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Use the market share of Android Development tools below to find the best and most popular Development tools.
AppBrain analyzes all Android apps on Google Play and checks what code is built into the package file (APK). We match that with
known package names from development tools. Therefore, these statistics reflect whether the code of a certain library is present
in an app. It doesn't guarantee that the developer is actually using the code, but it still gives a good idea of the market share
and what is the list of the top Android development tools.
If you're looking for the best development tools, looking at the most popular ones is a good data point. By asking yourself, which development tool is used by most Android developers? you can make sure you analyze the best options when you're making a comparison of potential development tools to include in your app.
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You can sort the libraries by "Installs" or "Apps". "Apps" will give you the libraries that are present in the most apps. However, it may be that one library is present in lots of apps with 10+ downloads, whereas another library is present in a few apps that all have billions of downloads. The "Installs" sorting option shows the libraries ordered by presence in the most installs on actual Android devices.You can also choose which groups of apps to view the market share of. "Overall" means all Android apps on Google Play, "New" means apps that were launched within the last 30 days, and "Top 500" means the apps that are ranked in the top 500 of the USA.
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Android Jetpack components are a collection of libraries that are individually adoptable and built …
93.72% of apps
87.59% of installs
A collection of libraries that help you design robust, testable, and maintainable apps.
93.44% of apps
87.55% of installs
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across proc…
93.17% of apps
87.55% of installs
Android Jetpack is a library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that…
79.23% of apps
87.39% of installs
Android Jetpack is a library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that…
89.07% of apps
87.37% of installs
This library adds support for the Action Bar user interface design pattern. This library includes s…
78.96% of apps
87.21% of installs
Firebase is a mobile platform that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps. It is made up of co…
77.87% of apps
87.07% of installs
Installs baseline profiles for faster startup.
85.79% of apps
86.78% of installs
With WorkManager, you can easily set up a task and hand it off to the system to run under the condi…
62.57% of apps
85.66% of installs
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way …
59.02% of apps
82.95% of installs
Initializes components at application startup.
87.70% of apps
82.51% of installs
Kotlin is a JVM based programming language and an officially supported Android language since Googl…
63.93% of apps
80.64% of installs
Provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
59.29% of apps
77.90% of installs
Emoji compatibility support (emoji + emoji2).
78.14% of apps
75.02% of installs
Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Googl…
30.05% of apps
74.33% of installs
LocalBroadcastManager is an application-wide event bus and embraces layer violations in your app: a…
32.79% of apps
74.19% of installs
Android includes the transitions framework, which enables you to easily animate changes between two…
41.53% of apps
71.81% of installs
Provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.
48.09% of apps
71.78% of installs
Static library support version of the framework's Loader.
39.62% of apps
70.43% of installs
Standalone efficient collections.
37.98% of apps
70.34% of installs
Static library support version of the framework's CursorAdapter.
29.51% of apps
70.02% of installs
IntelliJ IDEA is a Java integrated development environment for developing computer software.
31.15% of apps
69.48% of installs
The Support Library is a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to us…
31.69% of apps
69.42% of installs
The Checker Framework enhances Java's type system to make it more powerful and useful. This lets so…
23.50% of apps
68.87% of installs
A helper library for printing bitmaps.
27.05% of apps
68.71% of installs
Representation of a document backed by either a DocumentsProvider or a raw file on disk. This is a …
26.50% of apps
68.71% of installs
Okio is a library that complements java.io and java.nio to make it easier to access, store, and pro…
29.51% of apps
68.70% of installs
The Guava project contains several of Google's core libraries that we rely on in our Java-based pro…
25.41% of apps
67.67% of installs
The Android Jetpack Media library contains classes that are helpful for building apps that play aud…
36.34% of apps
67.43% of installs
ViewPager2 replaces ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to…
31.42% of apps
65.44% of installs
This is a class for reading and writing Exif tags in various image file formats.
21.86% of apps
60.10% of installs
Picasso allows for hassle-free image loading in your application by handling ImageView recycling an…
13.93% of apps
59.80% of installs
Kotlin asynchronous client/server networking framework (JetBrains).
13.11% of apps
58.80% of installs
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) is a service that helps developers send data from servers to their app…
40.16% of apps
58.78% of installs
An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling.
20.77% of apps
57.03% of installs
Lottie is a mobile library that parses Adobe After Effects animations exported as json and renders …
17.49% of apps
55.89% of installs
Media playback libraries, including ExoPlayer.
18.03% of apps
54.32% of installs
The Simple Logging Facade for Java or (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various …
8.20% of apps
52.18% of installs
Gson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. It …
31.69% of apps
50.40% of installs
This is a logger with a small, extensible API which provides utility on top of Android's normal Log…
3.28% of apps
43.97% of installs
Volley is an HTTP library that makes networking for Android apps easier and faster.
4.64% of apps
43.93% of installs
Skydoves UI libraries (Balloon, PowerSpinner, ColorPickerView, …).
0.82% of apps
43.78% of installs
Touchlab Kotlin multiplatform libs (Kermit, Stately).
1.64% of apps
43.41% of installs
The Joda project is a group of Java open-source projects that seeks to improve core Java functional…
0.55% of apps
43.35% of installs
Insetter / PhotoView and related UI libraries.
0.55% of apps
43.32% of installs
Google Play app integrity / anti-tamper protection (PairIP).
80.33% of apps
42.08% of installs
ByteDance application performance monitoring / crash SDK.
18.58% of apps
26.53% of installs
The FMOD Ex sound system is a revolutionary audio engine for game developers, multimedia developers…
19.40% of apps
23.26% of installs
Unity is a feature rich, fully integrated development engine for the creation of interactive 3D con…
19.40% of apps
23.26% of installs
The Support Library is a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to us…
15.30% of apps
3.48% of installs
ZXing (pronounced "zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing …
10.11% of apps
3.25% of installs
GameAnalytics is a free analytics tool designed to improve KPIs, drive more conversions, and boost …
1.91% of apps
3.22% of installs
Jetpack Credential Manager (passwords, passkeys, federated sign-in).
15.03% of apps
2.84% of installs
Helper class for inflating layouts asynchronously.
12.57% of apps
2.47% of installs
The AWS SDK for Android provides a library, code samples, and documentation for developers to build…
1.37% of apps
1.81% of installs
Backport of the java.time (JSR-310) date/time API.
0.82% of apps
1.42% of installs
Yandex AppMetrica is a real-time ad tracking and mobile app analytics solution.
0.55% of apps
1.37% of installs
Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. JavaN…
0.27% of apps
1.37% of installs
Segment is one place to collect customer data and send it to your tools for analytics, marketing au…
0.27% of apps
1.37% of installs
Apache Commons Codec (TM) software provides implementations of common encoders and decoders such as…
4.92% of apps
1.32% of installs
With the Maps SDK for Android, apps can add maps based on Google Maps data.
5.46% of apps
1.23% of installs
ReactiveX provides an API for asynchronous programming with observable streams. This API is availab…
3.28% of apps
1.02% of installs
Android optimized event bus that simplifies communication between Activities, Fragments, Threads, S…
1.91% of apps
0.87% of installs
RootBeer is a library that uses a series of detection mechanisms to detect if an application is run…
2.73% of apps
0.63% of installs
Bolts is a collection of low-level libraries designed to make developing mobile apps easier.
3.55% of apps
0.58% of installs
Spongy Castle is the stock Bouncy Castle library with a couple of small changes to make it work on …
2.19% of apps
0.55% of installs
Google Play Licensing is a network-based service that lets an application query a trusted Google Pl…
1.64% of apps
0.53% of installs
The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
2.73% of apps
0.51% of installs
React Native lets you build mobile apps using only JavaScript, letting you compose a mobile UI from…
2.46% of apps
0.49% of installs
Yoga is a cross-platform layout engine which implements Flexbox.
2.46% of apps
0.49% of installs
The Logging package is an ultra-thin bridge between different logging implementations.
3.01% of apps
0.44% of installs
Sentry provides self-hosted and cloud-based error monitoring that helps developers discover, triage…
1.64% of apps
0.44% of installs
The API for client-side HTTP authentication against a server.
2.73% of apps
0.44% of installs
The Support Library is a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to us…
0.27% of apps
0.43% of installs
App Center is a continuous integration, delivery and learning tool for Android apps. It provides an…
0.27% of apps
0.43% of installs
OkHttp is an efficient HTTP client providing features such as SPDY, connection pooling, transparent…
0.27% of apps
0.43% of installs
Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and A…
10.66% of apps
0.28% of installs
Flutter Community '+' plugins (share_plus, device_info_plus, …).
5.19% of apps
0.20% of installs
Scalable size units (sdp/ssp) for density-independent layouts.
1.91% of apps
0.19% of installs
jsoup is a Java library for working with real-world HTML. It provides a very convenient API for ext…
1.37% of apps
0.18% of installs
XML Pull Parser is an interface that defines parsing functionlity provided in XMLPULL V1 API
2.19% of apps
0.18% of installs
A lifecycle engagement platform that empowers brands to humanize connections with customers, result…
1.64% of apps
0.16% of installs
Simple is a high performance XML serialization and configuration framework for Java.
1.64% of apps
0.16% of installs
Views and Drawable for displaying animated GIFs on Android.
2.19% of apps
0.12% of installs
This module provides support for MIME multipart encoded entities.
1.37% of apps
0.12% of installs
Apache James Mime4J provides a parser, MimeStreamParser, for e-mail message streams in plain rfc822…
1.37% of apps
0.12% of installs
Flurry Analytics delivers powerful insight into how consumers interact with your mobile application…
1.37% of apps
0.12% of installs
Amplitude provides product analytics to help companies understand user behavior.
2.19% of apps
0.11% of installs
TensorFlow is a deep learning library developed by Google.
1.37% of apps
0.10% of installs
A lightweight console to show logs during testing and debugging for Unity apps
0.82% of apps
0.10% of installs
RevenueCat is an API and SDK to handle and analyze subscriptions.
4.10% of apps
0.10% of installs
RecyclerView adapter helper library (CymChad).
0.82% of apps
0.09% of installs
Modern products for sales, marketing and support to connect with customers and help you grow faster.
1.09% of apps
0.06% of installs
Branch increases mobile conversion, retention, and engagement through deep linking, user routing, a…
0.82% of apps
0.06% of installs
ImageViewTouch is an android ImageView widget with zoom and pan capabilities.
0.82% of apps
0.06% of installs
Stripe provides a set of tools that enables businesses to accept and manage online payments.
0.82% of apps
0.06% of installs
Matisse is a well-designed local image and video selector for Android.
0.55% of apps
0.06% of installs
A zooming image view to display huge images. Supports pinch to zoom, panning and rotation and is ea…
0.55% of apps
0.06% of installs
Commons IO is a library of utilities to assist with developing IO functionality.
2.19% of apps
0.06% of installs
PhoneGap is an HTML5 app platform that allows you to author native applications with web technologi…
2.73% of apps
0.05% of installs
RoundedImageView is a fast ImageView (and Drawable) that supports rounded corners (and ovals or cir…
1.37% of apps
0.05% of installs
Reactive Streams is an initiative to provide a standard for asynchronous stream processing with non…
2.73% of apps
0.05% of installs
OpenCensus is a set of libraries for various languages that allow you to collect application metric…
0.82% of apps
0.05% of installs
Ionic Capacitor cross-platform runtime (Cordova successor).
1.91% of apps
0.05% of installs
Realm is a mobile database that runs directly inside phones, tablets or wearables.
0.82% of apps
0.04% of installs
Baseflow plugins (permission_handler, geolocator).
1.64% of apps
0.04% of installs
AboutLibraries is a library to offer some information of libraries.
0.55% of apps
0.04% of installs
The bullet proof, fast and easy to use adapter library, which minimizes developing time to a fracti…
0.55% of apps
0.04% of installs
The Google Analytics SDK for Android makes it easy for native Android developers to collect user en…
0.55% of apps
0.04% of installs
Allows Android devices to detect and interact with beacons.
0.27% of apps
0.04% of installs
The standard Java libraries fail to provide enough methods for manipulation of its core classes. Ap…
0.27% of apps
0.04% of installs
A lightweight viewpager indicator like in Nexus 5 launcher.
0.27% of apps
0.04% of installs
CircularImageView / CircularProgressBar / RoundedView.
0.27% of apps
0.04% of installs
The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and protocol-independent framework to build mail a…
0.55% of apps
0.03% of installs
uCrop is an Android library that allows you to rotate and crop images for further use.
1.91% of apps
0.02% of installs
MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format.
0.82% of apps
0.02% of installs
Jetpack Media2 player/session library (predecessor of Media3).
1.09% of apps
0.01% of installs
An asynchronous callback-based Http client for Android built on top of Apache's HttpClient librarie…
1.09% of apps
0.01% of installs
This is a repackaging of HttpClient for Android.
0.82% of apps
0.01% of installs
AVLoadingIndicatorView is a collection of nice loading animations for Android.
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Cocos2d-x is an open-source mobile 2D game framework written in C++.
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Universal Image Loader for Android provides a reusable instrument for asynchronous image loading, c…
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Lightweight JavaMail port for the android platform.
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Different pure java implementations of opensource libraries, such as zlib or ssh.
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
kObjects is a collection of small ('kilobyte') projects. Most of the projects are suitable or desig…
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
The ksoap2-android project provides a lightweight and efficient SOAP client library for the Android…
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
kXML is a small XML pull parser, specially designed for constrained environments such as Applets, P…
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
A cross-platform software development library for multimedia that runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macO…
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Uber open-source libs (AutoDispose, RIBs).
0.27% of apps
0.01% of installs
Ionic is an open-source SDK for hybrid mobile app development using Web technologies.
0.82% of apps
0.01% of installs
juniversalchardet is a Java port of 'universalchardet', that is the encoding detector library of Mo…
0.55% of apps
0.01% of installs
card.io provides fast, easy credit card scanning in mobile apps
1.09% of apps
0.01% of installs
ShortcutBadger makes your Android App show the count of unread messages as a badge on your App shor…
1.37% of apps
0.00% of installs
Native touch and gesture system for React Native.
0.82% of apps
0.00% of installs
React Native animations library (Software Mansion).
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
The PhoneGap Social Sharing plugin allows you to use the native sharing window of your mobile devic…
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
react-native-geolocation-service (agontuk).
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Provides a simple way to add a draggable sliding up panel (popularized by Google Music and Google M…
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Android Timeline View is used to display views like tracking of shipment/order, steppers etc.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Annotation-driven Android boilerplate generation.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Xamarin enables developers to create Android apps with C# and share code between different platform…
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Android based YouTube URL extractor and downloader
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Android library for using the Honeycomb (Android 3.0) animation API on all versions of the platform…
0.82% of apps
0.00% of installs
AndroidShellCommand / AndroidProcesses / ColorPicker etc.
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
YouTube Player library for Android and Chromecast, stable and customizable.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Butter Knife provides field and method binding for Android views.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Material Design ProgressBar with consistent appearance on Android 4.0+.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
A library that allows use of Material designed dialogs down to API 8.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
@react-native-google-signin/google-signin.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Braintree allows to accept payments in your app.
0.82% of apps
0.00% of installs
A simple, straight-forward implementation of the Android In-app billing API.
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
Jaudiotagger is an Audio Tagging library that fully supports Mp3, Mp4 (Mp4 audio, M4a and M4p audio…
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
Merchants and developers can use Mobile Payment Libraries to add payment functionality to mobile ap…
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
react-native-fast-image (Glide/SDWebImage-backed image component).
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
A layout that you can swipe/slide to show another layout.
0.55% of apps
0.00% of installs
Alipay is one of the biggest mobile and online payment solutions.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
A robust, powerful, and very simple ORM android database library with annotation processing.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
SmartImageView is a drop-in replacement for Android's standard ImageView which additionally allows …
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
Crashlytics delivers real-time, detailed crash reports for mobile apps.
0.27% of apps
0.00% of installs
