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title: "What I Learned While Building an Android SDK: Architecture, Pitfalls & Best Practices"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-learned-while-building-an-android-sdk-architecture-pitfalls-best-practices-2q3zgnfjd
source_url: https://www.droidcon.com/2025/12/16/what-i-learned-while-building-an-android-sdk-architecture-pitfalls-best-practices/
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source: "droidcon"
published: 2026-01-06T09:54:20.906Z
updated: 2026-01-06T09:54:44.488Z
tags: ["android", "architecture", "kotlin"]
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# What I Learned While Building an Android SDK: Architecture, Pitfalls & Best Practices

**[droidcon](https://daily.dev/sources/droidcon)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Building Android SDKs requires different considerations than app development since you don't control the integration environment. Key practices include creating a clean facade layer to expose only essential APIs, avoiding forcing integrators to extend Application classes, performing client-side input validation before network calls, using unique error codes for faster debugging, and implementing structured logging with smart upload mechanisms. These principles help create stable, developer-friendly SDKs that are easy to integrate and maintain.

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