- Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
requires 4 permissions: android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, android.permission.INTERNET, android.permission.WAKE_LOCK, android.permission.VIBRATE
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see
Understanding the Android Support Library.
- Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
- Apache Common (Development Framework)
an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.
- Nine Old Androids (Utility)
Android library for using the Honeycomb animation API on all versions of the platform back to 1.0
- Android Design Support Library (Utility)
provides APIs to support additional important material design components and patterns to applications beyond those covered by the Android framework, to all devices running Android 2.1 or later.
- Android Support v7 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see
Understanding the Android Support Library.
- Android Five Stars Library (Utility)
a small library that helps developer add a „Rate My App“ dialog to their applications.
- AutoParcel (Development Aid)
extension to
AutoValue that enables Parcelable values generation.
- Custom Activity On Crash library (Utility)
library that allows launching a custom activity when your app crashes, instead of showing the hated „Unfortunately, X has stopped“ dialog.
- Google PlayⓃ (App Market)
the Google Play Store app and its components/libraries.
- Volley HTTP library (Utility)
an HTTP library that makes networking for Android apps easier and most importantly, faster.
- AppUpdater (Utility)
library that checks for your apps' updates on Google Play, GitHub, Amazon, F-Droid or your own server.
- Gitty ReporterⓃ (Utility)
a library to open issues on GitHub directly from an app.
- Google Mobile ServicesⒹ (Development Framework)
Google Mobile Services in terms of the Android library refers to
Google Play Services, a proprietary background service and API package for Android devices which is
not part of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The library does not contain those services (i.e. it usually requires the Google Framework, often referred to as „GApps“, being installed on the device), but allows an app to communicate with them. Be aware this usually goes along with transferring at least parts of your personal data to the Google network.
- Auto (Utility)
a collection of source code generators for Java.
- FirebaseⓃⒹ (Utility)
- Java Option Class (Utility)
an implementation of
Scala Option in Java.
- FloatingActionButton (Utility)
Android floating action button which reacts on scrolling events.
- Microsoft BandⒹ (Utility)
library to access the Microsoft Band smartwatch.
- AboutLibraries (Utility)
a library to offer some information about libraries.
- FastAdapter (Utility)
provides core functionality most apps require. It also prevents common mistakes by taking away those steps from the devs.
- Android-Iconics (Utility)
library to include vector icons with an app, i.e. having scalable icons.
- MaterialDrawer (UI Component)
all in one drawer library with Material Design.
- Materialize (Utility)
manage an app's StatusBarShadow, FullScreen behavior and much more over API Levels down to 10 (Android 2.3.3).
- Opencsv (Utility)
a very simple csv (comma-separated values) parser library for Java.
- Android Material Color Picker Dialog (UI Component)
a Material Design dialog color picker for Android 4.1+ devices.
- RxCamera (Utility)
RxJava style API for android camera.
- Spark (Utility)
- OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
- uCrop (Utility)
an image cropping library.
- ChangeLog Library (UI Component)
a library that provides an easy way to display a change log in Android apps.
- Android DirectoryChooser (UI Component)
a directory chooser library for Android.
- OkHttp okio Framework (Utility)
A modern I/O API for Java to make it much easier to access, store, and process your data.
- Apache Velocity (Utility)
a Java-based template engine.
- EGit (Utility)
an Eclipse Team provider for the Git version control system.
- Java Arithmetics Engine (formerly Arity) (Utility)