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title: Couchbase Lite on Android
description: Start your Couchbase for Mobile and Edge adventure, get up and
  running with Couchbase Lite
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# Couchbase Lite on Android

# Couchbase Lite on Android

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Couchbase Lite is an embedded, NoSQL JSON Document Style database for your mobile apps.

You can use Couchbase Lite as a standalone embedded database within your mobile apps, or with Sync Gateway and Couchbase Server to provide a complete cloud to edge synchronized solution

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![manage and store data locally](../_images/manage-and-store-data-locally.svg) 

## Android Resources

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Get Started

* [Install](gs-install.md)
* [Build](gs-build.md)
* Browse API References …​

  * [API References](https://docs.couchbase.com/mobile/3.1.11/couchbase-lite-android)
  * [Kotlin Extensions](https://docs.couchbase.com/mobile/3.1.11/couchbase-lite-android-ktx)

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Do More

* [Data Sync](replication.md)
* [SQL++ for Mobile](query-n1ql-mobile.md)
* [Live Query](query-live.md)

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Learn More

* [Database](database.md)
* [Document](document.md)
* [Blob](blob.md)

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Key Concepts

* [Conflicts](conflict.md)
* [Indexing](indexing.md)

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Product Notes

* [New in 3.1](../cbl-whatsnew.md)
* [Release Notes](releasenotes.md)
* [Supported Platforms](supported-os.md)

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