Design patterns are reusable solutions to common software design problems. There are three main types of design patterns: creational patterns, which create objects for you rather than having you instantiate them directly; structural patterns, which help compose groups of objects into larger structures; and behavioral patterns, which help define communication between objects. Some common design patterns used in Android development include Model-View-Controller (MVC), Model-View-Presenter (MVP), and Observer. MVC separates an application into three components - the model, the view, and the controller. MVP builds on MVC by introducing a presenter component to separate the application logic and flow from the view components. The Observer pattern allows an object to publish changes to its state