Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/flutter/samples/vs/material-components/material-components-android
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/flutter/samples/vs/material-components/material-components-android.md
Description: samples and material-components-android share 4 technologies: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, and androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout. samples is written in Dart and material-components-android in Java.

# samples vs material-components-android

samples and material-components-android share 4 technologies: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, and androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout. samples is written in Dart and material-components-android in Java.

- [flutter/samples](https://seerepo.com/r/flutter/samples): A collection of Flutter examples and demos
- [material-components/material-components-android](https://seerepo.com/r/material-components/material-components-android): [MAINTENANCE MODE] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: androidx.core:core, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout
- Only in samples: Flutter, go_router, shared_preferences, Google, core-ktx, JetBrains, lifecycle-livedata-ktx, navigation-fragment-ktx, navigation-ui-ktx, plugin_platform_interface, shelf, androidx.activity:activity-ktx, Angular, google_fonts, core-splashscreen, cached_network_image, com.google.android.material:material, flutter_animate, cupertino_icons, flutter_markdown, flutter_svg, image, logging
- Only in material-components-android: Jetpack Compose, activity-compose, androidx.activity:activity, androidx.fragment:fragment, androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout, androidx.customview:customview, androidx.dynamicanimation:dynamicanimation, androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout, androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable, androidx.window:window, androidx.cardview:cardview, androidx.graphics:graphics-shapes, androidx.preference:preference, androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2, material-icons-extended, androidx.compose.material:material-icons-core, Glide

## Side by side

| | samples | material-components-android |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 164,253 lines written, 457 code files | 218,683 lines written, 754 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 1,926 commits, 19,283 stars | Last push October 16, 2026, 6,448 commits, 17,444 stars |
| Tests | 128 test files. 28% of its code files have a test that imports them | 206 test files. 27.3% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, samples or material-components-android?

material-components-android, with 218,683 lines written; samples has 164,253.

The proof: [material-components/material-components-android's code at commit 66b0eeb](https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/66b0eeb53afeb6025ffbbd37734b08e5bce197ed)

### Which has more GitHub stars, samples or material-components-android?

samples, with 19,283 stars; material-components-android has 17,444.

The proof: [flutter/samples on GitHub](https://github.com/flutter/samples)

### Which has more tests, samples or material-components-android?

material-components-android, with 206 test files; samples has 128.

The proof: [material-components/material-components-android's code at commit 66b0eeb](https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/66b0eeb53afeb6025ffbbd37734b08e5bce197ed)

### Which was updated more recently, samples or material-components-android?

samples: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and material-components-android's on October 16, 2026.

The proof: [flutter/samples's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/flutter/samples/commits)

## Sources

- flutter/samples: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 9df2cac (https://github.com/flutter/samples/tree/9df2cac15cc3d28a51aace018ad822387d30ac72)
- material-components/material-components-android: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 66b0eeb (https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/66b0eeb53afeb6025ffbbd37734b08e5bce197ed)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.