Key Benefits of Android Jetpack

• Forms a recommended way for app architecture through its components
• Eliminate boilerplate code
• Simplify complex task
• Provide backward compatibility as libraries like support are unbundled from Android API and are re-packaged to androidx.* package
• Inbuilt productivity feature of the Kotlin Integration

The Android support libraries are used in almost all android applications to overcome the compatibility issues across different Android OS versions and devices. These libraries also facilitate users to add various kinds of updated widgets in the application. Over time, these libraries are updated according to the latest android versions. The problem starts here, the name given to these support libraries are supposed to indicate which Android version is supported by them, for example, com.android.support:support-v7 and com.android.support:support-v13. However, writing version number at the end does not fulfill its purpose because as the libraries have evolved, the minimum version of Android API level increased to 14. Developers also find these names confusing as one cannot say that which all classes are included in a particular library just by looking at its name.

After realizing these challenges faced by the developers, Google launched Android Jetpack in 2018. The existing Support libraries, android architecture components are brought together with an addition of the Android KTX library as a single modular entity and is termed as Android Jetpack. So, Jetpack is nothing but a set of software components, libraries, tools, and guidance to help in developing great Android apps.