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Top 20 Developer Tools SDKs Used in Android Apps on Google Play
Last update: 15 Jul 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
1.66m
Games
210.50k
Total Downloads
1.55t
Google Play
Download Share
99.16%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.10t
Game Downloads
447.70b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 88.06% have integrated Google Play Services. This accounts for 96.09% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
1.65m
Google Play
App Share
88.06%
Google Play
Apps
1.45m
Games
197.77k
Total Downloads
1.50t
Google Play
Download Share
96.09%
Google Play
App Downloads
1.05t
Game Downloads
447.59b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 81.87% 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
81.87%
Google Play
Apps
1.35m
Games
179.39k
Total Downloads
1.34t
Google Play
Download Share
85.84%
Google Play
App Downloads
917.34b
Game Downloads
423.31b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 63.54% have integrated Firebase Installations. This accounts for 67.24% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
1.19m
Google Play
App Share
63.54%
Google Play
Apps
1.10m
Games
90.72k
Total Downloads
1.05t
Google Play
Download Share
67.24%
Google Play
App Downloads
725.30b
Game Downloads
324.92b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 23.60% have integrated Checker Framework. This accounts for 24.99% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
442.00k
Google Play
App Share
23.60%
Google Play
Apps
359.50k
Games
82.50k
Total Downloads
390.32b
Google Play
Download Share
24.99%
Google Play
App Downloads
159.69b
Game Downloads
230.63b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 19.03% have integrated Protobuf. This accounts for 47.98% 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
356.33k
Google Play
App Share
19.03%
Google Play
Apps
294.94k
Games
61.40k
Total Downloads
749.31b
Google Play
Download Share
47.98%
Google Play
App Downloads
485.65b
Game Downloads
263.66b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 18.21% have integrated Firebase Remote Config. This accounts for 35.33% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
340.91k
Google Play
App Share
18.21%
Google Play
Apps
296.75k
Games
44.16k
Total Downloads
551.73b
Google Play
Download Share
35.33%
Google Play
App Downloads
327.30b
Game Downloads
224.43b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 13.68% have integrated RxAndroid/RxJava. This accounts for 18.39% 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
256.18k
Google Play
App Share
13.68%
Google Play
Apps
250.87k
Games
5.32k
Total Downloads
287.23b
Google Play
Download Share
18.39%
Google Play
App Downloads
258.96b
Game Downloads
28.26b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 13.15% have integrated React Native Reanimated. This accounts for 2.10% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
246.16k
Google Play
App Share
13.15%
Google Play
Apps
243.81k
Games
2.35k
Total Downloads
32.73b
Google Play
Download Share
2.10%
Google Play
App Downloads
32.21b
Game Downloads
525.05m

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 12.14% have integrated Dagger. This accounts for 20.28% 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
227.37k
Google Play
App Share
12.14%
Google Play
Apps
217.99k
Games
9.38k
Total Downloads
316.68b
Google Play
Download Share
20.28%
Google Play
App Downloads
271.90b
Game Downloads
44.78b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 10.04% have integrated Firebase App Check. This accounts for 6.58% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
188.09k
Google Play
App Share
10.04%
Google Play
Apps
173.21k
Games
14.88k
Total Downloads
102.80b
Google Play
Download Share
6.58%
Google Play
App Downloads
61.43b
Game Downloads
41.37b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 9.46% have integrated ML Kit by Google. This accounts for 14.54% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
177.09k
Google Play
App Share
9.46%
Google Play
Apps
176.57k
Games
521
Total Downloads
227.10b
Google Play
Download Share
14.54%
Google Play
App Downloads
225.24b
Game Downloads
1.86b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 9.08% have integrated Apache Commons Codec. This accounts for 8.96% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
170.02k
Google Play
App Share
9.08%
Google Play
Apps
165.45k
Games
4.57k
Total Downloads
139.97b
Google Play
Download Share
8.96%
Google Play
App Downloads
118.19b
Game Downloads
21.78b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 8.94% have integrated Apache Commons IO. This accounts for 5.95% 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
167.41k
Google Play
App Share
8.94%
Google Play
Apps
164.28k
Games
3.14k
Total Downloads
92.92b
Google Play
Download Share
5.95%
Google Play
App Downloads
85.15b
Game Downloads
7.77b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 8.84% have integrated EventBus. This accounts for 16.33% 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
165.61k
Google Play
App Share
8.84%
Google Play
Apps
160.82k
Games
4.79k
Total Downloads
255.11b
Google Play
Download Share
16.33%
Google Play
App Downloads
214.97b
Game Downloads
40.15b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 7.96% have integrated react-native-device-info. This accounts for 1.21% 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
149.13k
Google Play
App Share
7.96%
Google Play
Apps
148.37k
Games
762
Total Downloads
18.89b
Google Play
Download Share
1.21%
Google Play
App Downloads
18.48b
Game Downloads
415.50m

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 7.56% have integrated Apache Commons Lang. This accounts for 6.90% of app downloads within the developer tools SDK category.

Total Apps
141.58k
Google Play
App Share
7.56%
Google Play
Apps
140.20k
Games
1.38k
Total Downloads
107.71b
Google Play
Download Share
6.90%
Google Play
App Downloads
99.43b
Game Downloads
8.28b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 6.25% have integrated SLF4J. This accounts for 16.02% 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
117.02k
Google Play
App Share
6.25%
Google Play
Apps
107.83k
Games
9.19k
Total Downloads
250.27b
Google Play
Download Share
16.02%
Google Play
App Downloads
163.90b
Game Downloads
86.37b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 5.73% have integrated Animal Sniffer. This accounts for 3.47% 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
107.28k
Google Play
App Share
5.73%
Google Play
Apps
100.31k
Games
6.97k
Total Downloads
54.22b
Google Play
Download Share
3.47%
Google Play
App Downloads
39.02b
Game Downloads
15.20b

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

Among all apps utilizing developer tools SDKs, 5.45% have integrated Chromium. This accounts for 42.95% 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
101.96k
Google Play
App Share
5.45%
Google Play
Apps
48.41k
Games
53.55k
Total Downloads
670.76b
Google Play
Download Share
42.95%
Google Play
App Downloads
420.07b
Game Downloads
250.70b

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

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