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Top 20 Developer Tools SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 18 Jun 2025 CET
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Top 20 Developer Tools SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Developer Tools SDKs leveraged by Android apps available on the Android app market.

Developer Tool SDKs help developers build sophisticated mobile apps. Technology vendors and platform providers develop these SDKs — which include programming libraries, APIs, sample code, documentation, and other tools — for third-party app developers that want to build mobile apps that leverage the features and functionalities of their technologies or platforms.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Google Play Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Developer Tools SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 99.73% have integrated Android Support Library V4. This accounts for 99.16% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

The Android Support Library V4 SDK includes the largest set of APIs compared to the other libraries, including support for application components, user interface features, accessibility, data handling, network connectivity, and programming utilities.

Total Apps
1.87m
Google Play
App Share
99.73%
Google Play
Apps
1.65m
Games
210.37k
Total Downloads
1.53t
Google Play
Download Share
99.16%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.09t
Game Downloads
444.02b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Android Support Library V4.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 87.91% have integrated Google Play Services. This accounts for 96.09% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
1.64m
Google Play
App Share
87.91%
Google Play
Apps
1.45m
Games
197.29k
Total Downloads
1.49t
Google Play
Download Share
96.09%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.04t
Game Downloads
443.93b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Google Play Services.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 81.73% have integrated Google Firebase. This accounts for 85.84% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Firebase is Google's mobile platform SDK that helps you quickly develop high-quality apps and grow your business.

Total Apps
1.53m
Google Play
App Share
81.73%
Google Play
Apps
1.35m
Games
179.09k
Total Downloads
1.33t
Google Play
Download Share
85.84%
Google Play
App Downloads
908.48b
Game Downloads
419.59b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Google Firebase.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 63.27% have integrated Firebase Installations. This accounts for 67.19% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
1.18m
Google Play
App Share
63.27%
Google Play
Apps
1.09m
Games
90.47k
Total Downloads
1.04t
Google Play
Download Share
67.19%
Google Play
App Downloads
718.15b
Game Downloads
321.38b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Firebase Installations.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 23.18% have integrated Checker Framework. This accounts for 24.90% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
433.59k
Google Play
App Share
23.18%
Google Play
Apps
352.58k
Games
81.02k
Total Downloads
385.21b
Google Play
Download Share
24.90%
Google Play
App Downloads
158.24b
Game Downloads
226.97b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Checker Framework.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 18.60% have integrated Protobuf. This accounts for 47.55% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Protocol Buffers (a.k.a., protobuf) are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.

Total Apps
347.89k
Google Play
App Share
18.60%
Google Play
Apps
287.74k
Games
60.15k
Total Downloads
735.71b
Google Play
Download Share
47.55%
Google Play
App Downloads
476.57b
Game Downloads
259.14b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Protobuf.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 17.97% have integrated Firebase Remote Config. This accounts for 35.18% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
336.14k
Google Play
App Share
17.97%
Google Play
Apps
292.50k
Games
43.64k
Total Downloads
544.24b
Google Play
Download Share
35.18%
Google Play
App Downloads
323.28b
Game Downloads
220.96b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Firebase Remote Config.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 13.71% have integrated RxAndroid/RxJava. This accounts for 18.33% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

The RxAndroid/RxJava SDK is a Java VM implementation of Reactive Extensions — a library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs by using observable sequences.

Total Apps
256.48k
Google Play
App Share
13.71%
Google Play
Apps
251.15k
Games
5.33k
Total Downloads
283.60b
Google Play
Download Share
18.33%
Google Play
App Downloads
255.51b
Game Downloads
28.09b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use RxAndroid/RxJava.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 12.97% have integrated React Native Reanimated. This accounts for 2.11% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
242.65k
Google Play
App Share
12.97%
Google Play
Apps
240.35k
Games
2.30k
Total Downloads
32.69b
Google Play
Download Share
2.11%
Google Play
App Downloads
32.17b
Game Downloads
525.37m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use React Native Reanimated.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 11.99% have integrated Dagger. This accounts for 20.34% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Dagger is a fully static, compile-time dependency injection framework SDK for Java, Kotlin, and Android.

Total Apps
224.21k
Google Play
App Share
11.99%
Google Play
Apps
214.68k
Games
9.53k
Total Downloads
314.66b
Google Play
Download Share
20.34%
Google Play
App Downloads
269.56b
Game Downloads
45.10b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Dagger.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 9.88% have integrated Firebase App Check. This accounts for 6.53% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
184.78k
Google Play
App Share
9.88%
Google Play
Apps
170.18k
Games
14.61k
Total Downloads
101.04b
Google Play
Download Share
6.53%
Google Play
App Downloads
60.35b
Game Downloads
40.69b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Firebase App Check.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 9.22% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 14.27% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
172.46k
Google Play
App Share
9.22%
Google Play
Apps
171.97k
Games
492
Total Downloads
220.79b
Google Play
Download Share
14.27%
Google Play
App Downloads
218.97b
Game Downloads
1.82b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ML Kit by Google.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 8.92% have integrated Apache Commons Codec. This accounts for 9.00% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
166.78k
Google Play
App Share
8.92%
Google Play
Apps
162.33k
Games
4.45k
Total Downloads
139.27b
Google Play
Download Share
9.00%
Google Play
App Downloads
117.03b
Game Downloads
22.24b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apache Commons Codec.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 8.80% have integrated EventBus. This accounts for 16.36% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

EventBus is an open-source library SDK for Android and Java using the publisher/subscriber pattern for loose coupling.

Total Apps
164.53k
Google Play
App Share
8.80%
Google Play
Apps
159.67k
Games
4.87k
Total Downloads
253.12b
Google Play
Download Share
16.36%
Google Play
App Downloads
212.92b
Game Downloads
40.20b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use EventBus.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 8.77% have integrated Apache Commons IO. This accounts for 5.93% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

The Apache Commons SDK is an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.

Total Apps
163.98k
Google Play
App Share
8.77%
Google Play
Apps
160.91k
Games
3.07k
Total Downloads
91.82b
Google Play
Download Share
5.93%
Google Play
App Downloads
84.09b
Game Downloads
7.73b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apache Commons IO.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 7.88% have integrated react-native-device-info. This accounts for 1.20% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

The react-native-device-info SDK offers device information for React Native for iOS and Android.

Total Apps
147.44k
Google Play
App Share
7.88%
Google Play
Apps
146.69k
Games
741
Total Downloads
18.64b
Google Play
Download Share
1.20%
Google Play
App Downloads
18.23b
Game Downloads
408.85m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use react-native-device-info.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 7.55% have integrated Apache Commons Lang. This accounts for 6.89% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
141.12k
Google Play
App Share
7.55%
Google Play
Apps
139.75k
Games
1.37k
Total Downloads
106.59b
Google Play
Download Share
6.89%
Google Play
App Downloads
98.38b
Game Downloads
8.21b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apache Commons Lang.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 6.13% have integrated SLF4J. This accounts for 15.62% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

The Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) serves as a simple facade or abstraction for various logging frameworks (e.g. java.util.logging, logback, log4j) allowing the end user to plug in the desired logging framework at deployment time.

Total Apps
114.62k
Google Play
App Share
6.13%
Google Play
Apps
106.03k
Games
8.58k
Total Downloads
241.61b
Google Play
Download Share
15.62%
Google Play
App Downloads
162.62b
Game Downloads
78.99b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SLF4J.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 5.68% have integrated Animal Sniffer. This accounts for 3.46% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Animal Sniffer is an SDK that helps you verify that classes compiled with a newer JDK/API are compatible with an older JDK/API.

Total Apps
106.29k
Google Play
App Share
5.68%
Google Play
Apps
99.42k
Games
6.87k
Total Downloads
53.51b
Google Play
Download Share
3.46%
Google Play
App Downloads
38.45b
Game Downloads
15.06b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Animal Sniffer.

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 5.37% have integrated Chromium. This accounts for 42.71% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Chromium is an open-source browser project SDK that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.

Total Apps
100.36k
Google Play
App Share
5.37%
Google Play
Apps
47.86k
Games
52.49k
Total Downloads
660.85b
Google Play
Download Share
42.71%
Google Play
App Downloads
413.30b
Game Downloads
247.54b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Chromium.

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