Top 7 Useful Android Apps For Android Developers

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There are many Android tools that can help make your Android programming process much easier. Here we provide our list of Top 7 Useful Android Software For Android programmers.

Tung Dao Xuan, tungdx1210@gmail.com, is the author of this article and he contributes to RobustTechHouse Blog

1. ScreenInfo

APK

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jotabout.screeninfo

Features

Shows the screen configuration for an Android device, including:

• The screen size (small, normal, large, xlarge)
• Density classification (ldpi, mdpi, tvdpi, hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi, xxxhdpi)
• Shows other screen metrics, as well as the calculated screensize in physical units.

Useful For

Android programmers can use this software to detect screen type of their devices and place resources correctly in folder of project’s source code.

2. Libraries for Programmers

APK

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.desarrollodroide.repos

Features

• Provides a collection of third party libraries.
• Snippet code that will be updated constantly.

Useful For

Android programmers can see how the libraries work without the need to download source code and setup to run the libraries.

3. Android-Arsenal

APK & Website

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android_arsenal.androidarsenal

https://android-arsenal.com/

Features

• Provides a collection of libraries, tools and projects.
• This is the best categorized directory of libraries and tools for Android.
• There are free and paid libraries.

Useful For

Android programmers can easily find the useful libraries by categories.

4. F-Droid

APK & Website

https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk

https://f-droid.org/

Features

This is a software repository (or “app store”) for Android programs. It functions similarly to the Google Play store but contains only free and open-source software.

Useful For

Android programmers can easily browse, install, keep track of updates on your device, and obtain source code.

5. CatchMeIfYouCan

APK & Website

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.woot0pia.gps

http://catchmeifucan.tistory.com/

Features

Easy to fake location

Useful For

This tool is very useful for Android programmers building social network software that need location info. It allows the user to fake any location without the need to actually be there.

6. ADBWireless

APK

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=za.co.henry.hsu.adbwirelessbyhenry

Features

Debug over wifi without root required.

Useful For

Android programmers can debug their program without using USB cables.

7. Topeka

APK & Website

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chromecordova.Topeka

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/06/more-material-design-with-topeka-for_16.html

Features

• Material design principles.
• Material design example: transitions, animations, FAB placement, vector drawables etc.

Useful For

Android programmers can use this to apply material design for their software.

Conclusion

This is our list of Top 7 Useful Android Software For Android Programmers. Hope you find they come in handy when you are building your Android software. Have fun coding!

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