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TLDR

A curated list of Android libraries, tools, sample projects, and design resources for building apps that follow Google's Material Design visual style.

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    What it does
      Curated link collection
      No code included
      Android focused
    Categories
      UI component libraries
      Sample projects
      Blog posts and talks
    UI Components
      Floating action buttons
      Navigation drawers
      Ripple effects
      Dialog boxes
    Audience
      Android developers
      UI designers
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Find a ready-made floating action button or navigation drawer library instead of building one from scratch

USE CASE 2

Browse Google's own sample Android projects to see how Material Design is applied in practice

USE CASE 3

Discover Material Design color palette generators and icon sets for app design work

Tech stack

Android

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In plain English

This is a curated link collection for Android developers who want to build apps using Google's Material Design visual system. It does not contain any code itself, instead it organizes links to libraries, tools, blog posts, sample projects, and design resources that implement or explain Material Design. Material Design is Google's visual and interaction language for Android apps, first introduced with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in 2014. It specifies how shadows, animations, colors, and UI elements should behave to give apps a consistent look and feel. The list is divided into several sections. The documentation section links to Google's official Material Design specification and a Chinese translation. The libraries section is the largest portion, grouping Android open-source libraries by which UI component they address: floating action buttons, navigation drawers, ripple effects, dialog boxes, color palette extraction, transition animations, snack bars, and more. Each library entry includes screenshot thumbnails. There is also a dedicated section for Google's own Design Support Library, which provides official Material Design components built and maintained by Google itself. Beyond libraries, the collection includes links to Google's sample Android projects, blog posts from Google's developer blog and individual developers, video talks from Google I/O, and design resource sites for Material Design icon sets and color palette generators. The repository was built around the 2014 to 2015 period when Material Design was new and the ecosystem of third-party Android libraries was rapidly expanding. Many links may point to projects that are no longer actively maintained.

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Prompt 1
I am building a new Android app with Material Design. Which library from the awesome-materialdesign list is best for ripple touch effects on custom buttons?
Prompt 2
Based on the awesome-materialdesign collection, which navigation drawer library is most likely still actively maintained today?
Prompt 3
I need a polished Material Design dialog library for Android, which ones from this list support custom animations and theming?
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