Open Source Android Software Development Apps
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View 805 business solutionsBrowse free open source Software Development apps and projects for Android below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Software Development apps by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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libjpeg-turbo
SIMD-accelerated libjpeg-compatible JPEG codec library
libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON, AltiVec) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, ARM, and PowerPC systems. On such systems, libjpeg-turbo is generally 2-6x as fast as libjpeg, all else being equal. On other types of systems, libjpeg-turbo can still outperform libjpeg by a significant amount, by virtue of its highly-optimized Huffman coding routines. In many cases, the performance of libjpeg-turbo rivals that of proprietary high-speed JPEG codecs. libjpeg-turbo implements both the traditional libjpeg API as well as the less powerful but more straightforward TurboJPEG API. libjpeg-turbo also features colorspace extensions that allow it to compress from/decompress to 32-bit and big-endian pixel buffers (RGBX, XBGR, etc.), as well as a full-featured Java interface. -
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OpenGApps
OpenGApps daily releases
The Open GApps Project is an open-source initiative that automates the creation of up-to-date Google Apps packages for Android devices. It provides pre-built packages that are compatible with all major Android versions and hardware platforms. Open GApps packages are DPI-optimized, ensuring better performance and consistency across different screen densities. The project updates Google Apps frequently, with new builds generated nightly when updates are available. Strong compression keeps downloads relatively small, even for full-featured packages. The installer checks device compatibility before making changes to prevent installation issues. Open GApps offers multiple package options, ranging from full Google app bundles to lightweight, minimalist configurations. -
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libsdl-android
SDL library for Android, including several games.
Port of SDL library to Android mobile platform. There are also several games inside the repository, along with their sources and build files. Both SDL 1.2 and 1.3/2.0 versions are supported (1.3/2.0 support is experimental) Sources are at https://github.com/pelya/commandergenius -
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Free Pascal Compiler
Free 32/64/16-bit multi-platform Pascal and Object Pascal compiler
A 32/64/16-bit Pascal compiler for Win32/64/CE, Linux, Mac OS X/iOS, Android, FreeBSD, OS/2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo NDS and DOS; semantically compatible with Delphi, Borland Pascal and Mac Pascal (partially) with extra features, e.g. operator overloading. -
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libusb
A cross-platform library that gives apps easy access to USB devices
Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with USB devices -
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LiteGapps
https://ps2bios.dev/
LiteGapps is a custom Google Apps on the Android operating system, an open source project that focuses on small, efficient, and comprehensive. https://ps2bios.dev -
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m3u
Live Source
The m3u project is a personal collection and integration of IPTV playlist sources, maintained as a hobby with casual updates. It aggregates streaming sources into .m3u files that can be subscribed to directly in various media players across platforms. The repository provides both simplified and full versions of playlist files, including dedicated lists for live streams and customizable options for users who want personalized M3U configurations. It emphasizes accessibility by offering multiple subscription addresses and supporting IPv6 sources. The project also suggests compatible software players for iOS, Android, Windows, and smart TVs, ensuring that users can easily set up and play live streams. While updates are “as time allows,” the repository has become a popular community-driven resource for IPTV enthusiasts who want quick access to organized streaming content. -
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Apktool
A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files
A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications. It also makes working with an app easier because of the project like file structure and automation of some repetitive tasks like building apk, etc. It is NOT intended for piracy and other non-legal uses. It could be used for localizing, adding some features or support for custom platforms, analyzing applications and much more. The decode option on Apktool can be invoked either from d or decode. In order to run a rebuilt application. You must resign the application. Android documentation can help with this. As you probably know, Android apps utilize code and resources that are found on the Android OS itself. These are known as framework resources and Apktool relies on these to properly decode and build apks. -
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frida
Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers
Dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse-engineers, and security researchers. Inject your own scripts into black box processes. Hook any function, spy on crypto APIs or trace private application code, no source code needed. Edit, hit save, and instantly see the results. All without compilation steps or program restarts. Works on Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux, iOS, Android, and QNX. Install the Node.js bindings from npm, grab a Python package from PyPI, or use Frida through its Swift bindings, .NET bindings, Qt/Qml bindings, or C API. Frida is and will always be free software (free as in freedom). We want to empower the next generation of developer tools, and help other free software developers achieve interoperability through reverse engineering. We are proud that NowSecure is using Frida to do fast, deep analysis of mobile apps at scale. Frida has a comprehensive test-suite and has gone through years of rigorous testing across a broad range of use-cases. -
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EhViewer
EhViewer overhauled with Material Design 3, Jetpack Compose and more
EhViewer fork is dedicated to lightweight and high-performance. -
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GmsCore
Free implementation of Play Services
microG GmsCore is a FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) framework to allow applications designed for Google Play Services to run on systems, where Play Services is not available. The linux-based open-source mobile operating system Android is not only the most popular mobile operating system in the world, it’s also on the way to becoming a proprietary operating system. How is that? While the core operating system is still released as part of the Android Open Source Project, the majority of core apps are not. It gets worse: More and more libraries and APIs are only available on phones that run various Google apps pre-installed, effectively locking third-party apps to the Google ecosystem. For these reasons Android is described as being a “look but don’t touch” kind of open. At this point, several popular open-source applications already require some of Google’s proprietary libraries to be installed. -
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raylib
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
raylib is highly inspired by Borland BGI graphics lib and by XNA framework. Do you want to see all functions available in raylib? Check raylib cheatsheet. raylib is a programming library to enjoy videogames programming; no fancy interface, no visual helpers, no auto-debugging, just coding in the most pure spartan-programmers way. raylib has received several recognitions in the last years and many people have written about the library. Here there are the main awards received from Google and Epic Games. raylib supports multiple target platforms, it has been tested in the following platforms but, technically, any platform that supports C language and OpenGL graphics is valid for raylib or can be very easily ported to. raylib can be combined with several extra libraries for additional functionality, some of those libraries are already used internally while others are provided for user integration, most of these libraries are single-file header-only with no external dependencies. -
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LSPosed
LSPosed Framework
LSPosed is a modern and actively maintained implementation of the Xposed Framework, focused on improved security, stability, and compatibility with Android 8.1 and above. It enables developers and power users to dynamically modify the behavior of apps and the Android system at runtime without modifying APKs or flashing ROMs. LSPosed runs in a more secure environment with support for scope control and better integration with Magisk for systemless module management. -
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Irrlicht Engine
3D Engine c++
The Irrlicht Engine is an open source high performance realtime 3D engine written and usable in C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderers. -
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WenQuanYi (Spring of Letters)
Crowd-sourcing CJK font project
This project aims to develop the most complete, standard compliant, high-quality Chinese (and CJKV) fonts and resources, including bitmap and outline fonts of various styles. We also develop web-based tools to facilitate online font-dev collaborations. -
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guiscrcpy
Full fledged GUI integration for the Android screen mirroring system
A simple, pluggable, graphical user interface for the fastest Android screen mirroring software, scrcpy. guiscrcpy is a multiplatform, ready-to-use GUI layer for Android to PC screen mirroring written in the advancing programming language python3 for the most award-winning open-source android screen mirroring system. -
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Gradle
Adaptable, fast automation for all
Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. If you are building, testing, publishing, and deploying software on any platform, Gradle offers a flexible model that can support the entire development lifecycle from compiling and packaging code to publishing web sites. Gradle has been designed to support build automation across multiple languages and platforms including Java, Scala, Android, Kotlin, C/C++, and Groovy, and is closely integrated with development tools and continuous integration servers including Eclipse, IntelliJ, and Jenkins. From mobile apps to microservices, from small startups to big enterprises, Gradle helps teams build, automate and deliver better software, faster. Write in Java, C++, Python or your language of choice. Package for deployment on any platform. Go monorepo or multi-repo. And rely on Gradle's unparalleled versatility to build it all. -
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Kotlin
The Kotlin programming language
It is an open-source, statically typed programming language supported and developed by JetBrains and open-source contributors. Support for multiplatform programming is one of Kotlin’s key benefits. It reduces time spent writing and maintaining the same code for different platforms while retaining the flexibility and benefits of native programming. Kotlin plugin is intended to work with several recent versions of IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio. Each platform is allowed to have a different set of features and might provide a slightly different API. Instead of using several parallel Git branches, the project stores everything in a single branch, but files may have counterparts with version extensions (*.as32, *.172, *.181). The primary file is expected to be replaced with its counterpart when targeting a non-default platform. -
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OpenH264
Open Source H.264 Codec
Cisco has taken their H.264 implementation and open-sourced it under BSD license terms. Development and maintenance will be overseen by a board from the industry and the open-source community. Furthermore, we have provided a binary form suitable for inclusion in applications across a number of different operating systems and made this binary module available for download from the Internet. We will not pass on our MPEG-LA licensing costs for this module, and based on the current licensing environment, this will effectively make H.264 free for use on supported platforms. OpenH264 is a codec library which supports H.264 encoding and decoding. It is suitable for use in real-time applications such as WebRTC. Constrained Baseline Profile up to Level 5.2 (Max frame size is 36864 macro-blocks). Arbitrary resolution, not constrained to multiples of 16x16. Rate control with adaptive quantization, or constant quantization. -
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Bytecode Viewer
A reverse engineering suite (decompiler, editor, debugger and more)
Some of Bytecode Viewer features are that it provides Java Decompiling with Six different decompilers (DJ-GUI/Core, Procyon, CFR, Fernflower, Krakatau, and JADX-Core). Bytecode Decompiling with CFIDE. Android APK integrated with Dex2Jar. Securely launch Java applications and insert hooks via EZ-Injection. Scan for malicious code with the Malicious Code Scanner plugin. Export as DEX, Jar, Class, Zip or Java Source File. Open Android APKs, Android DEX, Java Class Files and Java Jars. (WAR & JSP Support!). Extensively configurable, over 100+ settings! Works seamlessly with all Operating Systems. Integrates BCV into Windows by installing it, it'll associate all .class, .dex and .apk to open with BCV. You can view Jar & APK Resources with ease by APKTool.jar integration. It is 100% free and open sourced under GPL v3 CopyLeft. -
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FlatBuffers
Memory Efficient Serialization Library
FlatBuffers is an open source, cross-platform serialization library designed for maximum memory efficiency. Originally created at Google for game development and other performance-critical apps, FlatBuffers has the unique ability of allowing you to directly access serialized data without having to parse or unpack beforehand. Since the only memory needed to access your data is that of the buffer, it is also very memory efficient and fast. FlatBuffers supports Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android, as well as any other operating systems with a recent C++ compiler. It supports a great number of programming languages, including C++, C#, C, Go, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Lobster, Lua, TypeScript, PHP and many others in progress. -
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ZXing
Barcode scanning library for Java, Android
ZXing or “Zebra Crossing” is an open source multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library that’s been implemented in Java, and also comes with ports to other languages. It currently supports the following formats: UPC-A and UPC-E EAN-8 and EAN-13 Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 ITF Codabar RSS-14 (all variants) RSS Expanded (most variants) QR Code Data Matrix Aztec ('beta' quality) PDF 417 ('alpha' quality) MaxiCode ZXing is made up of several modules, including a core image decoding library, JavaSE-specific client code, and Android client Barcode Scanner. It is the basis of many other third-party open source projects. -
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Bazel
Fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system
Build and test software of any size, quickly and reliably. Bazel only rebuilds what is necessary. With advanced local and distributed caching, optimized dependency analysis and parallel execution, you get fast and incremental builds. Build and test Java, C++, Android, iOS, Go and a wide variety of other language platforms. Bazel runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Bazel helps you scale your organization, codebase and Continuous Integration system. It handles codebases of any size, in multiple repositories or a huge monorepo. Easily add support for new languages and platforms with Bazel's familiar extension language. Share and re-use language rules written by the growing Bazel community. Bazel is the common build tool throughout Pinterest and has been instrumental in achieving fast, reproducible builds across our programming languages and platforms. -
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Acode
A powerful text/code editor for Android
Welcome to Acode Editor, a powerful and versatile code editing tool designed specifically for Android devices. Whether you're working on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or other programming languages, Acode empowers you to code on-the-go with confidence. Step into the future of coding with our innovative plugin system. This all-new feature is compatible with a wide range of plugins, increasing Acode's functionality to meet all your development needs. With over 30 plugins already available in the plugin store, the possibilities are endless. Acode lets you build and run websites right in your browser, debug with ease using the built-in console, and edit a wide range of source files from Python and CSS to Java, JavaScript, Dart, and more. -
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Extended Module Player
A multi-format module player and library
libxmp is a library that renders module files to PCM data. xmp is a module player for Unix-like systems, based on libxmp, that plays over 90 mainstream and obscure module formats from Amiga, Atari, Acorn, Apple IIgs and PC, including Protracker (MOD), Scream Tracker 3 (S3M), Fast Tracker II (XM) and Impulse Tracker (IT) files.
