Awesome Android Lint

A curated list of great Android lint custom rules and resources

Contents

• Rules
• Articles
• Other
• Contribute

Rules

• Google Sample Custom Lint Rules - Demo basic setup and packaging of lint rules.
• Android Builtin Checks - Source for Android built in lint detectors.
• Uber Lint Checks - A set of opinionated and useful lint checks, includes Android and Rx checks.
• Vanniktech Lint Rules - A very extensive set of opinionated and useful lint checks, includes Android and Rx checks.
• Slack Lint Rules - Extensive set of rules including Dagger, Moshi, and Mocking. Also uses annotations with certain rules.
• Android Serialization and Immutability Lints - Rules for data immutability and serialization annotation for network requests.
• Try/catch exception rules - Require exception checking in Kotlin.
• Android Styling rules - Require use of theme resources instead of hex or color attributes on both code and XML.

Articles

• Improve your code with lint checks - Official lint configuration guide.
• Android Lint API Guide - Comprehensive official lint API documenation.
• Implementing your first Android lint rule - Introductory guide to writing lint rules.
• Writing custom lint rules to maintain naming conventions - Introductory guide demonstrating Rx lint rule.
• How to write a custom rule in Lint - Introductory guide demonstrating a forbidden import lint rule.

Other

• Detekt - Kotlin static analysis with many integrations and easy extension points.
• Ktlint - An anti-bikeshedding Kotlin linter with built-in formatter.
• Mike's IDEA Extensions - IDE plugin with several Android and Kotlin code quality warnings.

Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.