An open-source, modern Android gallery application built with Jetpack Compose, Material You (Material 3), and AndroidX Media3 ExoPlayer.
Gallery is a fast, clean, and beautifully designed media browser and player for Android.
Built from the ground up with Jetpack Compose and Material Design 3, it delivers a seamless, fluid experience for viewing high-resolution photos, playing high-frame-rate 4K videos, organizing albums, and exploring detailed EXIF metadata.
Gallery follows the principles of Modern Android Development (MAD) to guarantee peak performance, minimal memory footprint, battery efficiency, and privacy-focused local media management.
The application focuses on simplicity, speed, and elegance—designed for both everyday casual browsing and demanding media viewing workflows.
Gallery UI & Features :
Experience a rich set of features crafted for speed, convenience, and control :
| Feature / Format | Engine / Technology | Support Level | Capabilities & Performance Highlights |
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| Photos (JPEG, PNG, WEBP, HEIF) | Coil 3 & Tiling/Subsampling |
Full Support | Deep pinch-to-zoom, sub-sampling for ultra-high resolutions, pan physics, and rapid async caching. |
| Vector & Animations (SVG, GIF) | Coil 3 (SVG & GIF Decoders) |
Full Support | Sharp vector rendering, smooth animated GIF playback, and frame control. |
| Video Playback (MP4, MKV, WebM) | AndroidX Media3 ExoPlayer |
Full (Up to 4K 120fps) | Hardware-accelerated decoding, gesture-based volume & brightness control, smooth scrub timeline. |
| EXIF & Media Metadata | AndroidX ExifInterface |
Full Inspection | Camera model, ISO, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, resolution, file path, and date stamps. |
| Fast Date Scrollbar | Custom Compose Component | Interactive | Floating haptic-enabled fast scrollbar with real-time date indicators for thousands of items. |
| Dynamic Theming (Material You) | Material Design 3 |
Adaptive | Dynamic wallpaper colors, dark/light theme switching, and custom monochrome icon modes. |
| Multi-Language Localization | Android Resources & In-App Engine | 30+ Languages | Full in-app language switcher supporting Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and more. |
| In-App GitHub Updates | OkHttp & Kotlinx Serialization |
Automatic & Manual | Checks GitHub Releases, downloads APKs with progress tracking, and launches installer directly. |
Gallery is engineered following clean architecture and modern Android development guidelines:
100% Kotlin & Coroutines / FlowJetpack Compose(Declarative UI)Single Activity ArchitectureMaterial Design 3&Dynamic Colors(Material You)AndroidX Navigation ComposeAndroidX Media3 ExoPlayer(High-Performance Video Engine)Coil 3(Async Image, GIF, SVG, and Video Frame Loading)AndroidX ExifInterface(Comprehensive Image Metadata)OkHttp 4&Kotlinx Serialization(Seamless GitHub Releases Integration)Gradle Version Catalogs(libs.versions.toml)
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Go to the Releases page:
https://github.com/hamzabellouch/gallery/releases -
Download the latest
.apkfile. -
Install the application on your Android device.
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Make sure that "Install from unknown sources" is enabled in your Android settings if prompted.
To build Gallery locally, make sure you have Android Studio (Ladybug or later) and JDK 17+ installed.
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/hamzabellouch/gallery.git cd gallery -
Open the project in Android Studio or build directly via terminal:
- On Linux / macOS:
./gradlew assembleDebug
- On Windows:
.\gradlew.bat assembleDebug
- On Linux / macOS:
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Find the built APK under:
app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk
Warning
There is always a possibility of error or device-specific differences, so we assume no responsibility for any inaccuracies.
Thank you for checking out Gallery. If you have any feedback or suggestions, feel free to contact us:
hamzabellouchcontact@gmail.com
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