The following shows the top 10 most common SDKs integrated in Indian mobile Apps on Google Play.
What Are the Most Common Mobile SDKs Integrated in Indian Apps?
- 1st
Android Support Library V4
Check “Android Support Library V4” SDK Insights99% of Indian apps have integrated Android Support Library V4. This means 134,067 Indian apps use the SDK.
99%Number of Apps134.07k+99%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Android Support Library V4, developed by Google’s Android team, is a platform that helps app developers manage the release of new API versions. Rather than developing code to handle the provisioning of new features on earlier releases, developers can leverage Android Support Library V4 to provide that compatibility layer.
- 2nd
Google Firebase
Check “Google Firebase” SDK Insights79% of Indian apps have integrated Google Firebase. This means 107,588 Indian apps use the SDK.
79%Number of Apps107.59k+79%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform SDK that gives app builders the ability to develop their apps faster, without worrying about infrastructure. It includes functionalities like analytics, databases, messaging and crash reporting so developers can move quickly and focus on their users.
- 3rd
58% of Indian apps have integrated Kotlin. This means 78,329 Indian apps use the SDK.
58%Number of Apps78.33k+58%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
- 4th
Firebase Cloud Messaging
Check “Firebase Cloud Messaging” SDK Insights58% of Indian apps have integrated Firebase Cloud Messaging. This means 78,241 Indian apps use the SDK.
58%Number of Apps78.24k+58%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Firebase Cloud Messaging is a cross-platform messaging solution developed by Google that lets app developers reliably deliver messages at no cost. With Firebase Cloud Messaging, app developers can notify a client app that new email or other data is available to sync, and drive user re-engagement and retention with notification messages.
- 5th
56% of Indian apps have integrated OkHttp. This means 76,355 Indian apps use the SDK.
56%Number of Apps76.36k+56%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
OkHttp is an open source project designed to be an efficient HTTP client. It's also easy to use. OkHttp’s request/response API is designed with fluent builders and immutability. It supports both synchronous blocking calls and async calls with callbacks.
- 6th
47% of Indian apps have integrated gson. This means 64,576 Indian apps use the SDK.
47%Number of Apps64.58k+47%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Gson is a Google-developed Java library that app developers can leverage to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation, and vice versa. It works with arbitrary Java objects, including pre-existing objects of which developers do not have the source-code.
- 7th
46% of Indian apps have integrated Glide. This means 62,435 Indian apps use the SDK.
46%Number of Apps62.44k+46%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Glide is an open source media management and image loading framework for Android that supports fetching, decoding, and displaying video stills, images, and animated GIFs. Glide includes a flexible API that developers can plug in to almost any network stack.
- 8th
Firebase Crashlytics Fabric
Check “Firebase Crashlytics Fabric” SDK Insights34% of Indian apps have integrated Firebase Crashlytics Fabric. This means 45,950 Indian apps use the SDK.
34%Number of Apps45.95k+34%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Fabric Crashlytics is the most powerful, lightest weight crash reporting SDK on the market. App developers that leverage Fabric Crashlytics are able to spend less time finding crashes and more time fixing them.
- 9th
Google Maps
Check “Google Maps” SDK Insights33% of Indian apps have integrated Google Maps. This means 45,216 Indian apps use the SDK.
33%Number of Apps45.22k+33%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
- 10th
Google Ads AdMob
Check “Google Ads AdMob” SDK Insights33% of Indian apps have integrated Google Ads AdMob. This means 44,582 Indian apps use the SDK.
33%Number of Apps44.58k+33%Total Indian Apps 140.29k+
Google Ads AdMob is a mobile advertising platform that enables users to monetize their mobile applications via in-app advertising. AdMob is based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK and serves over 200 billion ad requests a month, with over 1 million advertisers and 1 million apps currently running on the AdMob mobile ad network.
This chart provides a near real-time ranking of the 10 most popular SDKs integrated in Indian mobile Apps on Google Play.
Currently, Android Support Library V4 is the most popular, followed by Google Firebase, Kotlin, Firebase Cloud Messaging, and OkHttp.
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