What is user-interface-samples?

android/user-interface-samples — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-26

★ 4,626KotlinAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · moderate

Mindmap

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  root((ui-samples))
    What it does
      Android UI examples
      Working code samples
      Kotlin demonstrations
    Status
      Mostly deprecated
      Moved to platform-samples
      No longer updated
    Tech stack
      Kotlin
      Android Studio
      Android SDK
    Use cases
      Learn Android UI
      Reference code
      Component patterns

mindmap root((ui-samples)) What it does Android UI examples Working code samples Kotlin demonstrations Status Mostly deprecated Moved to platform-samples No longer updated Tech stack Kotlin Android Studio Android SDK Use cases Learn Android UI Reference code Component patterns

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Browse working Android UI code examples to understand how specific interface components are built

USE CASE 2

Copy and adapt a sample project as a starting point for a custom Android screen or widget

USE CASE 3

Reference older Android UI patterns before migrating code to the newer platform-samples equivalents

USE CASE 4

Open individual project folders in Android Studio to run and experiment with specific UI features

What is it built with?

KotlinAndroidAndroid Studio

How does it compare?

	android/user-interface-samples	revanced/revanced-patches-template	neoapplications/neo-store
Stars	4,626	4,625	4,634
Language	Kotlin	Kotlin	Kotlin
Setup difficulty	moderate	moderate	easy
Complexity	2/5	3/5	2/5
Audience	developer	developer	general

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Android Studio and an Android device or emulator, open individual project subfolders rather than the repo root.

So what is it?

This repository is a collection of small example Android app projects focused on user interface features. Android is the operating system used on most smartphones worldwide, and Android Studio is the official tool developers use to build apps for it. Each sample here demonstrates a specific way to build or style part of an app's interface, giving developers working code to look at and adapt. Note that most of the samples in this repository have been moved to a newer location called platform-samples, and this repository is no longer being updated. The README links to the new location. If you are looking for current Android UI examples, the platform-samples repository is the better place to start. To use the samples that remain here, you clone the repository to your computer and open individual project folders in Android Studio. The projects are written in Kotlin, which is the language Google recommends for building Android apps. Support questions can be directed to Stack Overflow, and the repository accepts contributions via pull requests.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

How do I clone android/user-interface-samples and open one of its project folders in Android Studio to run a specific UI sample?

Prompt 2

Show me how to adapt the ViewPager2 sample from android/user-interface-samples to load page content using Kotlin coroutines.

Prompt 3

Which samples in android/user-interface-samples cover custom view drawing, and what key concepts does each one demonstrate?

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