Open-Source Android Apps To Boost Your Development Skills (Part 1)

The best way to learn is to read and that’s true for a developer as well. If you want to become a better developer, you have to read more code. It’s as simple as that.

Books, blogs, forums are all good to a certain extent but there is nothing that can replace some fully-functional, exhaustive open-source projects where the entire app with all its resources is right in front of you.

All you have to do is sit back, take a cup of coffee and read some kick-ass code. Here in this article, we bring some of the best open-source Android apps from various categories and genres to fulfill all your learning and development needs.

You can try these apps directly from Play Store to have a hands-on experience before diving deep into the code. The difficulty level attached with each app will help you to judge if you should instantly dive into it or put it aside for the time being.

LeafPic

(Github | Play Store | Difficulty: Beginner)

Photo and video gallery apps are one of the most common apps that you can find on any Android device. Ever wondered how they are made? LeafPic is one of the best open-source gallery app you can try and learn from.

It is quite simple, easy to understand and is perfectly suitable for any beginner developer. One of the best things I have found in this app is the way they have implemented dynamic theming. It is something that many Android developers have struggled to implement properly.

Simple Calendar

(Github | Play Store | Difficulty: Beginner)

A simple and easy-to-use calendar app built purely using Kotlin. If you were looking to learn Kotlin, then this is probably one of the best ways to start.

The goal of this app is quite simple which makes it perfect to get your hands dirty learning a completely new language for developing Android apps. Another cool thing you can learn from this project is to make custom desktop widgets for Android.

Amaze File Manager

(Github | Play Store | Difficulty: Intermediate)

Another extremely common Android app that you can find on almost any Android device, is a file manager.

Though building a file manager app might seem straight-forward at first, but it actually is quite difficult to get it right across all Android platformsand all devices.

There are a lot of good things you can learn from this app, especially how to perform proper file handling on SD cards. But I would not recommend you to follow the coding standards used in this project as it is no way up to the mark.

Also Watch - 

Easy Sound Recorder

(Github | Play Store | Difficulty: Beginner)

A simple, easy-to-use and beautiful sound recorder app for Android. If you want to learn about audio recording and manipulation in Android, then this project is the best way to start your journey.

This project is very small (with just a single Activity) and very simple to understand as well. Beginners can also learn about the basics of Material Design from this project.

MLManager

(Github | Play Store | Difficulty: Beginner)

MLManager is a simple and straight-forward app manager for your Android device. This project is ideal for you if you want to learn how to get detailed information about the installed apps on your device, extract APKs from those apps, uninstall apps and much more.

The coding standards used in this app is quite good and should be followed. It can also give you a good idea of designing clean and simple apps following the Material Design guidelines.

Source-TechBeacon.

More In Next Article....Subscribe & Follow For Updates