At the moment, Bukkit and Spigot API do not provide a way to use two important features that have been available with the release of Minecraft 1.8: titles and custom action bar messages. This extremely lightweight library aims to provide to developers an easy way to use those features, without having to mess with NMS.

If you have Git and Maven installed, downloading and compiling TextAPI is fairly easy:

git clone https://github.com/TheLuca98/TextAPI.git
cd TextAPI
mvn

This will compile and install TextAPI into your local Maven repository as well as generating the JavaDocs, which you'll be able to find in the subdirectory target/site/apidocs.

Alternatively, you can simply download the JAR from the Releases page and import it in your IDE.

If you use Maven, make sure to include TextAPI as a dependency by adding it to the <dependencies> section of your POM file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.theluca98</groupId>
    <artifactId>TextAPI</artifactId>
    <version>1.10.2-R2.1</version>
</dependency>

You will also need to include TextAPI in your JAR file by using the Maven Shade Plugin.

Creating a Title instance and sending it to a player is very simple:

Title title = new Title(title, subtitle, fadeIn, stay, fadeOut);
title.send(player);

Action bar messages work similarly:

ActionBar bar = new ActionBar("Hello world");
bar.send(player);

Please refer to the JavaDocs for the full documentation.

Because this plugin doesn't directly depend on NMS classes thanks to Reflection, except in the case of major changes, it should be compatible between Minecraft/Spigot updates. If it does break, I will try to update it as soon as possible (no promises though).

This library is published under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3. Please read the LICENSE file before using this library.