9 Best Android Material Design App Templates

Android app templates have been gaining popularity in recent years, mainly due to the fact that they are an affordable and easy tool for making Android apps. They are a huge time saver for experienced developers, as they eliminate the exhausting task of building an app from scratch. On the other hand, they are also useful for novice developers, who want to improve their skills by studying the structure of the existing Android app template. This article includes a few mega-popular Android templates available on Envato Market, which will be very useful if you need help with particular features or inspiration for your next Android app. These 9 Android app templates make Google's Material Design standards look amazing, and they have the functionality to match.

1. Matta – Material Design Android UI Template App

Matta is a multipurpose Android UI template that includes all the functionalities you will ever need to build Android mobile apps, wrapped in a beautiful Material Design. This Android app template comes with a plethora of amazing features, such as Firebase backend, Mail Chimp Integration, Push notifications, Form validation, etc. Matta is fully responsive, all screens work impeccably on various device sizes. The constraint layout is used on lists and cards, which means you will be able to create large and complex layouts with this Android app templates. This template comes with thorough documentation and excellent customer support, so you won't have any issues regarding customization. Price: $27

2. Material Design UI Android Template App

Material Design UI Android Template App is a template of choice for almost 3000 developers. The reason why this template is so popular lies in its unlimited possibilities. It includes 80+ screens, hundreds of UI components, 5 UI/UX themes, Push notifications over Firebase, MailChimp integration, etc. It is important to highlight that all graphic elements and layouts function on old versions of Android too, but no older than version 4.4. All the components included in this template can be effortlessly implemented by following detailed documentation. Besides documentation, you have excellent customer support at your disposal. Price: $22

3. MaterialX – Android Material Design UI Components 2.0

MaterialX is an Android UI template which includes 25+ categories and 180+ unique layouts. This UI template is ready to use and to support your projects, you can need to choose the components you like and implement them into your code. The code is clean and well-organized, so the customization process will not represent a problem. It comes with many useful components such as Bottom Navigation, Card View, Grid View, Sliders, Steppers, Toolbars, Timeline (Social Media), Shopping (Ecommerce), Slider Image, etc. Price: $21

4. Universal – Full Multi-Purpose Android App

Universal is a template that can be used by anyone to take content from all around the web to create amazing applications. It is based on Material Design and looks stunning on all Android devices. Besides that, it also comes with beautiful parallax animations. The configurator tool enables you to define the content of your app, without writing a single line of code. You can also use the navigation drawer, tabs, and category screens to navigate your content. The list of amazing built-in features includes push notifications, AdMob advertising, MediaPlayer, Remote Config, Localisation, Tablet support, and much more. Price: $26

5. Android Material UI Template 3.0

Android Material UI template 3.0 is a reusable Material Design app, which provides developers with an easy way to make their own apps. Basically, this is a 9 in 1 app template, which you can use for building nine types of apps - Social, Chat, Mailbox, Messenger, Shopper, Recipe, News, Insta, and Music app. This popular template includes numerous examples of Material Design app layouts. These eye-catching layouts make it easy for you to craft your own beautiful Material Design app. Main features include: made using Android Studio, Ripple Effect, Material Drawer, Parallax Scrollbar, Beauty Cardview, Activity Transition Animation, Recycleview Animation, fits various screen sizes, etc. Price: $22

6. Universal Android WebView App

This app is the best-selling webview application on Envato Market. It is a native Android application that uses a web view component for displaying content. This affordable app solution enables you to turn your responsive website into a universal mobile app. You can easily customize it, and it comes packed with amazing features. As for the app's design, it is styled in Material Design and follows its official design standards. You have 10 color themes at your disposal. WebView app has been developed in Android Studio. It supports mobile devices with Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) and newer. Main features include AdMob Integration, Google Analytics, Push Notifications, Responsive Design, support for opening links in an external browser, pull-to-refresh, multi-language support, and many more. One of the most important characteristics for developers regarding app templates is how the code is written. The code of this app template is clean, consistent, easily configurable, and customizable. Nevertheless, if you need any assistance, it comes with excellent customer support. Price: $19

7. The City – Place App with Backend 6.3

The City is an Android app template that is suitable for developers who want to build a tourism or city guide app. It lets users discover interesting places via the city map. The design of the app is made in compliance with Material Design specifications, and it even has animations. Since it is developed with the native language, the app will run smoothly and fast. All data is stored in the local SQLite database, so the app will function in the offline mode too. The admin side of the app is integrated to manage place data, so you can edit and update the data wherever and whenever. GCM notification feature allows admin to send updates to users so they always have the latest version. Price: $20

8. Android News App

Android News App is a mobile news system that you can use to make your own news application. It comes with a powerful Admin Panel, which can be used for managing news categories, news items, app profile information, for changing admin username and password, etc. This application is created with Android Studio for the client-side and then PHP MySQL for the Admin side. Some of the features are Firebase push notifications, AdMob integration, Admin Panel with Material Design style, YouTube and Video Streaming, Infinity Scroll, RTL language support, Advanced Search, and much more. Price: $18

9. Cookbook – Recipe App for Android

Cookbook is an Android app template developed in Android Studio and styled in Material Design. It comes with beautiful animations and effects, and a choice of 8 color themes. With Cookbook, you can organize recipes into categories, which will do a lot for your UX. Category icons are included. Besides that, you can bookmark favorite recipes. The makers of the template included the search function, so the users will be able to find their favorite recipes fast and easy. Photos of recipes can be loaded from the Internet via the HTTP protocol or locally from the assets folder. It is important to highlight that the data is stored in a local SQLite database, so the app built with this template will work offline as well. If you want to monetize your app, this template offers that possibility, via the AdMob Integration. There are two banners – in the list of recipes and on the detail screen. Price: $25