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litesuits/android-common

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

3,624JavaAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

TLDR

A lightweight (under 50KB) collection of ready-made Android utility classes for logging, image handling, networking, device hardware, and encoding.

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  root((LiteCommon))
    What it does
      Android utility library
      Under 50KB total
      Pick only what you need
    Tech stack
      Java
      Android SDK
    Use cases
      Logging and timing
      Image resizing
      Network detection
      Device hardware access
    Audience
      Android developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add logging, timing, and toast helpers without writing them from scratch

USE CASE 2

Resize, crop, or compress bitmaps for an image-heavy Android app

USE CASE 3

Detect network connectivity type before making a request

USE CASE 4

Read device hardware info like brand, model, and IMEI

What is it built with?

JavaAndroid

How does it compare?

litesuits/android-commonm66b/netguardspockframework/spock
Stars3,6243,6253,627
LanguageJavaJavaJava
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/52/52/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

One-line Gradle dependency, classes are independent so you only pull in what you use.

In plain English

LiteCommon is a collection of small utility classes for Android app development. Rather than building helper code from scratch each time, a developer can add this library to their project and get a ready-made set of common tools. The whole library weighs under 50KB, so it adds almost nothing to an app's final size. The library is organized into several groups. There are classes for logging (a replacement for Android's built-in Log class with a switch to turn debug output off quickly), timing tools that measure how long operations take and compute averages, and a toast notification helper that prevents multiple overlapping popups from stacking up. Bitmap utilities cover resizing, cropping, compressing, and converting images. File and IO utilities handle reading and writing files. Network detection checks whether a device is online and what kind of connection it has. There are also classes tied to Android hardware and system features: a flashlight toggle, a screen lock manager, a wake lock controller to keep the screen on, a silent installer for rooted devices, and utilities to read device info like brand, model, and IMEI. Receivers for SMS messages, incoming and outgoing phone calls, and screen on/off events let an app react to system-level actions without writing the boilerplate setup each time. A data package includes an encrypted storage helper and encoding utilities for Base64, MD5, and hexadecimal. A notification listener service can capture notification content from other apps, including messaging and social apps, if the user grants the necessary permission. To add the library to an Android project, a developer adds one line to the build.gradle dependencies block. The classes are designed to be independent of each other, so you can use whichever pieces you need without pulling in functionality you do not want.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to add LiteCommon to my Android build.gradle file and use its logging helper
Prompt 2
Write example code using LiteCommon's bitmap utilities to resize and compress an image
Prompt 3
Use LiteCommon's network detection classes to check if a device is online before an API call
Prompt 4
Explain how LiteCommon's toast helper prevents duplicate toast notifications from stacking

Frequently asked questions

What is android-common?

A lightweight (under 50KB) collection of ready-made Android utility classes for logging, image handling, networking, device hardware, and encoding.

What language is android-common written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, Android.

How hard is android-common to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is android-common for?

Mainly developer.

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