API
✨ dark mode support
✨ custom icon support

If this helps your Android projects, consider giving the repo a ⭐

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