# houkx/android-pluginmgr

apk plug apkplug apk load

Repository: https://github.com/houkx/android-pluginmgr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-pluginmgr
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-09-17T14:28:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4301, "days_push": 2907, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1586, forks 534 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:07.727040+00:00)

## What it is
An Android library that dynamically loads and runs activities from uninstalled APK files treated as plugins, similar to Eclipse's plugin model. It supports starting plugin activities with themes, custom Applications, and native .so libraries on Android 2.x.

## Use cases
- load an apk from sdcard without installing it
- run activities from a plugin apk dynamically
- build a plugin architecture for an android app
- start an activity from an uninstalled apk
- hot-load android plugins at runtime

## When to choose
- you must support very old Android 2.x devices with dynamic plugin loading
- you want a lightweight, simple proxy-activity-based plugin mechanism

## When to avoid
- you target modern Android versions where this approach breaks on newer ART/security restrictions
- you need an actively maintained or licensed library
- you need full plugin support (services, receivers, resources) rather than activities

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: android-tools, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: dynamic-loading, apk-plugins, android-plugin-framework, uninstalled-apk, activity-proxy, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- houkx/android-pluginmgr (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.727040+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:55:29.045872+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/houkx/android-pluginmgr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:07.727040+00:00, sha e44aa43ea6cf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.