Android Jetpack is a component that can be used to build our application in more advance. It’s acting as a tool for making more great Android App. Android Jetpack helps to bring all existing support libraries and combined to use our application in an improved architecture. This will make our application more easy in writing boilerplate code and also improves the early difficulties like

• Managing activity life cycle.
• Changing configurations.
• Managing memory leakage.

All of these problems can be solved by using the Android Jetpack component. Jetpack contains a package called androidx. * meaning that it offers all compatibilities of android API. Android Jetpack component is introduced by Google with the aim to accelerate the speed of Android App development, including more concise UI, supporting Kotlin language and add libraries offering better navigation architecture.

Android Jetpack Component

The Jetpack components include the following:

Foundation

It supports background compatibility and testing , support Kotlin language.

Architecture

It helps to develop a robust,maintainable and testable app.

Behaviour

It helps to integrate our app with standard android services like notifications, runtime permissions, sharing options etc.

UI (User Interface)

It can be used to develop UI more easily.

Features of Android Jetpack

Android Jetpack includes the following features:

WorkManager

Google introduces a new feature called the WorkManager.It is a powerful library that provides a one stop solution for constraint-based background jobs, and for the ability to work with or without Google playstore.Also it has the ability to create graphs and query state of your work.

Navigation

Navigation that helps the users to navigate from a single activity to all its related activities in an application this is an important feature that can be used in an application to improve its accessibility.

Paging

The paging component is used to manage large amount of data used in our application in an orderly manner and loading accomplished with high speed.

Android KTX

The Android KTX component is used to convert Kotlin code into more concise manner.

Advantages of Android Jetpack

Android Jetpack allow to run our applications in all android versions

• It has independent functionality
• It has strong background compatibility
• It supports Google feature updations
• Improves productivity features
• It helps to develop more testable application
• Improves speed of UI designing
• It helps to use integrated approaches in applications

Disadvantages of Android Jetpack

• Auto-activation without notice
• No Plugin Bloat