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.

helper for other arch dependencies, including JUnit test rules that can be used with LiveData.

support newer Android features on older Android versions.

standalone efficient collections.

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.

static library support version of the framework's CursorAdapter.

a library to view a file document.

a library to read and write image file EXIF tags.

 

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.

library to load data for your UI that survives configuration changes.

an application-wide event bus and embraces layer violations in your app: any component may listen events from any other.

share media contents and controls with other apps.

a library to print photos, docs, and other graphics and images.

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

animates motion in the UI with starting and ending layouts.

AndroidX library to render vector graphics.

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.

library to help with material design guidelines.

provides core functionality most apps require. It also prevents common mistakes by taking away those steps from the devs.

library to include vector icons with an app, i.e. having scalable icons.

all in one drawer library with Material Design.

manage an app's StatusBarShadow, FullScreen behavior and much more over API Levels down to 10 (Android 2.3.3).

this may be thought of as „The Bridge“ between the JavaScript and Android worlds.

Tiny, easily embeddable HTTP server in Java.

a Nativescript plugin that allows developers to simply integrate the infamous side drawer pattern.

library that represents native code (Java and Objective-C) used by the NativeScript core modules.

an all purpose Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework.

an all purpose Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework.

an all purpose Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework.