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.

provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.

library that contains the annotations for Android Jetpack.

support newer Android features on older Android versions.

library to reduce the number of nested views needed.

a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.

 

perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.

share media contents and controls with other apps.

a framework for navigating between 'destinations' within an Android application that provides a consistent API whether destinations are implemented as Fragments, Activities, or other components.

provides the base Activity subclass and the relevant hooks to build a composable structure on top.

Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.

replaces AndroidX ViewPager, addressing most of its predecessor’s pain-points, including right-to-left layout support, vertical orientation, modifiable Fragment collections, etc.

An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling

A pull to refresh layout, based on the SwipeRefreshLayout. Supports all the views, highly customizable, code simplicity, etc.

scans the AAR and JAR dependencies in the project at compile time and provides a list of found licenses to present to the user.

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.

library to help with material design guidelines.

OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.

OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.

OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.