Recommended Resources

I often get asked to recommend resources for Android development and specifically mapping on Android. So here is a list of some of my favorites.

Android Resources

The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development
Canonical book of all things Android written and updated continuously by Mark Murphy.

Android Weekly
Weekly email list of new blog posts, tutorials, libraries, announcements, and job postings.

Square Open Source
Collection of open source libraries by Square for building quality Android applications.

Android Maven Plugin
Community driven build system compatible with IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse.

Robolectric
Android unit testing on your local workstation in the JVM and in your IDE.

Mapping Resources

osmdroid
OpenStreetMap tools for Android.

Mapbox
Open source toolkit for building native map applications on Android.

OpenScienceMap
Free and open maps for Android with the fastest and 100% pure vector maps around.

Location Open Source Tracker (LOST)
Open source drop-in replacement for Google Play services FusedLocationProviderApi.

Pelias
Modular open-source geocoder built on top of ElasticSearch for fast geocoding.

On the Road
Open Source Routing Machine client and navigation utilities for Android.