What are the most common used (3rd party) libraries and frameworks used in Android development?

1. AndroidUtilCode

   1 2 33,573 3.4 Java

   :fire: Android developers should collect the following utils(updating).

   

   In all my projects I use this lib AndroidUtilCode

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. accompanist

   2 16 7,664 8.3 Kotlin

   A collection of extension libraries for Jetpack Compose

   

   Accompanist for unofficial stuff that's still useful

4. Retrofit

   3 49 43,545 9.2 HTML

   A type-safe HTTP client for Android and the JVM

   

   Networking: Retrofit for APIs, OkHttp for HTTP stack

5. landscapist

   4 2 2,289 9.3 Kotlin

   🌻 A pluggable, highly optimized Jetpack Compose and Kotlin Multiplatform image loading library that fetches and displays network images with Glide, Coil, and Fresco.

   

   Landscapist for image loading

6. Picasso

   5 6 18,800 8.1 Kotlin

   A powerful image downloading and caching library for Android

   

   Image loading: Glide, Picasso, Coil, Fresco

7. simple-stack

   6 40 1,379 5.5 Java

   [ACTIVE] Simple Stack, a backstack library / navigation framework for simpler navigation and state management (for fragments, views, or whatevers).

   

   The big stuff in AndroidX - ViewModel, LiveData (and/or StateFlow), the navigation component (or SimpleStack), and updated/improved versions of Activity/Fragment classes

8. OkHttp

   7 52 46,438 9.3 Kotlin

   Square’s meticulous HTTP client for the JVM, Android, and GraalVM.

   

   Networking: Retrofit for APIs, OkHttp for HTTP stack

9. SaaSHub

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10. material-components-android

    8 41 16,808 9.7 Java

    Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android

    

    UI: Material components

11. Permission Dispatcher

    9 3 11,226 0.0 Java

    A declarative API to handle Android runtime permissions.

    

    Permissions are generally a pain, but I've used PermissionsDispatcher, EasyPermissions, and RxPermissions at various times

12. SQLDelight

    10 33 6,476 9.1 Kotlin

    SQLDelight - Generates typesafe Kotlin APIs from SQL

    

    Persistence: Room, SqlDelight

13. Fresco

    11 3 17,115 9.6 Java

    An Android library for managing images and the memory they use.

    

    Image loading: Glide, Picasso, Coil, Fresco

14. kotlinx.serialization

    12 54 5,654 8.6 Kotlin

    Kotlin multiplatform / multi-format serialization

    

    JSON de/serialization: Kotlin serialization, Moshi

15. Moshi

    13 18 9,913 8.5 Kotlin

    A modern JSON library for Kotlin and Java.

    

    JSON de/serialization: Kotlin serialization, Moshi

16. glide

    14 16 34,892 5.8 Java

    An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling

    

    Image loading: Glide, Picasso, Coil, Fresco

17. Coil

    15 12 11,261 9.6 Kotlin

    Image loading for Android and Compose Multiplatform.

    

    Image loading: Glide, Picasso, Coil, Fresco

18. RxJava

    16 17 48,156 8.6 Java

    RxJava – Reactive Extensions for the JVM – a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences for the Java VM.

    

    Concurrency: Kotlin coroutines for general use, Rx or Flow for reactive programming (you can technically use Rx for regular concurrency as well, but not really what it's meant for)

19. scrcpy

    17 992 123,403 9.5 C

    Display and control your Android device

    

    scrcpy to see/use your device via your computer

20. timber

    18 9 10,607 4.3 Kotlin

    A logger with a small, extensible API which provides utility on top of Android's normal Log class.

    

    Timber for logging

21. Lottie for Android, iOS, and React Native

    19 48 35,363 7.9 Java

    Render After Effects animations natively on Android and iOS, Web, and React Native

    

    Lottie/RLottie for animated assets (or AnimatedVectorDrawable)

22. rlottie

    20 6 1,284 4.1 C++

    A platform independent standalone library that plays Lottie Animation.

    

    Lottie/RLottie for animated assets (or AnimatedVectorDrawable)

23. MPAndroidChart

    21 20 38,006 0.0 Java

    A powerful 🚀 Android chart view / graph view library, supporting line- bar- pie- radar- bubble- and candlestick charts as well as scaling, panning and animations.

    

    MPAndroidChart for charts and graphs

24. EasyPermissions

    22 2 9,867 0.0 Java

    Discontinued Simplify Android M system permissions

    

    Permissions are generally a pain, but I've used PermissionsDispatcher, EasyPermissions, and RxPermissions at various times

25. RxPermissions

    23 2 10,475 0.0 Java

    Discontinued Android runtime permissions powered by RxJava2

    Permissions are generally a pain, but I've used PermissionsDispatcher, EasyPermissions, and RxPermissions at various times

26. ReactiveNetwork

    24 1 2,533 0.0 Java

    Android library listening network connection state and Internet connectivity with RxJava Observables

    

    ReactiveNetwork for connectivity

27. paris

    25 5 1,912 1.8 Kotlin

    Define and apply styles to Android views programmatically

    

    Paris for applying styles programmatically in non-Compose code

28. Epoxy

    26 14 8,554 2.8 Java

    Epoxy is an Android library for building complex screens in a RecyclerView

    

    RecyclerView utilities: Epoxy, Groupie, AdapterDelegates

29. groupie

    27 10 3,666 5.8 Java

    Groupie helps you display and manage complex RecyclerView layouts.

    

    RecyclerView utilities: Epoxy, Groupie, AdapterDelegates

30. AdapterDelegates

    28 7 2,938 0.0 Java

    "Favor composition over inheritance" for RecyclerView Adapters

    

    RecyclerView utilities: Epoxy, Groupie, AdapterDelegates

31. plaid

    29 3 16,255 0.0 Kotlin

    An Android app which provides design news & inspiration as well as being an example of implementing material design.

    

    Apps for inspiration/examples: Plaid, Tivi

32. tivi

    30 28 6,642 9.7 Kotlin

    Discontinued Tivi is a TV show tracking Android app, which connects to trakt.tv

    Apps for inspiration/examples: Plaid, Tivi

33. SaaSHub

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