Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by rwwt » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 2:31 PM UTC

Best Android Libraries for Developers
cloudrail.com

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by thecupisblue » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 2:45 PM UTC

Well, this was useless.

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by learned » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 3:11 PM UTC

thecupisblue wrote: post #2

Well, this was useless.

Could you elaborate a bit? I think curated lists like these are good resources for developers that are unfamiliar with certain aspects of Android.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by mikestew » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC

More like "here's a list of random libraries, and we won't tell you why they're 'best'".

I downvoted a sibling comment. Then I read the list, said "I see what you mean", went back an undowned it. Sorry, thecupisblue.

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by uwemaurer » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 3:30 PM UTC

The most commonly used Android libraries sorted by usage:

http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/dev

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by relics443 » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 3:46 PM UTC

learned wrote: post #3

thecupisblue wrote: post #2

Well, this was useless.

Could you elaborate a bit? I think curated lists like these are good resources for developers that are unfamiliar with certain aspects of Android. Curious to hear your thoughts.

I think it was in reference to it being a highly opinionated list. Especially since I've been developing for Android since 2010, and most of the actual "best libraries" were absent from this list.

Also, I've never heard of CloudRails (though they do seem interesting for certain use cases), but I'd never put them on a par with Retrofit, and leave out some of the more established names.

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by solox3 » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 3:49 PM UTC

uwemaurer wrote: post #5

The most commonly used Android libraries sorted by usage: http://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/dev

Started looking into Android development a few weeks ago. This list is rather useful. Thank you!

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by smaili » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 4:08 PM UTC

iOS - https://cloudrail.com/best-ios-libraries-developers/

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by fractalwrench » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

This list is missing the Support, Appcompat, and Design libraries from Google, although to be fair it's practically a given these days that a project will be using them.

LeakCanary is also missing, which is a shame as it's very easy to leak memory in Android by holding onto destroyed Activities. Every project I have installed LeakCanary in for the first time has had at least one memory leak, it's such a useful tool being able to automatically detect and record leaks.

Re: Best Android Libraries for Developers

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Post by cloudrail » Sun, Nov 06, 2016, 4:36 PM UTC

Author of that blog post here: Thanks for posting it on HN and all that feedback. We wrote this post to provide a nice overview about good libraries our developers stumbled across the last years. So it is definitely not complete and I'm sure that I missed several great libraries. If you have suggestions, please comment here with the library name, quick description and link and I'll add them to the list. Thanks!