List of Android Libraries

This is an alphabetical list of libraries for Android development, the majority being actively maintained.

UI/UX Library is here.

Index

• Networking
• Image Loader
• Drawable
• Dependency Injections
• JSON
• O/R Mapping
• NoSQL
• Pub/Sub
• Logger
• Background Processing
• Fonts
• Video
• Parcelables
• Functional Programming
  • Adding Java-8 Functional Programming Features
  • Functional Reactive Programming
• Social Networks
• WebRTC
• Image Processing
• Camera
• Security
• Media
• Showcases
• Maps
• Other

Networking

Name	Repository	License
Android Asynchronous Http Client	https://github.com/loopj/android-async-http	Apache License V2
Async Http Client	https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client	Apache License V2
ion	https://github.com/koush/ion	Apache License V2
OkHttp	https://github.com/square/okhttp	Apache License V2
Retrofit	https://github.com/square/retrofit	Apache License V2
RxNetty	https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxNetty	Apache License V2
Basic HTTP Client for Java	https://code.google.com/p/basic-http-client/	Apache License V2

Image Loader

Name	Repository	License
Glide	https://github.com/bumptech/glide	License
ion	https://github.com/koush/ion	Apache License V2
Picasso	https://github.com/square/picasso	Apache License V2
Universal Image Loader	https://github.com/nostra13/Android-Universal-Image-Loader	Apache License V2
Fresco	https://github.com/facebook/fresco	BSD License

Drawable

Name	Repository	License
MrVector	https://github.com/telly/MrVector	License

Dependency Injections

Name	Repository	License
AndroidAnnotations	https://github.com/excilys/androidannotations	Apache License V2
Butter Knife	https://github.com/JakeWharton/butterknife	Apache License V2
Dagger(Square)	https://github.com/square/dagger	Apache License V2
Dagger(Google)	https://github.com/google/dagger	Apache License V2
RoboGuice	https://github.com/roboguice/roboguice	Apache License V2
Scopes	https://github.com/emmano/Scopes	MIT

JSON

Name	Repository	License
Gson	http://google-gson.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/	Apache License V2
ig-json-parser	https://github.com/Instagram/ig-json-parser	BSD
Jackson	https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson	Apache License V2

O/R Mapping

Name	Repository	License
ActiveAndroid	https://github.com/pardom/ActiveAndroid	Apache License V2
Cupboard for Android	https://bitbucket.org/littlerobots/cupboard	Apache License V2
DBFlow	https://github.com/Raizlabs/DBFlow	MIT
greenDAO	https://github.com/greenrobot/greenDAO	Apache License V2
RushOrm	https://github.com/Stuart-campbell/RushOrm	Apache License V2
Sugar ORM	https://github.com/satyan/sugar	Satya Narayan
Shillelagh	https://github.com/pieces029/shillelagh	Apache License V2
SQLBrite	https://github.com/square/sqlbrite	Apache License V2
Ollie	https://github.com/pardom/Ollie	Apache License V2
TriOrm	https://github.com/HendrixString/Android-TriOrm	Apache License V2

NoSQL

Name	Repository	License
Couchbase-Lite-Android	https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-lite-android	Apache License V2
Realm	https://github.com/realm/realm-java	Apache License V2
SimpleNoSQL	https://github.com/Jearil/SimpleNoSQL	Apache License V2
RxSimpleNoSQL	https://github.com/xmartlabs/RxSimpleNoSQL	Apache License V2
SnappyDB	https://github.com/nhachicha/SnappyDB	Apache License V2

Pub/Sub

Name	Repository	License
EventBus	https://github.com/greenrobot/EventBus	Apache License V2
Otto	https://github.com/square/otto	Apache License V2
MBassador	https://github.com/bennidi/mbassador	MIT

Logger

Name	Repository	License
Hugo	https://github.com/JakeWharton/hugo	Apache License V2
Timber	https://github.com/JakeWharton/timber	Apache License V2
LoggingInterceptor	https://github.com/ihsanbal/LoggingInterceptor	MIT

Background Processing

Name	Repository	License
Android Priority Job Queue	https://github.com/path/android-priority-jobqueue	MIT
Tape	https://github.com/square/tape	Apache License V2
Zorn	https://github.com/HendrixString/Android-Zorn	Apache License V2

Fonts

Name	Repository	License
Calligraphy	https://github.com/chrisjenx/Calligraphy	Apache License V2

Video

Name	Repository	License
ExoPlayer	https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer	Apache License V2
ijkplayer	https://github.com/bbcallen/ijkplayer	Apache License V2
mp4parser	https://github.com/sannies/mp4parser	Apache License V2

Parcelables

Name	Repository	License
AutoParcel	https://github.com/frankiesardo/auto-parcel	Apache License V2
Akatsuki	https://github.com/tom91136/Akatsuki	Apache License V2
Icepick	https://github.com/frankiesardo/icepick	Apache License V2
Parceler	https://github.com/johncarl81/parceler	Apache License V2

Functional Programming

Adding Java-8 Functional Programming Features

Name	Repository	License
Retrolambda	https://github.com/orfjackal/retrolambda	Apache License V2

Functional Reactive Programming

Name	Repository	License
RxAndroid	https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxAndroid	Apache License V2
RxJava	https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava	Apache License V2

Social Networks

Name	Repository	License
ASNE	https://github.com/gorbin/ASNE	MIT
Facebook SDK	https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk	Apache License V2
Twitter Fabric	Unknown	Unknown

WebRTC

Name	Repository	License
AndroidRTC	https://github.com/pchab/AndroidRTC	Apache License V2

Image Processing

Name	Repository	License
GPUImage for Android	https://github.com/CyberAgent/android-gpuimage	Apache License V2

Camera

Name	Repository	License
Landscape video camera	https://github.com/jmolsmobile/LandscapeVideoCamera	Apache License V2
EasyCamera	https://github.com/Glamdring/EasyCamera	Apache License V2

Build

Name	Repository	License
Buck	https://github.com/facebook/buck	Apache License V2

Security

Name	Repository	License
Grab'n Run	https://github.com/lukeFalsina/Grab-n-Run	Apache License V2

Media

Name	Repository	License
PdfMyXml	https://github.com/HendrixString/Android-PdfMyXml	Apache License V2

Showcases

Name	Repository	License
android-best-practices	https://github.com/futurice/android-best-practices	CC BY 4.0
BlurTestAndroid	https://github.com/patrickfav/BlurTestAndroid	Unknown
card.io-Android-source	https://github.com/card-io/card.io-Android-source	MIT
iosched	https://github.com/google/iosched	Apache License V2
JamsMusicPlayer	https://github.com/psaravan/JamsMusicPlayer	Apache License V2
Reflection No Reflection	https://github.com/stephanenicolas/reflection-no-reflection	Apache License V2
Mizuu	https://github.com/MizzleDK/Mizuu	Apache License V2
Mover	https://github.com/Codetail/Mover	Apache License V2
Talon-for-Twitter	https://github.com/klinker24/Talon-for-Twitter	Apache License V2
Telecine	https://github.com/JakeWharton/Telecine	Apache License V2
u2020	https://github.com/JakeWharton/u2020	Apache License V2

Maps

Name	Repository	License
GraphHopper	https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper	Apache License V2
Mapsforge	https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge	LGPL

Other

Name	Repository	License
Joda Time Android	https://github.com/dlew/joda-time-android	Apache License V2
Bolts	https://github.com/BoltsFramework/Bolts-Android	BSD
Secure Preference Manager	http://prashantsolanki3.github.io/Secure-Pref-Manager/	Apache License V2