API reference

You can build your Android app with the Android Platform APIs and the following libraries.

Developing with Kotlin?
Check out the Kotlin reference for the Android Platform and AndroidX library.

Provides a variety of Android feature and utility APIs that are compatible with a wide range of platform versions.

Refactored versions of the Android APIs that are not bundled with the operating system.

Includes APIs for testing your Android app, including Espresso, JUnit Runner, JUnit4 rules, and UI Automator.

Includes APIs for a variety of core app components, such as APIs that manage your UI component lifecycle, data persistence, view model, and more.

Provides APIs for building Android Automotive apps.

Includes APIs to help you write declarative layouts and minimize the glue code necessary to bind your application logic and layouts.

Material Components for Android (MDC-Android) help developers execute Material Design to build beautiful and functional Android apps.

Includes ConstraintLayout and related APIs for building constraint-based layouts.

Includes APIs for testing your Android app, including Espresso, JUnit Runner, JUnit4 rules, and UI Automator.

Provides APIs to build apps for wearable devices running Wear OS by Google.

Provides APIs to build connected devices running the Android Things platform.

Provides APIs to help you implement Google Play's in-app billing and subscription features.

Provides APIs to help you request, monitor, and manage on demand downloads for Google Play Instant and Dynamic Delivery.

Provides APIs to securely retrieve referral content from Google Play.