Difference between source code hosted on Android Code Search and on Git repos on android.googlesource.com?

Question

I'm trying to understand the difference between the two resources:

Android Code Search - https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:;bpv=0 and Git repositories on android - https://android.googlesource.com/

To add to the confusion I also see this repo on Github - https://github.com/androidx/androidx

What is the purpose of all of the above? Is there any substantial difference between the code hosted on each one of those?

Thanks in advance, Roman

Answer 1

There is no difference in the code found on these sites.

• the github.com AOSP/AndroidX repos are used as a mirror for AOSP code
• cs.android.com is a code browser for AOSP/AndroidX code
• android.googlesource.com is the official public location for AOSP code which can be cloned as described at https://source.android.com/docs/setup/download/downloading