Starting March 27, 2025, we recommend using android-latest-release instead of aosp-main to build and contribute to AOSP. For more information, see Changes to AOSP.
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To get the source code for third-party components distributed by Google in
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the right to receive the source, go to
http://android.googlesource.com.
You can find instructions for downloading the source at Download the Android source.
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Last updated 2025-06-12 UTC.
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