r/androiddev is a subreddit with 286k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses android, app, development, looking for, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review cloud storage solution, budget phone, and backend framework.
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Popular Themes in r/androiddev
#1
Ideas
: "What you think of this app idea"
3 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Help Needed: Building Advanced Chord Pad Synth App Clone (Kotlin + Oboe)"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Solo Android developer here — crossed 100+ downloads but struggling with ASO. Looking for advice."
2 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Architectural challenge: Handling massive image volume for a startup with a "freemium" retention model"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "After months of work, my first game finally got Production Access and is now live on Google Play 🎉"
1 post
#6
News
: "Android Studio Quail 2 Canary 3 now available"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/androiddev
#1
Android
: "Android is now Compose-first, View toolkit is in maintenance mode"
266 posts
#2
App
: "This is why I make free Apps!!!"
115 posts
#3
Development
: "Publishing an Android app now feels harder than building one"
49 posts
#4
Looking For
37 posts
#5
Struggling
24 posts
#6
Google Play
: "After months of work, my first game finally got Production Access and is now live on Google Play 🎉"
21 posts
#7
Hard Time
18 posts
#8
: "Google is buying Play Store developers' code for AI training"
18 posts
#9
Help
: "EXPERT PROGRAMERS PLEASE Help!!: Local notifications not surviving Android reboot — EAS build, RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED present. What am I missing?"
17 posts
#10
Annoying
15 posts
Products Discussed in r/androiddev
Cloud Storage Solution
5 reviews
#1
Firebase
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Backblaze
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
IBM
4.0★ from 1 review
Budget Phone
5 reviews
#1
Google
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Nokia
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Umidigi
4.0★ from 1 review
Backend Framework
3 reviews
#1
Spring
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Ktor
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Vert.x
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/androiddev
#1
Question
: "Future of Android Developer Career in Long Run"
28 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Why are people not considering mobile development a good career path anymore?"
15 posts
#3
News
: "Anyone excited about Android's new Lightbuild?"
12 posts
#4
Open Source
: "Run LLMs locally - no API keys, or hidden fees (Gemma 4, Qwen 3.5...)"
11 posts
#5
Experience Exchange
: "This is why I make free apps!!!"
9 posts
#6
Tips and Information
: "built a library of screenshots from top-performing apps in every category"
5 posts
#7
Video
: "GOOGLE IS NOT GOING TO FIX THIS!
If you see a security issue here, please, file a report to Google VRP
. You can access Gemini chat history without unlocking your phone with Android 16
. I reported this issue, but was marked as "Intended Behavior" and they closed the bug"
3 posts
#8
Article
: "What we got wrong about ANR detection before we got it right"
3 posts
#9
Google Play Support
: "I built an app to teach German to Arabic speakers"
2 posts
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Last updated: June 16, 2026