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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.
About the statistics
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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The Support Library is a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to us…
9.83% of apps
24.99% of installs
Helper class for inflating layouts asynchronously.
8.79% of apps
24.92% of installs
The Simple Logging Facade for Java or (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various …
7.59% of apps
24.49% of installs
Standalone efficient collections.
27.93% of apps
21.97% of installs
ZXing (pronounced "zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing …
7.93% of apps
21.82% of installs
Okio is a library that complements java.io and java.nio to make it easier to access, store, and pro…
22.41% of apps
21.00% of installs
Jetpack Credential Manager (passwords, passkeys, federated sign-in).
17.24% of apps
19.67% of installs
Picasso allows for hassle-free image loading in your application by handling ImageView recycling an…
11.90% of apps
19.47% of installs
Representation of a document backed by either a DocumentsProvider or a raw file on disk. This is a …
17.76% of apps
17.67% of installs
Kotlin asynchronous client/server networking framework (JetBrains).
11.72% of apps
14.96% of installs
Commons IO is a library of utilities to assist with developing IO functionality.
2.41% of apps
13.40% of installs
Volley is an HTTP library that makes networking for Android apps easier and faster.
3.62% of apps
12.85% of installs
OkHttp is an efficient HTTP client providing features such as SPDY, connection pooling, transparent…
0.86% of apps
12.42% of installs
Android optimized event bus that simplifies communication between Activities, Fragments, Threads, S…
3.45% of apps
10.82% of installs
The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.
3.28% of apps
10.54% of installs
ReactiveX provides an API for asynchronous programming with observable streams. This API is availab…
3.45% of apps
8.48% of installs
An open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java.
1.38% of apps
7.56% of installs
The FMOD Ex sound system is a revolutionary audio engine for game developers, multimedia developers…
16.38% of apps
7.20% of installs
Unity is a feature rich, fully integrated development engine for the creation of interactive 3D con…
16.38% of apps
7.20% of installs
Fetch is a simple, powerful, customizable file download manager library for Android.
0.86% of apps
6.98% of installs
Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and A…
11.03% of apps
6.27% of installs
Views and Drawable for displaying animated GIFs on Android.
1.55% of apps
5.87% of installs
RecyclerView adapter helper library (CymChad).
1.55% of apps
5.14% of installs
A zooming image view to display huge images. Supports pinch to zoom, panning and rotation and is ea…
0.86% of apps
5.08% of installs
Flutter Community '+' plugins (share_plus, device_info_plus, …).
7.07% of apps
4.92% of installs