The current standalone mobile app is ArtCatalog Mobile 0.1.10 for Android 8.0+ (API 26). It works without a Windows PC and currently has a Russian interface. The Android and Windows apps have separate version numbers and may differ in features.
Download the signed Android APK · Release notes
Open the APK on your phone and allow installation from the app opening the file
if Android prompts you. The package is com.artcatalog.mobile and appears as
ArtCatalog on the device. Future owner-signed APKs can be installed over it
to keep the local profile.
- Native phone layout with bottom navigation, search, two-column feeds, and full-screen viewing.
- Danbooru, Gelbooru, Rule34, and Sankaku sources, subject to their access rules.
- Local likes and bookmarks, recommendations, artist follows, history, image and video viewing.
- Swipe between works with a short slide animation. Double-tap an image to like its work.
- Multiple images of one work form a single vertical gallery; tags and artist links stay in the detail view.
- Local profile storage, import and export. API credentials stay on the device.
Requires JDK 17+, Android SDK platform and build-tools 35, and the included Gradle wrapper. On Windows:
.\gradlew.bat :app:testDebugUnitTest :app:lintRelease :app:assembleRelease
.\build-apk.ps1 -SdkPath 'C:\path\to\Android\Sdk' -JdkPath 'C:\path\to\jdk'The release script signs with a private keystore outside the repository. A newly generated keystore will not update an installation signed by the owner. No personal profile, API keys, or signing key are included in this source tree.