diff --git a/component/common/.gitignore b/component/common/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42afabfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/build
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diff --git a/component/common/build.gradle b/component/common/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ffcc098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+plugins {
+    alias(libs.plugins.com.android.library)
+}
+
+android {
+    namespace 'one.nem.lacerta.component.common'
+    compileSdk 33
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdk 26
+
+        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        consumerProguardFiles "consumer-rules.pro"
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+
+    implementation libs.androidx.appcompat
+    implementation libs.com.google.android.material
+    testImplementation libs.junit
+    androidTestImplementation libs.androidx.test.ext.junit
+    androidTestImplementation libs.androidx.test.espresso.core
+}
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diff --git a/component/common/consumer-rules.pro b/component/common/consumer-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/component/common/proguard-rules.pro b/component/common/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..481bb434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
+# debugging stack traces.
+#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
+# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
+# hide the original source file name.
+#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
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diff --git a/component/common/src/androidTest/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/component/common/src/androidTest/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ff3b10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/src/androidTest/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package one.nem.lacerta.component.common;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
+    @Test
+    public void useAppContext() {
+        // Context of the app under test.
+        Context appContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
+        assertEquals("one.nem.lacerta.component.common.test", appContext.getPackageName());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/component/common/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/component/common/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5918e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+</manifest>
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diff --git a/component/common/src/test/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleUnitTest.java b/component/common/src/test/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d01b441e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/common/src/test/java/one/nem/lacerta/component/common/ExampleUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package one.nem.lacerta.component.common;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
+ */
+public class ExampleUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void addition_isCorrect() {
+        assertEquals(4, 2 + 2);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index ed56f694..3113f114 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ include ':feature:scan'
 include ':feature:common'
 include ':component:scanner'
 include ':component:viewer'
+include ':component:common'