diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
similarity index 66%
rename from tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece.h
rename to libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
index 5144b1f..c9effd1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
@@ -14,26 +14,24 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#ifndef AAPT_STRING_PIECE_H
-#define AAPT_STRING_PIECE_H
+#ifndef ANDROIDFW_STRING_PIECE_H
+#define ANDROIDFW_STRING_PIECE_H
 
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "utils/JenkinsHash.h"
-#include "utils/String8.h"
 #include "utils/Unicode.h"
 
-namespace aapt {
+namespace android {
 
-/**
- * Read only wrapper around basic C strings.
- * Prevents excessive copying.
- *
- * WARNING: When creating from std::basic_string<>, moving the original
- * std::basic_string<> will invalidate the data held in a BasicStringPiece<>.
- * BasicStringPiece<> should only be used transitively.
- */
+// Read only wrapper around basic C strings. Prevents excessive copying.
+// StringPiece does not own the data it is wrapping. The lifetime of the underlying
+// data must outlive this StringPiece.
+//
+// WARNING: When creating from std::basic_string<>, moving the original
+// std::basic_string<> will invalidate the data held in a BasicStringPiece<>.
+// BasicStringPiece<> should only be used transitively.
 template <typename TChar>
 class BasicStringPiece {
  public:
@@ -53,15 +51,14 @@
   BasicStringPiece<TChar>& assign(const TChar* str, size_t len);
 
   BasicStringPiece<TChar> substr(size_t start, size_t len = npos) const;
-  BasicStringPiece<TChar> substr(
-      BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator begin,
-      BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator end) const;
+  BasicStringPiece<TChar> substr(BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator begin,
+                                 BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator end) const;
 
   const TChar* data() const;
   size_t length() const;
   size_t size() const;
   bool empty() const;
-  std::basic_string<TChar> ToString() const;
+  std::basic_string<TChar> to_string() const;
 
   bool contains(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
   int compare(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
@@ -89,17 +86,14 @@
 constexpr const size_t BasicStringPiece<TChar>::npos;
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece()
-    : data_(nullptr), length_(0) {}
+inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece() : data_(nullptr), length_(0) {}
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str)
+inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str)
     : data_(str.data_), length_(str.length_) {}
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(
-    const std::basic_string<TChar>& str)
+inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(const std::basic_string<TChar>& str)
     : data_(str.data()), length_(str.length()) {}
 
 template <>
@@ -123,16 +117,14 @@
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>& BasicStringPiece<TChar>::assign(
-    const TChar* str, size_t len) {
+inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>& BasicStringPiece<TChar>::assign(const TChar* str, size_t len) {
   data_ = str;
   length_ = len;
   return *this;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::substr(
-    size_t start, size_t len) const {
+inline BasicStringPiece<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::substr(size_t start, size_t len) const {
   if (len == npos) {
     len = length_ - start;
   }
@@ -171,13 +163,12 @@
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline std::basic_string<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::ToString() const {
+inline std::basic_string<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::to_string() const {
   return std::basic_string<TChar>(data_, length_);
 }
 
 template <>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<char>::contains(
-    const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<char>::contains(const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
   if (!data_ || !rhs.data_) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -188,8 +179,7 @@
 }
 
 template <>
-inline int BasicStringPiece<char>::compare(
-    const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
+inline int BasicStringPiece<char>::compare(const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
   const char nullStr = '\0';
   const char* b1 = data_ != nullptr ? data_ : &nullStr;
   const char* e1 = b1 + length_;
@@ -205,15 +195,21 @@
   return static_cast<int>(length_ - rhs.length_);
 }
 
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out,
-                                  const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& str) {
-  android::String8 utf8(str.data(), str.size());
-  return out.write(utf8.string(), utf8.size());
+inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& str) {
+  const ssize_t result_len = utf16_to_utf8_length(str.data(), str.size());
+  if (result_len < 0) {
+    // Empty string.
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  std::string result;
+  result.resize(static_cast<size_t>(result_len));
+  utf16_to_utf8(str.data(), str.length(), &*result.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(result_len) + 1);
+  return out << result;
 }
 
 template <>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::contains(
-    const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::contains(const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
   if (!data_ || !rhs.data_) {
     return false;
   }
@@ -224,8 +220,7 @@
 }
 
 template <>
-inline int BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::compare(
-    const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
+inline int BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::compare(const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
   const char16_t nullStr = u'\0';
   const char16_t* b1 = data_ != nullptr ? data_ : &nullStr;
   const char16_t* b2 = rhs.data_ != nullptr ? rhs.data_ : &nullStr;
@@ -233,66 +228,52 @@
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator<(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator<(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
   return compare(rhs) < 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator>(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator>(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
   return compare(rhs) > 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator==(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator==(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
   return compare(rhs) == 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator!=(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
+inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator!=(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
   return compare(rhs) != 0;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator
-BasicStringPiece<TChar>::begin() const {
+inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator BasicStringPiece<TChar>::begin() const {
   return data_;
 }
 
 template <typename TChar>
-inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator
-BasicStringPiece<TChar>::end() const {
+inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator BasicStringPiece<TChar>::end() const {
   return data_ + length_;
 }
 
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out,
-                                  const BasicStringPiece<char>& str) {
+inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const BasicStringPiece<char>& str) {
   return out.write(str.data(), str.size());
 }
 
-}  // namespace aapt
-
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out,
-                                  const std::u16string& str) {
-  android::String8 utf8(str.data(), str.size());
-  return out.write(utf8.string(), utf8.size());
-}
+}  // namespace android
 
 namespace std {
 
 template <typename TChar>
-struct hash<aapt::BasicStringPiece<TChar>> {
-  size_t operator()(const aapt::BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str) const {
+struct hash<android::BasicStringPiece<TChar>> {
+  size_t operator()(const android::BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str) const {
     uint32_t hashCode = android::JenkinsHashMixBytes(
-        0, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str.data()),
-        sizeof(TChar) * str.size());
+        0, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str.data()), sizeof(TChar) * str.size());
     return static_cast<size_t>(hashCode);
   }
 };
 
 }  // namespace std
 
-#endif  // AAPT_STRING_PIECE_H
+#endif  // ANDROIDFW_STRING_PIECE_H
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/Android.mk b/libs/androidfw/tests/Android.mk
index d91a133..2f394c4 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/Android.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     Main.cpp \
     ResTable_test.cpp \
     Split_test.cpp \
+    StringPiece_test.cpp \
     TestHelpers.cpp \
     Theme_test.cpp \
     TypeWrappers_test.cpp \
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece_test.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece_test.cpp
rename to libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
index 048961d..316a5c1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/StringPiece_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "test/Test.h"
+#include "TestHelpers.h"
 
-namespace aapt {
+namespace android {
 
 TEST(StringPieceTest, CompareNonNullTerminatedPiece) {
   StringPiece a("hello world", 5);
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@
   EXPECT_FALSE(text16.contains(long_needle16));
 }
 
-}  // namespace aapt
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.cpp
index b1bd4012..c97d6d4 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.cpp
@@ -20,15 +20,16 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "Locale.h"
 #include "SdkConstants.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
-namespace aapt {
-
 using android::ResTable_config;
+using android::StringPiece;
+
+namespace aapt {
 
 static const char* kWildcardName = "any";
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.h b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.h
index 97d0f38..65c9617 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription.h
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 #include <ostream>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
-
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@
    * The resulting configuration has the appropriate sdkVersion defined
    * for backwards compatibility.
    */
-  static bool Parse(const StringPiece& str, ConfigDescription* out = nullptr);
+  static bool Parse(const android::StringPiece& str, ConfigDescription* out = nullptr);
 
   /**
    * If the configuration uses an axis that was added after
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
index 1d22ce0..7933568 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "SdkConstants.h"
 #include "test/Test.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Diagnostics.h b/tools/aapt2/Diagnostics.h
index 5bc86a9..50e8b33 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Diagnostics.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Diagnostics.h
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "Source.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  public:
   DiagMessage() = default;
 
-  explicit DiagMessage(const StringPiece& src) : source_(src) {}
+  explicit DiagMessage(const android::StringPiece& src) : source_(src) {}
 
   explicit DiagMessage(const Source& src) : source_(src) {}
 
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
   std::stringstream message_;
 };
 
+template <>
+inline DiagMessage& DiagMessage::operator<<(const ::std::u16string& value) {
+  message_ << android::StringPiece16(value);
+  return *this;
+}
+
 struct IDiagnostics {
   virtual ~IDiagnostics() = default;
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Flags.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Flags.cpp
index c98cd37..84977ab 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Flags.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Flags.cpp
@@ -21,20 +21,22 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 Flags& Flags::RequiredFlag(const StringPiece& name,
                            const StringPiece& description, std::string* value) {
   auto func = [value](const StringPiece& arg) -> bool {
-    *value = arg.ToString();
+    *value = arg.to_string();
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, true, 1, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, true, 1, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -42,12 +44,11 @@
                                const StringPiece& description,
                                std::vector<std::string>* value) {
   auto func = [value](const StringPiece& arg) -> bool {
-    value->push_back(arg.ToString());
+    value->push_back(arg.to_string());
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, true, 1, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, true, 1, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -55,12 +56,11 @@
                            const StringPiece& description,
                            Maybe<std::string>* value) {
   auto func = [value](const StringPiece& arg) -> bool {
-    *value = arg.ToString();
+    *value = arg.to_string();
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, false, 1, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, false, 1, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -68,12 +68,11 @@
                                const StringPiece& description,
                                std::vector<std::string>* value) {
   auto func = [value](const StringPiece& arg) -> bool {
-    value->push_back(arg.ToString());
+    value->push_back(arg.to_string());
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, false, 1, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, false, 1, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -81,12 +80,11 @@
                                const StringPiece& description,
                                std::unordered_set<std::string>* value) {
   auto func = [value](const StringPiece& arg) -> bool {
-    value->insert(arg.ToString());
+    value->insert(arg.to_string());
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, false, 1, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, false, 1, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -97,8 +95,7 @@
     return true;
   };
 
-  flags_.push_back(
-      Flag{name.ToString(), description.ToString(), func, false, 0, false});
+  flags_.push_back(Flag{name.to_string(), description.to_string(), func, false, 0, false});
   return *this;
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@
   for (size_t i = 0; i < args.size(); i++) {
     StringPiece arg = args[i];
     if (*(arg.data()) != '-') {
-      args_.push_back(arg.ToString());
+      args_.push_back(arg.to_string());
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Flags.h b/tools/aapt2/Flags.h
index 9feff6b..3b3ae71 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Flags.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Flags.h
@@ -23,32 +23,30 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
 class Flags {
  public:
-  Flags& RequiredFlag(const StringPiece& name, const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& RequiredFlag(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                       std::string* value);
-  Flags& RequiredFlagList(const StringPiece& name,
-                          const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& RequiredFlagList(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                           std::vector<std::string>* value);
-  Flags& OptionalFlag(const StringPiece& name, const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& OptionalFlag(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                       Maybe<std::string>* value);
-  Flags& OptionalFlagList(const StringPiece& name,
-                          const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& OptionalFlagList(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                           std::vector<std::string>* value);
-  Flags& OptionalFlagList(const StringPiece& name,
-                          const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& OptionalFlagList(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                           std::unordered_set<std::string>* value);
-  Flags& OptionalSwitch(const StringPiece& name, const StringPiece& description,
+  Flags& OptionalSwitch(const android::StringPiece& name, const android::StringPiece& description,
                         bool* value);
 
-  void Usage(const StringPiece& command, std::ostream* out);
+  void Usage(const android::StringPiece& command, std::ostream* out);
 
-  bool Parse(const StringPiece& command, const std::vector<StringPiece>& args,
+  bool Parse(const android::StringPiece& command, const std::vector<android::StringPiece>& args,
              std::ostream* outError);
 
   const std::vector<std::string>& GetArgs();
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@
   struct Flag {
     std::string name;
     std::string description;
-    std::function<bool(const StringPiece& value)> action;
+    std::function<bool(const android::StringPiece& value)> action;
     bool required;
     size_t num_args;
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Locale.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Locale.cpp
index 78f56c7a..7664fac 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Locale.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Locale.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   return std::all_of(std::begin(str), std::end(str), ::isdigit);
 }
 
-bool LocaleValue::InitFromFilterString(const StringPiece& str) {
+bool LocaleValue::InitFromFilterString(const android::StringPiece& str) {
   // A locale (as specified in the filter) is an underscore separated name such
   // as "en_US", "en_Latn_US", or "en_US_POSIX".
   std::vector<std::string> parts = util::SplitAndLowercase(str, '_');
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Locale.h b/tools/aapt2/Locale.h
index fc6c448..3d73b2e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Locale.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Locale.h
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
-
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
   /**
    * Initialize this LocaleValue from a config string.
    */
-  bool InitFromFilterString(const StringPiece& config);
+  bool InitFromFilterString(const android::StringPiece& config);
 
   /**
    * Initialize this LocaleValue from parts of a vector.
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
index a2b216d..74d4019 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Main.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-extern int Compile(const std::vector<StringPiece>& args);
-extern int Link(const std::vector<StringPiece>& args);
-extern int Dump(const std::vector<StringPiece>& args);
-extern int Diff(const std::vector<StringPiece>& args);
+extern int Compile(const std::vector<android::StringPiece>& args);
+extern int Link(const std::vector<android::StringPiece>& args);
+extern int Dump(const std::vector<android::StringPiece>& args);
+extern int Diff(const std::vector<android::StringPiece>& args);
 
 }  // namespace aapt
 
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
     argv += 1;
     argc -= 1;
 
-    std::vector<aapt::StringPiece> args;
+    std::vector<android::StringPiece> args;
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
       args.push_back(argv[i]);
     }
 
-    aapt::StringPiece command(argv[0]);
+    android::StringPiece command(argv[0]);
     if (command == "compile" || command == "c") {
       return aapt::Compile(args);
     } else if (command == "link" || command == "l") {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Resource.cpp b/tools/aapt2/Resource.cpp
index 3eef7aa7..fdabce1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Resource.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Resource.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 StringPiece ToString(ResourceType type) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Resource.h b/tools/aapt2/Resource.h
index 13330b5..1950ea3 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Resource.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Resource.h
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "utils/JenkinsHash.h"
 
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
 #include "Source.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
   kXml,
 };
 
-StringPiece ToString(ResourceType type);
+android::StringPiece ToString(ResourceType type);
 
 /**
  * Returns a pointer to a valid ResourceType, or nullptr if
  * the string was invalid.
  */
-const ResourceType* ParseResourceType(const StringPiece& str);
+const ResourceType* ParseResourceType(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * A resource's name. This can uniquely identify
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   std::string entry;
 
   ResourceName() = default;
-  ResourceName(const StringPiece& p, ResourceType t, const StringPiece& e);
+  ResourceName(const android::StringPiece& p, ResourceType t, const android::StringPiece& e);
 
   int compare(const ResourceName& other) const;
 
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@
  * of the original string.
  */
 struct ResourceNameRef {
-  StringPiece package;
+  android::StringPiece package;
   ResourceType type = ResourceType::kRaw;
-  StringPiece entry;
+  android::StringPiece entry;
 
   ResourceNameRef() = default;
   ResourceNameRef(const ResourceNameRef&) = default;
   ResourceNameRef(ResourceNameRef&&) = default;
   ResourceNameRef(const ResourceName& rhs);  // NOLINT(implicit)
-  ResourceNameRef(const StringPiece& p, ResourceType t, const StringPiece& e);
+  ResourceNameRef(const android::StringPiece& p, ResourceType t, const android::StringPiece& e);
   ResourceNameRef& operator=(const ResourceNameRef& rhs) = default;
   ResourceNameRef& operator=(ResourceNameRef&& rhs) = default;
   ResourceNameRef& operator=(const ResourceName& rhs);
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@
 // ResourceName implementation.
 //
 
-inline ResourceName::ResourceName(const StringPiece& p, ResourceType t,
-                                  const StringPiece& e)
-    : package(p.ToString()), type(t), entry(e.ToString()) {}
+inline ResourceName::ResourceName(const android::StringPiece& p, ResourceType t,
+                                  const android::StringPiece& e)
+    : package(p.to_string()), type(t), entry(e.to_string()) {}
 
 inline int ResourceName::compare(const ResourceName& other) const {
   int cmp = package.compare(other.package);
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@
 inline ResourceNameRef::ResourceNameRef(const ResourceName& rhs)
     : package(rhs.package), type(rhs.type), entry(rhs.entry) {}
 
-inline ResourceNameRef::ResourceNameRef(const StringPiece& p, ResourceType t,
-                                        const StringPiece& e)
+inline ResourceNameRef::ResourceNameRef(const android::StringPiece& p, ResourceType t,
+                                        const android::StringPiece& e)
     : package(p), type(t), entry(e) {}
 
 inline ResourceNameRef& ResourceNameRef::operator=(const ResourceName& rhs) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
index b16def4..79379fe 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "util/Util.h"
 #include "xml/XmlPullParser.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 constexpr const char* sXliffNamespaceUri =
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@
   StringPiece trimmed_comment = util::TrimWhitespace(res->comment);
   if (trimmed_comment.size() != res->comment.size()) {
     // Only if there was a change do we re-assign.
-    res->comment = trimmed_comment.ToString();
+    res->comment = trimmed_comment.to_string();
   }
 
   if (res->symbol_state) {
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@
     // Extract the product name if it exists.
     if (Maybe<StringPiece> maybe_product =
             xml::FindNonEmptyAttribute(parser, "product")) {
-      parsed_resource.product = maybe_product.value().ToString();
+      parsed_resource.product = maybe_product.value().to_string();
     }
 
     // Parse the resource regardless of product.
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@
     // Items have their type encoded in the type attribute.
     if (Maybe<StringPiece> maybe_type =
             xml::FindNonEmptyAttribute(parser, "type")) {
-      resource_type = maybe_type.value().ToString();
+      resource_type = maybe_type.value().to_string();
     } else {
       diag_->Error(DiagMessage(source_.WithLine(parser->line_number()))
                    << "<item> must have a 'type' attribute");
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@
     }
 
     out_resource->name.type = ResourceType::kId;
-    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().ToString();
+    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().to_string();
     out_resource->value = util::make_unique<Id>();
     return true;
   }
@@ -436,7 +438,7 @@
     }
 
     out_resource->name.type = item_iter->second.type;
-    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().ToString();
+    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().to_string();
 
     // Only use the implicit format for this type if it wasn't overridden.
     if (!resource_format) {
@@ -461,7 +463,7 @@
         return false;
       }
 
-      out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().ToString();
+      out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().to_string();
     }
 
     // Call the associated parse method. The type will be filled in by the
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@
     }
 
     out_resource->name.type = *parsed_type;
-    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().ToString();
+    out_resource->name.entry = maybe_name.value().to_string();
     out_resource->value =
         ParseXml(parser, android::ResTable_map::TYPE_REFERENCE, kNoRawString);
     if (!out_resource->value) {
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@
   const size_t depth = parser->depth();
   while (xml::XmlPullParser::NextChildNode(parser, depth)) {
     if (parser->event() == xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kComment) {
-      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).ToString();
+      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).to_string();
       continue;
     } else if (parser->event() != xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement) {
       // Skip text.
@@ -754,7 +756,7 @@
 
       ParsedResource child_resource;
       child_resource.name.type = *parsed_type;
-      child_resource.name.entry = maybe_name.value().ToString();
+      child_resource.name.entry = maybe_name.value().to_string();
       child_resource.id = next_id;
       child_resource.comment = std::move(comment);
       child_resource.source = item_source;
@@ -899,7 +901,7 @@
   const size_t depth = parser->depth();
   while (xml::XmlPullParser::NextChildNode(parser, depth)) {
     if (parser->event() == xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kComment) {
-      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).ToString();
+      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).to_string();
       continue;
     } else if (parser->event() != xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement) {
       // Skip text.
@@ -1288,7 +1290,7 @@
   const size_t depth = parser->depth();
   while (xml::XmlPullParser::NextChildNode(parser, depth)) {
     if (parser->event() == xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kComment) {
-      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).ToString();
+      comment = util::TrimWhitespace(parser->comment()).to_string();
       continue;
     } else if (parser->event() != xml::XmlPullParser::Event::kStartElement) {
       // Ignore text.
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.h b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.h
index 11b1e5b..c12dacf 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "ResourceValues.h"
 #include "StringPool.h"
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "xml/XmlPullParser.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   bool ParseAttrImpl(xml::XmlPullParser* parser, ParsedResource* out_resource,
                      bool weak);
   Maybe<Attribute::Symbol> ParseEnumOrFlagItem(xml::XmlPullParser* parser,
-                                               const StringPiece& tag);
+                                               const android::StringPiece& tag);
   bool ParseStyle(xml::XmlPullParser* parser, ParsedResource* out_resource);
   bool ParseStyleItem(xml::XmlPullParser* parser, Style* style);
   bool ParseDeclareStyleable(xml::XmlPullParser* parser,
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
index 2463911..5762fb0 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "test/Test.h"
 #include "xml/XmlPullParser.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 constexpr const char* kXmlPreamble =
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.cpp
index 4e6a50a..dd78750 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 static bool less_than_type(const std::unique_ptr<ResourceTableType>& lhs,
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@
 
   std::unique_ptr<ResourceTablePackage> new_package =
       util::make_unique<ResourceTablePackage>();
-  new_package->name = name.ToString();
+  new_package->name = name.to_string();
   return packages.emplace(iter, std::move(new_package))->get();
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.h b/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.h
index a0c3217..0fe966c 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceTable.h
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 #include "StringPool.h"
 #include "io/File.h"
 
-#include <android-base/macros.h>
+#include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include <functional>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
@@ -68,9 +70,8 @@
    */
   std::unique_ptr<Value> value;
 
-  ResourceConfigValue(const ConfigDescription& config,
-                      const StringPiece& product)
-      : config(config), product(product.ToString()) {}
+  ResourceConfigValue(const ConfigDescription& config, const android::StringPiece& product)
+      : config(config), product(product.to_string()) {}
 
  private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ResourceConfigValue);
@@ -105,13 +106,13 @@
    */
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ResourceConfigValue>> values;
 
-  explicit ResourceEntry(const StringPiece& name) : name(name.ToString()) {}
+  explicit ResourceEntry(const android::StringPiece& name) : name(name.to_string()) {}
 
   ResourceConfigValue* FindValue(const ConfigDescription& config);
   ResourceConfigValue* FindValue(const ConfigDescription& config,
-                                 const StringPiece& product);
+                                 const android::StringPiece& product);
   ResourceConfigValue* FindOrCreateValue(const ConfigDescription& config,
-                                         const StringPiece& product);
+                                         const android::StringPiece& product);
   std::vector<ResourceConfigValue*> findAllValues(
       const ConfigDescription& config);
   std::vector<ResourceConfigValue*> FindValuesIf(
@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@
 
   explicit ResourceTableType(const ResourceType type) : type(type) {}
 
-  ResourceEntry* FindEntry(const StringPiece& name);
-  ResourceEntry* FindOrCreateEntry(const StringPiece& name);
+  ResourceEntry* FindEntry(const android::StringPiece& name);
+  ResourceEntry* FindOrCreateEntry(const android::StringPiece& name);
 
  private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ResourceTableType);
@@ -195,22 +196,19 @@
                                                Value* incoming);
 
   bool AddResource(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
-                   const StringPiece& product, std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
+                   const android::StringPiece& product, std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
                    IDiagnostics* diag);
 
   bool AddResource(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ResourceId& res_id,
-                   const ConfigDescription& config, const StringPiece& product,
+                   const ConfigDescription& config, const android::StringPiece& product,
                    std::unique_ptr<Value> value, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
-  bool AddFileReference(const ResourceNameRef& name,
-                        const ConfigDescription& config, const Source& source,
-                        const StringPiece& path, IDiagnostics* diag);
+  bool AddFileReference(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
+                        const Source& source, const android::StringPiece& path, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
-  bool AddFileReferenceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name,
-                                    const ConfigDescription& config,
-                                    const Source& source,
-                                    const StringPiece& path, io::IFile* file,
-                                    IDiagnostics* diag);
+  bool AddFileReferenceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
+                                    const Source& source, const android::StringPiece& path,
+                                    io::IFile* file, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
   /**
    * Same as AddResource, but doesn't verify the validity of the name. This is
@@ -219,18 +217,13 @@
    * mangled
    * names.
    */
-  bool AddResourceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name,
-                               const ConfigDescription& config,
-                               const StringPiece& product,
-                               std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
+  bool AddResourceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
+                               const android::StringPiece& product, std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
                                IDiagnostics* diag);
 
-  bool AddResourceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name,
-                               const ResourceId& id,
-                               const ConfigDescription& config,
-                               const StringPiece& product,
-                               std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
-                               IDiagnostics* diag);
+  bool AddResourceAllowMangled(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ResourceId& id,
+                               const ConfigDescription& config, const android::StringPiece& product,
+                               std::unique_ptr<Value> value, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
   bool SetSymbolState(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ResourceId& res_id,
                       const Symbol& symbol, IDiagnostics* diag);
@@ -273,28 +266,23 @@
    * represent the
    * 'current' package before it is known to the ResourceTable.
    */
-  ResourceTablePackage* FindPackage(const StringPiece& name);
+  ResourceTablePackage* FindPackage(const android::StringPiece& name);
 
   ResourceTablePackage* FindPackageById(uint8_t id);
 
-  ResourceTablePackage* CreatePackage(const StringPiece& name,
-                                      Maybe<uint8_t> id = {});
+  ResourceTablePackage* CreatePackage(const android::StringPiece& name, Maybe<uint8_t> id = {});
 
  private:
-  ResourceTablePackage* FindOrCreatePackage(const StringPiece& name);
+  ResourceTablePackage* FindOrCreatePackage(const android::StringPiece& name);
 
   bool AddResourceImpl(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ResourceId& res_id,
-                       const ConfigDescription& config,
-                       const StringPiece& product, std::unique_ptr<Value> value,
-                       const char* valid_chars,
-                       const CollisionResolverFunc& conflict_resolver,
-                       IDiagnostics* diag);
+                       const ConfigDescription& config, const android::StringPiece& product,
+                       std::unique_ptr<Value> value, const char* valid_chars,
+                       const CollisionResolverFunc& conflict_resolver, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
-  bool AddFileReferenceImpl(const ResourceNameRef& name,
-                            const ConfigDescription& config,
-                            const Source& source, const StringPiece& path,
-                            io::IFile* file, const char* valid_chars,
-                            IDiagnostics* diag);
+  bool AddFileReferenceImpl(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
+                            const Source& source, const android::StringPiece& path, io::IFile* file,
+                            const char* valid_chars, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
   bool SetSymbolStateImpl(const ResourceNameRef& name, const ResourceId& res_id,
                           const Symbol& symbol, const char* valid_chars,
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
index fce9b33..1123967 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #include "util/Files.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+using android::StringPiece16;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace ResourceUtils {
 
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@
     name_out.entry =
         util::Utf16ToUtf8(StringPiece16(name_in.name, name_in.nameLen));
   } else if (name_in.name8) {
-    name_out.entry = StringPiece(name_in.name8, name_in.nameLen).ToString();
+    name_out.entry.assign(name_in.name8, name_in.nameLen);
   } else {
     return {};
   }
@@ -303,9 +306,7 @@
     p++;
   }
 
-  ref.name =
-      ResourceName(package.ToString(), ResourceType::kAttr,
-                   name.empty() ? trimmed_str.ToString() : name.ToString());
+  ref.name = ResourceName(package, ResourceType::kAttr, name.empty() ? trimmed_str : name);
   return Maybe<Reference>(std::move(ref));
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.h b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.h
index 9766f6a..bd3a8e3 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils.h
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "NameMangler.h"
 #include "Resource.h"
 #include "ResourceValues.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 namespace ResourceUtils {
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@
  * individual extracted piece to verify that the pieces are valid.
  * Returns false if there was no package but a ':' was present.
  */
-bool ExtractResourceName(const StringPiece& str, StringPiece* out_package,
-                         StringPiece* out_type, StringPiece* out_entry);
+bool ExtractResourceName(const android::StringPiece& str, android::StringPiece* out_package,
+                         android::StringPiece* out_type, android::StringPiece* out_entry);
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the string was parsed as a resource name
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
  * `out_resource` set to the parsed resource name and `out_private` set to true
  * if a '*' prefix was present.
  */
-bool ParseResourceName(const StringPiece& str, ResourceNameRef* out_resource,
+bool ParseResourceName(const android::StringPiece& str, ResourceNameRef* out_resource,
                        bool* out_private = nullptr);
 
 /*
@@ -57,28 +58,27 @@
  * If '+' was present in the reference, `out_create` is set to true.
  * If '*' was present in the reference, `out_private` is set to true.
  */
-bool ParseReference(const StringPiece& str, ResourceNameRef* out_reference,
+bool ParseReference(const android::StringPiece& str, ResourceNameRef* out_reference,
                     bool* out_create = nullptr, bool* out_private = nullptr);
 
 /*
  * Returns true if the string is in the form of a resource reference
  * (@[+][package:]type/name).
  */
-bool IsReference(const StringPiece& str);
+bool IsReference(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns true if the string was parsed as an attribute reference
  * (?[package:][type/]name),
  * with `out_reference` set to the parsed reference.
  */
-bool ParseAttributeReference(const StringPiece& str,
-                             ResourceNameRef* out_reference);
+bool ParseAttributeReference(const android::StringPiece& str, ResourceNameRef* out_reference);
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the string is in the form of an attribute
  * reference(?[package:][type/]name).
  */
-bool IsAttributeReference(const StringPiece& str);
+bool IsAttributeReference(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Convert an android::ResTable::resource_name to an aapt::ResourceName struct.
@@ -90,22 +90,22 @@
  * Returns a boolean value if the string is equal to TRUE, true, True, FALSE,
  * false, or False.
  */
-Maybe<bool> ParseBool(const StringPiece& str);
+Maybe<bool> ParseBool(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Returns a uint32_t if the string is an integer.
  */
-Maybe<uint32_t> ParseInt(const StringPiece& str);
+Maybe<uint32_t> ParseInt(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Returns an ID if it the string represented a valid ID.
  */
-Maybe<ResourceId> ParseResourceId(const StringPiece& str);
+Maybe<ResourceId> ParseResourceId(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Parses an SDK version, which can be an integer, or a letter from A-Z.
  */
-Maybe<int> ParseSdkVersion(const StringPiece& str);
+Maybe<int> ParseSdkVersion(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a Reference, or None Maybe instance if the string `str` was parsed as
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@
  * ?[package:]style/<entry> or
  * <package>:[style/]<entry>
  */
-Maybe<Reference> ParseStyleParentReference(const StringPiece& str,
-                                           std::string* out_error);
+Maybe<Reference> ParseStyleParentReference(const android::StringPiece& str, std::string* out_error);
 
 /*
  * Returns a Reference if the string `str` was parsed as a valid XML attribute
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
  *
  * package:entry
  */
-Maybe<Reference> ParseXmlAttributeName(const StringPiece& str);
+Maybe<Reference> ParseXmlAttributeName(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a Reference object if the string was parsed as a resource or
@@ -137,52 +136,52 @@
  * if
  * the '+' was present in the string.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<Reference> TryParseReference(const StringPiece& str,
+std::unique_ptr<Reference> TryParseReference(const android::StringPiece& str,
                                              bool* out_create = nullptr);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing @null or @empty if the string
  * was parsed as one.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseNullOrEmpty(const StringPiece& str);
+std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseNullOrEmpty(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing a color if the string was parsed
  * as one.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseColor(const StringPiece& str);
+std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseColor(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing a boolean if the string was
  * parsed as one.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseBool(const StringPiece& str);
+std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseBool(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing an integer if the string was
  * parsed as one.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseInt(const StringPiece& str);
+std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseInt(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing a floating point number
  * (float, dimension, etc) if the string was parsed as one.
  */
-std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseFloat(const StringPiece& str);
+std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseFloat(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing an enum symbol if the string was
  * parsed as one.
  */
 std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseEnumSymbol(const Attribute* enum_attr,
-                                                    const StringPiece& str);
+                                                    const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /*
  * Returns a BinaryPrimitve object representing a flag symbol if the string was
  * parsed as one.
  */
 std::unique_ptr<BinaryPrimitive> TryParseFlagSymbol(const Attribute* enum_attr,
-                                                    const StringPiece& str);
+                                                    const android::StringPiece& str);
 /*
  * Try to convert a string to an Item for the given attribute. The attribute
  * will
@@ -191,11 +190,11 @@
  * reference to an ID that must be created (@+id/foo).
  */
 std::unique_ptr<Item> TryParseItemForAttribute(
-    const StringPiece& value, const Attribute* attr,
+    const android::StringPiece& value, const Attribute* attr,
     const std::function<void(const ResourceName&)>& on_create_reference = {});
 
 std::unique_ptr<Item> TryParseItemForAttribute(
-    const StringPiece& value, uint32_t type_mask,
+    const android::StringPiece& value, uint32_t type_mask,
     const std::function<void(const ResourceName&)>& on_create_reference = {});
 
 uint32_t AndroidTypeToAttributeTypeMask(uint16_t type);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils_test.cpp
index f9c500b..048c692 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceUtils_test.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(ResourceNameRef("android", ResourceType::kColor, "foo"), actual);
   EXPECT_TRUE(actual_priv);
 
-  EXPECT_FALSE(
-      ResourceUtils::ParseResourceName(StringPiece(), &actual, &actual_priv));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(ResourceUtils::ParseResourceName(android::StringPiece(), &actual, &actual_priv));
 }
 
 TEST(ResourceUtilsTest, ParseReferenceWithNoPackage) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceValues.h b/tools/aapt2/ResourceValues.h
index ea73615..d380f8d 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceValues.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceValues.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "Resource.h"
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
    */
   const std::string& GetComment() const { return comment_; }
 
-  void SetComment(const StringPiece& str) { comment_ = str.ToString(); }
+  void SetComment(const android::StringPiece& str) { comment_ = str.to_string(); }
 
   void SetComment(std::string&& str) { comment_ = std::move(str); }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.cpp b/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.cpp
index c7f920a..e806714 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 static const char* sDevelopmentSdkCodeName = "O";
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.h b/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.h
index 5352b53..98ba94b 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/SdkConstants.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "Resource.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@
 
 size_t FindAttributeSdkLevel(const ResourceId& id);
 size_t FindAttributeSdkLevel(const ResourceName& name);
-std::pair<StringPiece, int> GetDevelopmentSdkCodeNameAndVersion();
+std::pair<android::StringPiece, int> GetDevelopmentSdkCodeNameAndVersion();
 
 }  // namespace aapt
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/Source.h b/tools/aapt2/Source.h
index 459a8e6..d7f2a66 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/Source.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/Source.h
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -35,12 +36,11 @@
 
   Source() = default;
 
-  inline Source(const StringPiece& path)
-      : path(path.ToString()) {  // NOLINT(implicit)
+  inline Source(const android::StringPiece& path) : path(path.to_string()) {  // NOLINT(implicit)
   }
 
-  inline Source(const StringPiece& path, size_t line)
-      : path(path.ToString()), line(line) {}
+  inline Source(const android::StringPiece& path, size_t line)
+      : path(path.to_string()), line(line) {}
 
   inline Source WithLine(size_t line) const { return Source(path, line); }
 };
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/StringPool.cpp b/tools/aapt2/StringPool.cpp
index 3032829..d968d73 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/StringPool.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/StringPool.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 
 #include "android-base/logging.h"
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 StringPool::Ref::Ref() : entry_(nullptr) {}
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@
   }
 
   Entry* entry = new Entry();
-  entry->value = str.ToString();
+  entry->value = str.to_string();
   entry->context = context;
   entry->index = strings_.size();
   entry->ref_ = 0;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/StringPool.h b/tools/aapt2/StringPool.h
index a4f556c..d0ce489 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/StringPool.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/StringPool.h
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -149,14 +150,14 @@
    * Adds a string to the pool, unless it already exists. Returns
    * a reference to the string in the pool.
    */
-  Ref MakeRef(const StringPiece& str);
+  Ref MakeRef(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
   /**
    * Adds a string to the pool, unless it already exists, with a context
    * object that can be used when sorting the string pool. Returns
    * a reference to the string in the pool.
    */
-  Ref MakeRef(const StringPiece& str, const Context& context);
+  Ref MakeRef(const android::StringPiece& str, const Context& context);
 
   /**
    * Adds a style to the string pool and returns a reference to it.
@@ -208,11 +209,11 @@
 
   static bool Flatten(BigBuffer* out, const StringPool& pool, bool utf8);
 
-  Ref MakeRefImpl(const StringPiece& str, const Context& context, bool unique);
+  Ref MakeRefImpl(const android::StringPiece& str, const Context& context, bool unique);
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Entry>> strings_;
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<StyleEntry>> styles_;
-  std::unordered_multimap<StringPiece, Entry*> indexed_strings_;
+  std::unordered_multimap<android::StringPiece, Entry*> indexed_strings_;
 };
 
 //
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/StringPool_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/StringPool_test.cpp
index e1394fc..f64a8cf 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/StringPool_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/StringPool_test.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "test/Test.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+using android::StringPiece16;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 TEST(StringPoolTest, InsertOneString) {
@@ -236,8 +241,7 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(StringPiece16(u"goodbye"), util::GetString16(test, 1));
 
     EXPECT_EQ(StringPiece(sLongString), util::GetString(test, 2));
-    EXPECT_EQ(util::Utf8ToUtf16(sLongString),
-              util::GetString16(test, 2).ToString());
+    EXPECT_EQ(util::Utf8ToUtf16(sLongString), util::GetString16(test, 2).to_string());
 
     size_t len;
     EXPECT_TRUE(test.stringAt(3, &len) != nullptr ||
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
index f0b18e6..8027f42 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Compile.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "android-base/errors.h"
+#include "android-base/file.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+#include "google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.h"
+#include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl_lite.h"
+
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "Flags.h"
@@ -38,11 +44,7 @@
 #include "xml/XmlDom.h"
 #include "xml/XmlPullParser.h"
 
-#include "android-base/errors.h"
-#include "android-base/file.h"
-#include "google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.h"
-#include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl_lite.h"
-
+using android::StringPiece;
 using google::protobuf::io::CopyingOutputStreamAdaptor;
 using google::protobuf::io::ZeroCopyOutputStream;
 
@@ -103,9 +105,8 @@
     name = name.substr(0, dot_pos);
   }
 
-  return ResourcePathData{Source(path),          dir_str.ToString(),
-                          name.ToString(),       extension.ToString(),
-                          config_str.ToString(), config};
+  return ResourcePathData{Source(path),          dir_str.to_string(),    name.to_string(),
+                          extension.to_string(), config_str.to_string(), config};
 }
 
 struct CompileOptions {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/IdAssigner.h b/tools/aapt2/compile/IdAssigner.h
index 371ec01..9640eb8 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/IdAssigner.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/IdAssigner.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+#include "android-base/macros.h"
+
 #include "Resource.h"
 #include "process/IResourceTableConsumer.h"
 
-#include "android-base/macros.h"
-
 namespace aapt {
 
 /**
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
   bool Consume(IAaptContext* context, ResourceTable* table) override;
 
  private:
-  const std::unordered_map<ResourceName, ResourceId>* assigned_id_map_ =
-      nullptr;
+  const std::unordered_map<ResourceName, ResourceId>* assigned_id_map_ = nullptr;
 };
 
 }  // namespace aapt
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/NinePatch.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/NinePatch.cpp
index eab5c97..c931da4 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/NinePatch.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/NinePatch.cpp
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 // Colors in the format 0xAARRGGBB (the way 9-patch expects it).
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.cpp
index 7ab05b5..5e15c88 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.cpp
@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@
  */
 
 #include "Png.h"
-#include "Source.h"
-#include "util/BigBuffer.h"
-#include "util/Util.h"
 
-#include <androidfw/ResourceTypes.h>
 #include <png.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+
+#include "Source.h"
+#include "util/BigBuffer.h"
+#include "util/Util.h"
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 constexpr bool kDebug = false;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.h b/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.h
index aff1da3..a820051 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Png.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  */
 class PngChunkFilter : public io::InputStream {
  public:
-  explicit PngChunkFilter(const StringPiece& data);
+  explicit PngChunkFilter(const android::StringPiece& data);
 
   bool Next(const void** buffer, int* len) override;
   void BackUp(int count) override;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
  private:
   bool ConsumeWindow(const void** buffer, int* len);
 
-  StringPiece data_;
+  android::StringPiece data_;
   size_t window_start_ = 0;
   size_t window_end_ = 0;
   bool error_ = false;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/PngChunkFilter.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/PngChunkFilter.cpp
index 4cbefb9..edec123 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/PngChunkFilter.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/PngChunkFilter.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 #include "compile/Png.h"
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "io/Io.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/PseudolocaleGenerator.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/PseudolocaleGenerator.cpp
index 055a725..5035f81 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/PseudolocaleGenerator.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/PseudolocaleGenerator.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "ValueVisitor.h"
 #include "compile/Pseudolocalizer.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 std::unique_ptr<StyledString> PseudolocalizeStyledString(
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.cpp
index f89288f..15a3d8c 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 // String basis to generate expansion
@@ -40,10 +42,8 @@
 
 class PseudoMethodNone : public PseudoMethodImpl {
  public:
-  std::string Text(const StringPiece& text) override { return text.ToString(); }
-  std::string Placeholder(const StringPiece& text) override {
-    return text.ToString();
-  }
+  std::string Text(const StringPiece& text) override { return text.to_string(); }
+  std::string Placeholder(const StringPiece& text) override { return text.to_string(); }
 };
 
 class PseudoMethodBidi : public PseudoMethodImpl {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
       }
       size_t size = nextpos - lastpos;
       if (size) {
-        std::string chunk = text.substr(lastpos, size).ToString();
+        std::string chunk = text.substr(lastpos, size).to_string();
         if (pseudo) {
           chunk = impl_->Text(chunk);
         } else if (str[lastpos] == kArgStart && str[nextpos - 1] == kArgEnd) {
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 
 std::string PseudoMethodAccent::Placeholder(const StringPiece& source) {
   // Surround a placeholder with brackets
-  return kPlaceholderOpen + source.ToString() + kPlaceholderClose;
+  return kPlaceholderOpen + source.to_string() + kPlaceholderClose;
 }
 
 std::string PseudoMethodBidi::Text(const StringPiece& source) {
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
 
 std::string PseudoMethodBidi::Placeholder(const StringPiece& source) {
   // Surround a placeholder with directionality change sequence
-  return kRlm + kRlo + source.ToString() + kPdf + kRlm;
+  return kRlm + kRlo + source.to_string() + kPdf + kRlm;
 }
 
 }  // namespace aapt
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.h b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.h
index a6d2ad0..6cf003b 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "ResourceValues.h"
 #include "StringPool.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   virtual ~PseudoMethodImpl() {}
   virtual std::string Start() { return {}; }
   virtual std::string End() { return {}; }
-  virtual std::string Text(const StringPiece& text) = 0;
-  virtual std::string Placeholder(const StringPiece& text) = 0;
+  virtual std::string Text(const android::StringPiece& text) = 0;
+  virtual std::string Placeholder(const android::StringPiece& text) = 0;
 };
 
 class Pseudolocalizer {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   void SetMethod(Method method);
   std::string Start() { return impl_->Start(); }
   std::string End() { return impl_->End(); }
-  std::string Text(const StringPiece& text);
+  std::string Text(const android::StringPiece& text);
 
  private:
   std::unique_ptr<PseudoMethodImpl> impl_;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer_test.cpp
index 92eb3b5..d3b7b02 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/compile/Pseudolocalizer_test.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include "test/Test.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 // In this context, 'Axis' represents a particular field in the configuration,
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/diff/Diff.cpp b/tools/aapt2/diff/Diff.cpp
index 593e7ab..de0fe40 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/diff/Diff.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/diff/Diff.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "process/SymbolTable.h"
 #include "unflatten/BinaryResourceParser.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 class DiffContext : public IAaptContext {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/dump/Dump.cpp b/tools/aapt2/dump/Dump.cpp
index 2920c2a..bcede72 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/dump/Dump.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/dump/Dump.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "Debug.h"
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "Flags.h"
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@
 #include "proto/ProtoSerialize.h"
 #include "unflatten/BinaryResourceParser.h"
 #include "util/Files.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.cpp b/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.cpp
index 47de0a3..5c96a4d 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "ziparchive/zip_writer.h"
 
 #include "util/Files.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@
   DirectoryWriter() = default;
 
   bool Open(IDiagnostics* diag, const StringPiece& out_dir) {
-    dir_ = out_dir.ToString();
+    dir_ = out_dir.to_string();
     file::FileType type = file::GetFileType(dir_);
     if (type == file::FileType::kNonexistant) {
       diag->Error(DiagMessage() << "directory " << dir_ << " does not exist");
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.h b/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.h
index 4fcb3ffa..f0681bd 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/flatten/Archive.h
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl_lite.h"
 
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
 #include "util/Files.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  public:
   virtual ~IArchiveWriter() = default;
 
-  virtual bool StartEntry(const StringPiece& path, uint32_t flags) = 0;
+  virtual bool StartEntry(const android::StringPiece& path, uint32_t flags) = 0;
   virtual bool WriteEntry(const BigBuffer& buffer) = 0;
   virtual bool WriteEntry(const void* data, size_t len) = 0;
   virtual bool FinishEntry() = 0;
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
   }
 };
 
-std::unique_ptr<IArchiveWriter> CreateDirectoryArchiveWriter(
-    IDiagnostics* diag, const StringPiece& path);
+std::unique_ptr<IArchiveWriter> CreateDirectoryArchiveWriter(IDiagnostics* diag,
+                                                             const android::StringPiece& path);
 
-std::unique_ptr<IArchiveWriter> CreateZipFileArchiveWriter(
-    IDiagnostics* diag, const StringPiece& path);
+std::unique_ptr<IArchiveWriter> CreateZipFileArchiveWriter(IDiagnostics* diag,
+                                                           const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 }  // namespace aapt
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/flatten/XmlFlattener_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/flatten/XmlFlattener_test.cpp
index 2c83bb3..ffc2de1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/flatten/XmlFlattener_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/flatten/XmlFlattener_test.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece16;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 class XmlFlattenerTest : public ::testing::Test {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/File.h b/tools/aapt2/io/File.h
index 644f59f..3d5b5b1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/File.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/File.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
  public:
   virtual ~IFileCollection() = default;
 
-  virtual IFile* FindFile(const StringPiece& path) = 0;
+  virtual IFile* FindFile(const android::StringPiece& path) = 0;
   virtual std::unique_ptr<IFileCollectionIterator> Iterator() = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.cpp b/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.cpp
index 828f34e..027cbd0 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@
 
 #include "io/FileSystem.h"
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "utils/FileMap.h"
 
 #include "Source.h"
 #include "util/Files.h"
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace io {
 
@@ -54,13 +56,11 @@
 }
 
 IFile* FileCollection::InsertFile(const StringPiece& path) {
-  return (files_[path.ToString()] =
-              util::make_unique<RegularFile>(Source(path)))
-      .get();
+  return (files_[path.to_string()] = util::make_unique<RegularFile>(Source(path))).get();
 }
 
 IFile* FileCollection::FindFile(const StringPiece& path) {
-  auto iter = files_.find(path.ToString());
+  auto iter = files_.find(path.to_string());
   if (iter != files_.end()) {
     return iter->second.get();
   }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.h b/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.h
index 84f851f..dfd3717 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/FileSystem.h
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
   /**
    * Adds a file located at path. Returns the IFile representation of that file.
    */
-  IFile* InsertFile(const StringPiece& path);
-  IFile* FindFile(const StringPiece& path) override;
+  IFile* InsertFile(const android::StringPiece& path);
+  IFile* FindFile(const android::StringPiece& path) override;
   std::unique_ptr<IFileCollectionIterator> Iterator() override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
index f4a128e..62b436f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "Source.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace io {
 
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@
     std::string zip_entry_path =
         std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(zip_entry_name.name),
                     zip_entry_name.name_length);
-    std::string nested_path = path.ToString() + "@" + zip_entry_path;
+    std::string nested_path = path.to_string() + "@" + zip_entry_path;
     collection->files_[zip_entry_path] = util::make_unique<ZipFile>(
         collection->handle_, zip_data, Source(nested_path));
   }
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@
 }
 
 IFile* ZipFileCollection::FindFile(const StringPiece& path) {
-  auto iter = files_.find(path.ToString());
+  auto iter = files_.find(path.to_string());
   if (iter != files_.end()) {
     return iter->second.get();
   }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.h b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.h
index 85ca1ae..634adad 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/io/ZipArchive.h
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 
 #include <map>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "io/File.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 namespace io {
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@
  */
 class ZipFileCollection : public IFileCollection {
  public:
-  static std::unique_ptr<ZipFileCollection> Create(const StringPiece& path,
+  static std::unique_ptr<ZipFileCollection> Create(const android::StringPiece& path,
                                                    std::string* outError);
 
-  io::IFile* FindFile(const StringPiece& path) override;
+  io::IFile* FindFile(const android::StringPiece& path) override;
   std::unique_ptr<IFileCollectionIterator> Iterator() override;
 
   ~ZipFileCollection() override;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.cpp
index 2951e5c..a0ef00b 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 void AnnotationProcessor::AppendCommentLine(std::string& comment) {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@
   for (StringPiece line : util::Tokenize(comment, '\n')) {
     line = util::TrimWhitespace(line);
     if (!line.empty()) {
-      std::string lineCopy = line.ToString();
+      std::string lineCopy = line.to_string();
       AppendCommentLine(lineCopy);
     }
   }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.h b/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.h
index 666a7f3..99cd44f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/AnnotationProcessor.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    * configurations,
    * we need to collect all the comments.
    */
-  void AppendComment(const StringPiece& comment);
+  void AppendComment(const android::StringPiece& comment);
 
   void AppendNewLine();
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
    * Writes the comments and annotations to the stream, with the given prefix
    * before each line.
    */
-  void WriteToStream(std::ostream* out, const StringPiece& prefix) const;
+  void WriteToStream(std::ostream* out, const android::StringPiece& prefix) const;
 
  private:
   enum : uint32_t {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.cpp
index f1f1f92..53d6ea1 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 #include "java/ClassDefinition.h"
 
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@
   }
   *out << "final class " << name_ << " {\n";
 
-  std::string new_prefix = prefix.ToString();
+  std::string new_prefix = prefix.to_string();
   new_prefix.append(kIndent);
 
   for (const std::unique_ptr<ClassMember>& member : members_) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
index d8b61d9..64e4b29 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "Resource.h"
 #include "java/AnnotationProcessor.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
   virtual bool empty() const = 0;
 
-  virtual void WriteToStream(const StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
+  virtual void WriteToStream(const android::StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
                              std::ostream* out) const {
     processor_.WriteToStream(out, prefix);
   }
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
 template <typename T>
 class PrimitiveMember : public ClassMember {
  public:
-  PrimitiveMember(const StringPiece& name, const T& val)
-      : name_(name.ToString()), val_(val) {}
+  PrimitiveMember(const android::StringPiece& name, const T& val)
+      : name_(name.to_string()), val_(val) {}
 
   bool empty() const override { return false; }
 
-  void WriteToStream(const StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
+  void WriteToStream(const android::StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
                      std::ostream* out) const override {
     ClassMember::WriteToStream(prefix, final, out);
 
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@
 template <>
 class PrimitiveMember<std::string> : public ClassMember {
  public:
-  PrimitiveMember(const StringPiece& name, const std::string& val)
-      : name_(name.ToString()), val_(val) {}
+  PrimitiveMember(const android::StringPiece& name, const std::string& val)
+      : name_(name.to_string()), val_(val) {}
 
   bool empty() const override { return false; }
 
-  void WriteToStream(const StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
+  void WriteToStream(const android::StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
                      std::ostream* out) const override {
     ClassMember::WriteToStream(prefix, final, out);
 
@@ -106,14 +106,13 @@
 template <typename T>
 class PrimitiveArrayMember : public ClassMember {
  public:
-  explicit PrimitiveArrayMember(const StringPiece& name)
-      : name_(name.ToString()) {}
+  explicit PrimitiveArrayMember(const android::StringPiece& name) : name_(name.to_string()) {}
 
   void AddElement(const T& val) { elements_.push_back(val); }
 
   bool empty() const override { return false; }
 
-  void WriteToStream(const StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
+  void WriteToStream(const android::StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
                      std::ostream* out) const override {
     ClassMember::WriteToStream(prefix, final, out);
 
@@ -147,22 +146,18 @@
 
 class ClassDefinition : public ClassMember {
  public:
-  static bool WriteJavaFile(const ClassDefinition* def,
-                            const StringPiece& package, bool final,
-                            std::ostream* out);
+  static bool WriteJavaFile(const ClassDefinition* def, const android::StringPiece& package,
+                            bool final, std::ostream* out);
 
-  ClassDefinition(const StringPiece& name, ClassQualifier qualifier,
-                  bool createIfEmpty)
-      : name_(name.ToString()),
-        qualifier_(qualifier),
-        create_if_empty_(createIfEmpty) {}
+  ClassDefinition(const android::StringPiece& name, ClassQualifier qualifier, bool createIfEmpty)
+      : name_(name.to_string()), qualifier_(qualifier), create_if_empty_(createIfEmpty) {}
 
   void AddMember(std::unique_ptr<ClassMember> member) {
     members_.push_back(std::move(member));
   }
 
   bool empty() const override;
-  void WriteToStream(const StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
+  void WriteToStream(const android::StringPiece& prefix, bool final,
                      std::ostream* out) const override;
 
  private:
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.cpp
index 6e7c7078..b71dc48 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 
 #include "android-base/logging.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "NameMangler.h"
 #include "Resource.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@
 #include "java/AnnotationProcessor.h"
 #include "java/ClassDefinition.h"
 #include "process/SymbolTable.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
  * Replace those with '_'.
  */
 static std::string Transform(const StringPiece& symbol) {
-  std::string output = symbol.ToString();
+  std::string output = symbol.to_string();
   for (char& c : output) {
     if (c == '.' || c == '-') {
       c = '_';
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.h b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.h
index 190e73b..5cf556e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator.h
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "ResourceTable.h"
 #include "ResourceValues.h"
 #include "process/IResourceTableConsumer.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 
@@ -69,22 +70,20 @@
    * We need to generate these symbols in a separate file.
    * Returns true on success.
    */
-  bool Generate(const StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate, std::ostream* out);
+  bool Generate(const android::StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate, std::ostream* out);
 
-  bool Generate(const StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
-                const StringPiece& outputPackageName, std::ostream* out);
+  bool Generate(const android::StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
+                const android::StringPiece& outputPackageName, std::ostream* out);
 
   const std::string& getError() const;
 
  private:
-  bool AddMembersToTypeClass(const StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
-                             const ResourceTablePackage* package,
-                             const ResourceTableType* type,
+  bool AddMembersToTypeClass(const android::StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
+                             const ResourceTablePackage* package, const ResourceTableType* type,
                              ClassDefinition* outTypeClassDef);
 
-  void AddMembersToStyleableClass(const StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
-                                  const std::string& entryName,
-                                  const Styleable* styleable,
+  void AddMembersToStyleableClass(const android::StringPiece& packageNameToGenerate,
+                                  const std::string& entryName, const Styleable* styleable,
                                   ClassDefinition* outStyleableClassDef);
 
   bool SkipSymbol(SymbolState state);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator_test.cpp
index 3d3d24e..55c5cb2 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/JavaClassGenerator_test.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "test/Test.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 TEST(JavaClassGeneratorTest, FailWhenEntryIsJavaKeyword) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ManifestClassGenerator.cpp b/tools/aapt2/java/ManifestClassGenerator.cpp
index db84f29..de8e59a 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ManifestClassGenerator.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ManifestClassGenerator.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
 #include "xml/XmlDom.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 static Maybe<StringPiece> ExtractJavaIdentifier(IDiagnostics* diag,
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/jni/aapt2_jni.cpp b/tools/aapt2/jni/aapt2_jni.cpp
index 5518fe2..b029b20 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/jni/aapt2_jni.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/jni/aapt2_jni.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 extern int Compile(const std::vector<StringPiece> &args);
 extern int Link(const std::vector<StringPiece> &args);
@@ -65,9 +67,8 @@
  * The returned pieces can only be used while the original ones have not been
  * destroyed.
  */
-static std::vector<aapt::StringPiece> extract_pieces(
-    const std::vector<ScopedUtfChars> &strings) {
-  std::vector<aapt::StringPiece> pieces;
+static std::vector<StringPiece> extract_pieces(const std::vector<ScopedUtfChars> &strings) {
+  std::vector<StringPiece> pieces;
 
   std::for_each(
       strings.begin(), strings.end(),
@@ -80,8 +81,7 @@
     JNIEnv *env, jclass aapt_obj, jobject arguments_obj) {
   std::vector<ScopedUtfChars> compile_args_jni =
       list_to_utfchars(env, arguments_obj);
-  std::vector<aapt::StringPiece> compile_args =
-      extract_pieces(compile_args_jni);
+  std::vector<StringPiece> compile_args = extract_pieces(compile_args_jni);
   aapt::Compile(compile_args);
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     JNIEnv *env, jclass aapt_obj, jobject arguments_obj) {
   std::vector<ScopedUtfChars> link_args_jni =
       list_to_utfchars(env, arguments_obj);
-  std::vector<aapt::StringPiece> link_args = extract_pieces(link_args_jni);
+  std::vector<StringPiece> link_args = extract_pieces(link_args_jni);
   aapt::Link(link_args);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/Link.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/Link.cpp
index b525758..c3ce076 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/Link.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/Link.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "android-base/errors.h"
 #include "android-base/file.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.h"
 
 #include "AppInfo.h"
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@
 #include "split/TableSplitter.h"
 #include "unflatten/BinaryResourceParser.h"
 #include "util/Files.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "xml/XmlDom.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
 using ::google::protobuf::io::CopyingOutputStreamAdaptor;
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
   }
 
   void SetCompilationPackage(const StringPiece& package_name) {
-    compilation_package_ = package_name.ToString();
+    compilation_package_ = package_name.to_string();
   }
 
   uint8_t GetPackageId() override { return package_id_; }
@@ -2011,14 +2012,14 @@
   for (std::string& extra_package : extra_java_packages) {
     // A given package can actually be a colon separated list of packages.
     for (StringPiece package : util::Split(extra_package, ':')) {
-      options.extra_java_packages.insert(package.ToString());
+      options.extra_java_packages.insert(package.to_string());
     }
   }
 
   if (product_list) {
     for (StringPiece product : util::Tokenize(product_list.value(), ',')) {
       if (product != "" && product != "default") {
-        options.products.insert(product.ToString());
+        options.products.insert(product.to_string());
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer.cpp
index 4185937e6..e5eaf2f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "xml/XmlActionExecutor.h"
 #include "xml/XmlDom.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 /**
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@
   CHECK(attr != nullptr);
 
   std::string original_package = std::move(attr->value);
-  attr->value = package_override.ToString();
+  attr->value = package_override.to_string();
 
   FullyQualifiedClassNameVisitor visitor(original_package);
   manifest_el->Accept(&visitor);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer_test.cpp
index fc6970c..12a304a 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/ManifestFixer_test.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "test/Test.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 struct ManifestFixerTest : public ::testing::Test {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/ReferenceLinker.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/ReferenceLinker.cpp
index be787b2..ea68b61 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/ReferenceLinker.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/ReferenceLinker.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "util/Util.h"
 #include "xml/XmlUtil.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 namespace {
@@ -192,8 +194,7 @@
       const StringPiece& alias,
       const StringPiece& local_package) const override {
     if (alias.empty()) {
-      return xml::ExtractedPackage{local_package.ToString(),
-                                   true /* private */};
+      return xml::ExtractedPackage{local_package.to_string(), true /* private */};
     }
     return {};
   }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.cpp
index d808da3..7e7b9fb 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include "ValueVisitor.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 TableMerger::TableMerger(IAaptContext* context, ResourceTable* out_table,
@@ -351,9 +353,8 @@
     const std::string& package, const FileReference& file_ref) {
   StringPiece prefix, entry, suffix;
   if (util::ExtractResFilePathParts(*file_ref.path, &prefix, &entry, &suffix)) {
-    std::string mangled_entry =
-        NameMangler::MangleEntry(package, entry.ToString());
-    std::string newPath = prefix.ToString() + mangled_entry + suffix.ToString();
+    std::string mangled_entry = NameMangler::MangleEntry(package, entry.to_string());
+    std::string newPath = prefix.to_string() + mangled_entry + suffix.to_string();
     std::unique_ptr<FileReference> new_file_ref =
         util::make_unique<FileReference>(
             master_table_->string_pool.MakeRef(newPath));
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.h b/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.h
index 4ab83c3f2..c96b1b0 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/TableMerger.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
    * An io::IFileCollection is needed in order to find the referenced Files and
    * process them.
    */
-  bool MergeAndMangle(const Source& src, const StringPiece& package,
-                      ResourceTable* table, io::IFileCollection* collection);
+  bool MergeAndMangle(const Source& src, const android::StringPiece& package, ResourceTable* table,
+                      io::IFileCollection* collection);
 
   /**
    * Merges a compiled file that belongs to this same or empty package. This is
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/link/VersionCollapser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/link/VersionCollapser_test.cpp
index 1b5592f..44babb2 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/link/VersionCollapser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/link/VersionCollapser_test.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "test/Test.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 static std::unique_ptr<ResourceTable> BuildTableWithConfigs(
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.cpp b/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.cpp
index 767384d..1a3da73 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "ValueVisitor.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 void SymbolTable::AppendSource(std::unique_ptr<ISymbolSource> source) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.h b/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.h
index 25f7565..cf597bb 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/process/SymbolTable.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
  public:
   AssetManagerSymbolSource() = default;
 
-  bool AddAssetPath(const StringPiece& path);
+  bool AddAssetPath(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
   std::unique_ptr<SymbolTable::Symbol> FindByName(
       const ResourceName& name) override;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/proto/TableProtoSerializer.cpp b/tools/aapt2/proto/TableProtoSerializer.cpp
index 0d0e46d..7230b55 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/proto/TableProtoSerializer.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/proto/TableProtoSerializer.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "proto/ProtoSerialize.h"
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
 
-#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include "android-base/logging.h"
 
 using google::protobuf::io::CodedOutputStream;
 using google::protobuf::io::CodedInputStream;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
       if (type->id) {
         pb_type->set_id(type->id.value());
       }
-      pb_type->set_name(ToString(type->type).ToString());
+      pb_type->set_name(ToString(type->type).to_string());
 
       for (auto& entry : type->entries) {
         pb::Entry* pb_entry = pb_type->add_entries();
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/split/TableSplitter.cpp b/tools/aapt2/split/TableSplitter.cpp
index 7aad86f..38cfd2e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/split/TableSplitter.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/split/TableSplitter.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
+
 #include "android-base/logging.h"
 
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/test/Builders.h b/tools/aapt2/test/Builders.h
index 9377306..6888cf3 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/test/Builders.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/test/Builders.h
@@ -37,95 +37,86 @@
 
   StringPool* string_pool() { return &table_->string_pool; }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& SetPackageId(const StringPiece& package_name,
-                                     uint8_t id) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& SetPackageId(const android::StringPiece& package_name, uint8_t id) {
     ResourceTablePackage* package = table_->CreatePackage(package_name, id);
     CHECK(package != nullptr);
     return *this;
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddSimple(const StringPiece& name,
-                                  const ResourceId& id = {}) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddSimple(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id = {}) {
     return AddValue(name, id, util::make_unique<Id>());
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddSimple(const StringPiece& name,
-                                  const ConfigDescription& config,
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddSimple(const android::StringPiece& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
                                   const ResourceId& id = {}) {
     return AddValue(name, config, id, util::make_unique<Id>());
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddReference(const StringPiece& name,
-                                     const StringPiece& ref) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddReference(const android::StringPiece& name,
+                                     const android::StringPiece& ref) {
     return AddReference(name, {}, ref);
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddReference(const StringPiece& name,
-                                     const ResourceId& id,
-                                     const StringPiece& ref) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddReference(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
+                                     const android::StringPiece& ref) {
     return AddValue(name, id,
                     util::make_unique<Reference>(ParseNameOrDie(ref)));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const StringPiece& name,
-                                  const StringPiece& str) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const android::StringPiece& name,
+                                  const android::StringPiece& str) {
     return AddString(name, {}, str);
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
-                                  const StringPiece& str) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
+                                  const android::StringPiece& str) {
     return AddValue(
         name, id, util::make_unique<String>(table_->string_pool.MakeRef(str)));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddString(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
                                   const ConfigDescription& config,
-                                  const StringPiece& str) {
+                                  const android::StringPiece& str) {
     return AddValue(name, config, id, util::make_unique<String>(
                                           table_->string_pool.MakeRef(str)));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const StringPiece& name,
-                                         const StringPiece& path) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const android::StringPiece& name,
+                                         const android::StringPiece& path) {
     return AddFileReference(name, {}, path);
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const StringPiece& name,
-                                         const ResourceId& id,
-                                         const StringPiece& path) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
+                                         const android::StringPiece& path) {
     return AddValue(name, id, util::make_unique<FileReference>(
                                   table_->string_pool.MakeRef(path)));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const StringPiece& name,
-                                         const StringPiece& path,
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddFileReference(const android::StringPiece& name,
+                                         const android::StringPiece& path,
                                          const ConfigDescription& config) {
     return AddValue(name, config, {}, util::make_unique<FileReference>(
                                           table_->string_pool.MakeRef(path)));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const StringPiece& name,
-                                 std::unique_ptr<Value> value) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const android::StringPiece& name, std::unique_ptr<Value> value) {
     return AddValue(name, {}, std::move(value));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
                                  std::unique_ptr<Value> value) {
     return AddValue(name, {}, id, std::move(value));
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const StringPiece& name,
-                                 const ConfigDescription& config,
-                                 const ResourceId& id,
-                                 std::unique_ptr<Value> value) {
+  ResourceTableBuilder& AddValue(const android::StringPiece& name, const ConfigDescription& config,
+                                 const ResourceId& id, std::unique_ptr<Value> value) {
     ResourceName res_name = ParseNameOrDie(name);
     CHECK(table_->AddResourceAllowMangled(res_name, id, config, {},
                                           std::move(value), &diagnostics_));
     return *this;
   }
 
-  ResourceTableBuilder& SetSymbolState(const StringPiece& name,
-                                       const ResourceId& id,
+  ResourceTableBuilder& SetSymbolState(const android::StringPiece& name, const ResourceId& id,
                                        SymbolState state) {
     ResourceName res_name = ParseNameOrDie(name);
     Symbol symbol;
@@ -144,8 +135,8 @@
   std::unique_ptr<ResourceTable> table_ = util::make_unique<ResourceTable>();
 };
 
-inline std::unique_ptr<Reference> BuildReference(
-    const StringPiece& ref, const Maybe<ResourceId>& id = {}) {
+inline std::unique_ptr<Reference> BuildReference(const android::StringPiece& ref,
+                                                 const Maybe<ResourceId>& id = {}) {
   std::unique_ptr<Reference> reference =
       util::make_unique<Reference>(ParseNameOrDie(ref));
   reference->id = id;
@@ -174,7 +165,7 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
-  ValueBuilder& SetComment(const StringPiece& str) {
+  ValueBuilder& SetComment(const android::StringPiece& str) {
     value_->SetComment(str);
     return *this;
   }
@@ -199,7 +190,7 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
-  AttributeBuilder& AddItem(const StringPiece& name, uint32_t value) {
+  AttributeBuilder& AddItem(const android::StringPiece& name, uint32_t value) {
     attr_->symbols.push_back(Attribute::Symbol{
         Reference(ResourceName({}, ResourceType::kId, name)), value});
     return *this;
@@ -217,18 +208,18 @@
  public:
   StyleBuilder() = default;
 
-  StyleBuilder& SetParent(const StringPiece& str) {
+  StyleBuilder& SetParent(const android::StringPiece& str) {
     style_->parent = Reference(ParseNameOrDie(str));
     return *this;
   }
 
-  StyleBuilder& AddItem(const StringPiece& str, std::unique_ptr<Item> value) {
+  StyleBuilder& AddItem(const android::StringPiece& str, std::unique_ptr<Item> value) {
     style_->entries.push_back(
         Style::Entry{Reference(ParseNameOrDie(str)), std::move(value)});
     return *this;
   }
 
-  StyleBuilder& AddItem(const StringPiece& str, const ResourceId& id,
+  StyleBuilder& AddItem(const android::StringPiece& str, const ResourceId& id,
                         std::unique_ptr<Item> value) {
     AddItem(str, std::move(value));
     style_->entries.back().key.id = id;
@@ -247,8 +238,7 @@
  public:
   StyleableBuilder() = default;
 
-  StyleableBuilder& AddItem(const StringPiece& str,
-                            const Maybe<ResourceId>& id = {}) {
+  StyleableBuilder& AddItem(const android::StringPiece& str, const Maybe<ResourceId>& id = {}) {
     styleable_->entries.push_back(Reference(ParseNameOrDie(str)));
     styleable_->entries.back().id = id;
     return *this;
@@ -262,7 +252,7 @@
   std::unique_ptr<Styleable> styleable_ = util::make_unique<Styleable>();
 };
 
-inline std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> BuildXmlDom(const StringPiece& str) {
+inline std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> BuildXmlDom(const android::StringPiece& str) {
   std::stringstream in;
   in << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n" << str;
   StdErrDiagnostics diag;
@@ -273,7 +263,7 @@
 }
 
 inline std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> BuildXmlDomForPackageName(
-    IAaptContext* context, const StringPiece& str) {
+    IAaptContext* context, const android::StringPiece& str) {
   std::unique_ptr<xml::XmlResource> doc = BuildXmlDom(str);
   doc->file.name.package = context->GetCompilationPackage();
   return doc;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/test/Common.h b/tools/aapt2/test/Common.h
index 3689201..248921f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/test/Common.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/test/Common.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "android-base/logging.h"
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
 #include "ConfigDescription.h"
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "ValueVisitor.h"
 #include "io/File.h"
 #include "process/IResourceTableConsumer.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 //
 // GTEST 1.7 doesn't explicitly cast to bool, which causes explicit operators to
@@ -68,23 +68,22 @@
   return &diag;
 }
 
-inline ResourceName ParseNameOrDie(const StringPiece& str) {
+inline ResourceName ParseNameOrDie(const android::StringPiece& str) {
   ResourceNameRef ref;
   CHECK(ResourceUtils::ParseResourceName(str, &ref)) << "invalid resource name";
   return ref.ToResourceName();
 }
 
-inline ConfigDescription ParseConfigOrDie(const StringPiece& str) {
+inline ConfigDescription ParseConfigOrDie(const android::StringPiece& str) {
   ConfigDescription config;
   CHECK(ConfigDescription::Parse(str, &config)) << "invalid configuration";
   return config;
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-T* GetValueForConfigAndProduct(ResourceTable* table,
-                               const StringPiece& res_name,
+T* GetValueForConfigAndProduct(ResourceTable* table, const android::StringPiece& res_name,
                                const ConfigDescription& config,
-                               const StringPiece& product) {
+                               const android::StringPiece& product) {
   Maybe<ResourceTable::SearchResult> result =
       table->FindResource(ParseNameOrDie(res_name));
   if (result) {
@@ -98,19 +97,19 @@
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-T* GetValueForConfig(ResourceTable* table, const StringPiece& res_name,
+T* GetValueForConfig(ResourceTable* table, const android::StringPiece& res_name,
                      const ConfigDescription& config) {
   return GetValueForConfigAndProduct<T>(table, res_name, config, {});
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-T* GetValue(ResourceTable* table, const StringPiece& res_name) {
+T* GetValue(ResourceTable* table, const android::StringPiece& res_name) {
   return GetValueForConfig<T>(table, res_name, {});
 }
 
 class TestFile : public io::IFile {
  public:
-  explicit TestFile(const StringPiece& path) : source_(path) {}
+  explicit TestFile(const android::StringPiece& path) : source_(path) {}
 
   std::unique_ptr<io::IData> OpenAsData() override { return {}; }
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/test/Context.h b/tools/aapt2/test/Context.h
index 7986329..63e5f16 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/test/Context.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/test/Context.h
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 
 class ContextBuilder {
  public:
-  ContextBuilder& SetCompilationPackage(const StringPiece& package) {
-    context_->compilation_package_ = package.ToString();
+  ContextBuilder& SetCompilationPackage(const android::StringPiece& package) {
+    context_->compilation_package_ = package.to_string();
     return *this;
   }
 
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@
 
 class StaticSymbolSourceBuilder {
  public:
-  StaticSymbolSourceBuilder& AddPublicSymbol(
-      const StringPiece& name, ResourceId id,
-      std::unique_ptr<Attribute> attr = {}) {
+  StaticSymbolSourceBuilder& AddPublicSymbol(const android::StringPiece& name, ResourceId id,
+                                             std::unique_ptr<Attribute> attr = {}) {
     std::unique_ptr<SymbolTable::Symbol> symbol =
         util::make_unique<SymbolTable::Symbol>(id, std::move(attr), true);
     symbol_source_->name_map_[ParseNameOrDie(name)] = symbol.get();
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@
     return *this;
   }
 
-  StaticSymbolSourceBuilder& AddSymbol(const StringPiece& name, ResourceId id,
+  StaticSymbolSourceBuilder& AddSymbol(const android::StringPiece& name, ResourceId id,
                                        std::unique_ptr<Attribute> attr = {}) {
     std::unique_ptr<SymbolTable::Symbol> symbol =
         util::make_unique<SymbolTable::Symbol>(id, std::move(attr), false);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Files.cpp b/tools/aapt2/util/Files.cpp
index f034607..aa840e2 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Files.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Files.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <direct.h>
 #endif
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace file {
 
@@ -72,10 +74,9 @@
 
 inline static int MkdirImpl(const StringPiece& path) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  return _mkdir(path.ToString().c_str());
+  return _mkdir(path.to_string().c_str());
 #else
-  return mkdir(path.ToString().c_str(),
-               S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP);
+  return mkdir(path.to_string().c_str(), S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@
                         std::vector<std::string>* out_arglist,
                         std::string* out_error) {
   std::string contents;
-  if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(path.ToString(), &contents)) {
+  if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(path.to_string(), &contents)) {
     if (out_error) *out_error = "failed to read argument-list file";
     return false;
   }
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
   for (StringPiece line : util::Tokenize(contents, ' ')) {
     line = util::TrimWhitespace(line);
     if (!line.empty()) {
-      out_arglist->push_back(line.ToString());
+      out_arglist->push_back(line.to_string());
     }
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Files.h b/tools/aapt2/util/Files.h
index a157dbd..95c492f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Files.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Files.h
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "utils/FileMap.h"
 
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "Maybe.h"
 #include "Source.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
 namespace file {
@@ -50,51 +50,49 @@
   kSocket,
 };
 
-FileType GetFileType(const StringPiece& path);
+FileType GetFileType(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 /*
  * Appends a path to `base`, separated by the directory separator.
  */
-void AppendPath(std::string* base, StringPiece part);
+void AppendPath(std::string* base, android::StringPiece part);
 
 /*
  * Makes all the directories in `path`. The last element in the path
  * is interpreted as a directory.
  */
-bool mkdirs(const StringPiece& path);
+bool mkdirs(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 /**
  * Returns all but the last part of the path.
  */
-StringPiece GetStem(const StringPiece& path);
+android::StringPiece GetStem(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 /**
  * Returns the last part of the path with extension.
  */
-StringPiece GetFilename(const StringPiece& path);
+android::StringPiece GetFilename(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 /**
  * Returns the extension of the path. This is the entire string after
  * the first '.' of the last part of the path.
  */
-StringPiece GetExtension(const StringPiece& path);
+android::StringPiece GetExtension(const android::StringPiece& path);
 
 /**
  * Converts a package name (com.android.app) to a path: com/android/app
  */
-std::string PackageToPath(const StringPiece& package);
+std::string PackageToPath(const android::StringPiece& package);
 
 /**
  * Creates a FileMap for the file at path.
  */
-Maybe<android::FileMap> MmapPath(const StringPiece& path,
-                                 std::string* out_error);
+Maybe<android::FileMap> MmapPath(const android::StringPiece& path, std::string* out_error);
 
 /**
  * Reads the file at path and appends each line to the outArgList vector.
  */
-bool AppendArgsFromFile(const StringPiece& path,
-                        std::vector<std::string>* out_arglist,
+bool AppendArgsFromFile(const android::StringPiece& path, std::vector<std::string>* out_arglist,
                         std::string* out_error);
 
 /*
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@
    * - Otherwise the full string is matched.
    * - match is not case-sensitive.
    */
-  bool SetPattern(const StringPiece& pattern);
+  bool SetPattern(const android::StringPiece& pattern);
 
   /**
    * Applies the filter, returning true for pass, false for fail.
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
index d5c0c8a..cf22322 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 #include "util/Util.h"
-#include "util/BigBuffer.h"
-#include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include <utils/Unicode.h>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -25,6 +22,14 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
+#include "util/BigBuffer.h"
+#include "util/Maybe.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
+using android::StringPiece16;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace util {
 
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@
   StringPiece::const_iterator current;
   do {
     current = std::find(start, end, sep);
-    parts.emplace_back(str.substr(start, current).ToString());
+    parts.emplace_back(str.substr(start, current).to_string());
     if (f) {
       std::string& part = parts.back();
       std::transform(part.begin(), part.end(), part.begin(), f);
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@
   }
 
   if (util::IsJavaClassName(classname)) {
-    return classname.ToString();
+    return classname.to_string();
   }
 
   if (package.empty()) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.h b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.h
index 05e9cc5..f8fa80e 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.h
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "androidfw/ResourceTypes.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 #include "utils/ByteOrder.h"
 
 #include "util/BigBuffer.h"
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 // TODO(adamlesinski): remove once http://b/32447322 is resolved.
@@ -44,26 +44,24 @@
 namespace aapt {
 namespace util {
 
-std::vector<std::string> Split(const StringPiece& str, char sep);
-std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(const StringPiece& str, char sep);
+std::vector<std::string> Split(const android::StringPiece& str, char sep);
+std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(const android::StringPiece& str, char sep);
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the string starts with prefix.
  */
-bool StartsWith(const StringPiece& str, const StringPiece& prefix);
+bool StartsWith(const android::StringPiece& str, const android::StringPiece& prefix);
 
 /**
  * Returns true if the string ends with suffix.
  */
-bool EndsWith(const StringPiece& str, const StringPiece& suffix);
+bool EndsWith(const android::StringPiece& str, const android::StringPiece& suffix);
 
 /**
  * Creates a new StringPiece16 that points to a substring
  * of the original string without leading or trailing whitespace.
  */
-StringPiece TrimWhitespace(const StringPiece& str);
-
-StringPiece TrimWhitespace(const StringPiece& str);
+android::StringPiece TrimWhitespace(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * UTF-16 isspace(). It basically checks for lower range characters that are
@@ -75,18 +73,18 @@
  * Returns an iterator to the first character that is not alpha-numeric and that
  * is not in the allowedChars set.
  */
-StringPiece::const_iterator FindNonAlphaNumericAndNotInSet(
-    const StringPiece& str, const StringPiece& allowed_chars);
+android::StringPiece::const_iterator FindNonAlphaNumericAndNotInSet(
+    const android::StringPiece& str, const android::StringPiece& allowed_chars);
 
 /**
  * Tests that the string is a valid Java class name.
  */
-bool IsJavaClassName(const StringPiece& str);
+bool IsJavaClassName(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Tests that the string is a valid Java package name.
  */
-bool IsJavaPackageName(const StringPiece& str);
+bool IsJavaPackageName(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 /**
  * Converts the class name to a fully qualified class name from the given
@@ -97,8 +95,8 @@
  * .a.b         --> package.a.b
  * asdf.adsf    --> asdf.adsf
  */
-Maybe<std::string> GetFullyQualifiedClassName(const StringPiece& package,
-                                              const StringPiece& class_name);
+Maybe<std::string> GetFullyQualifiedClassName(const android::StringPiece& package,
+                                              const android::StringPiece& class_name);
 
 /**
  * Makes a std::unique_ptr<> with the template parameter inferred by the
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@
  * stored as UTF-8,
  * the conversion to UTF-16 happens within ResStringPool.
  */
-StringPiece16 GetString16(const android::ResStringPool& pool, size_t idx);
+android::StringPiece16 GetString16(const android::ResStringPool& pool, size_t idx);
 
 /**
  * Helper method to extract a UTF-8 string from a StringPool. If the string is
@@ -159,11 +157,11 @@
  * which will
  * break the string interpolation.
  */
-bool VerifyJavaStringFormat(const StringPiece& str);
+bool VerifyJavaStringFormat(const android::StringPiece& str);
 
 class StringBuilder {
  public:
-  StringBuilder& Append(const StringPiece& str);
+  StringBuilder& Append(const android::StringPiece& str);
   const std::string& ToString() const;
   const std::string& Error() const;
 
@@ -194,8 +192,8 @@
 /**
  * Converts a UTF8 string to a UTF16 string.
  */
-std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(const StringPiece& utf8);
-std::string Utf16ToUtf8(const StringPiece16& utf16);
+std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(const android::StringPiece& utf8);
+std::string Utf16ToUtf8(const android::StringPiece16& utf16);
 
 /**
  * Writes the entire BigBuffer to the output stream.
@@ -220,22 +218,22 @@
 
     iterator& operator++();
 
-    StringPiece operator*() { return token_; }
+    android::StringPiece operator*() { return token_; }
     bool operator==(const iterator& rhs) const;
     bool operator!=(const iterator& rhs) const;
 
    private:
     friend class Tokenizer;
 
-    iterator(StringPiece s, char sep, StringPiece tok, bool end);
+    iterator(android::StringPiece s, char sep, android::StringPiece tok, bool end);
 
-    StringPiece str_;
+    android::StringPiece str_;
     char separator_;
-    StringPiece token_;
+    android::StringPiece token_;
     bool end_;
   };
 
-  Tokenizer(StringPiece str, char sep);
+  Tokenizer(android::StringPiece str, char sep);
 
   iterator begin() { return begin_; }
 
@@ -246,9 +244,7 @@
   const iterator end_;
 };
 
-inline Tokenizer Tokenize(const StringPiece& str, char sep) {
-  return Tokenizer(str, sep);
-}
+inline Tokenizer Tokenize(const android::StringPiece& str, char sep) { return Tokenizer(str, sep); }
 
 inline uint16_t HostToDevice16(uint16_t value) { return htods(value); }
 
@@ -267,8 +263,8 @@
  *
  * Returns true if successful.
  */
-bool ExtractResFilePathParts(const StringPiece& path, StringPiece* out_prefix,
-                             StringPiece* out_entry, StringPiece* out_suffix);
+bool ExtractResFilePathParts(const android::StringPiece& path, android::StringPiece* out_prefix,
+                             android::StringPiece* out_entry, android::StringPiece* out_suffix);
 
 }  // namespace util
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Util_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/util/Util_test.cpp
index cac3de4..e49aee5 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Util_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Util_test.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "test/Test.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 
 TEST(UtilTest, TrimOnlyWhitespace) {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
index 960d361..fab2f19 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #include "XmlPullParser.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+using android::StringPiece16;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace xml {
 
@@ -52,10 +55,10 @@
 
   if (*p == 0) {
     out_ns->clear();
-    *out_name = StringPiece(name).ToString();
+    out_name->assign(name);
   } else {
-    *out_ns = StringPiece(name, (p - name)).ToString();
-    *out_name = StringPiece(p + 1).ToString();
+    out_ns->assign(name, (p - name));
+    out_name->assign(p + 1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -83,11 +86,11 @@
 
   std::unique_ptr<Namespace> ns = util::make_unique<Namespace>();
   if (prefix) {
-    ns->namespace_prefix = StringPiece(prefix).ToString();
+    ns->namespace_prefix = prefix;
   }
 
   if (uri) {
-    ns->namespace_uri = StringPiece(uri).ToString();
+    ns->namespace_uri = uri;
   }
 
   AddToStack(stack, parser, std::move(ns));
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@
   while (*attrs) {
     Attribute attribute;
     SplitName(*attrs++, &attribute.namespace_uri, &attribute.name);
-    attribute.value = StringPiece(*attrs++).ToString();
+    attribute.value = *attrs++;
 
     // Insert in sorted order.
     auto iter = std::lower_bound(el->attributes.begin(), el->attributes.end(),
@@ -153,14 +156,14 @@
     if (!currentParent->children.empty()) {
       Node* last_child = currentParent->children.back().get();
       if (Text* text = NodeCast<Text>(last_child)) {
-        text->text += StringPiece(s, len).ToString();
+        text->text.append(s, len);
         return;
       }
     }
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<Text> text = util::make_unique<Text>();
-  text->text = StringPiece(s, len).ToString();
+  text->text.assign(s, len);
   AddToStack(stack, parser, std::move(text));
 }
 
@@ -495,15 +498,14 @@
 Maybe<ExtractedPackage> PackageAwareVisitor::TransformPackageAlias(
     const StringPiece& alias, const StringPiece& local_package) const {
   if (alias.empty()) {
-    return ExtractedPackage{local_package.ToString(), false /* private */};
+    return ExtractedPackage{local_package.to_string(), false /* private */};
   }
 
   const auto rend = package_decls_.rend();
   for (auto iter = package_decls_.rbegin(); iter != rend; ++iter) {
     if (alias == iter->prefix) {
       if (iter->package.package.empty()) {
-        return ExtractedPackage{local_package.ToString(),
-                                iter->package.private_namespace};
+        return ExtractedPackage{local_package.to_string(), iter->package.private_namespace};
       }
       return iter->package;
     }
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.h b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.h
index 720fe35..90cdfb6 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlDom.h
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "Diagnostics.h"
 #include "Resource.h"
 #include "ResourceValues.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 #include "xml/XmlUtil.h"
 
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@
   std::string name;
   std::vector<Attribute> attributes;
 
-  Attribute* FindAttribute(const StringPiece& ns, const StringPiece& name);
-  xml::Element* FindChild(const StringPiece& ns, const StringPiece& name);
-  xml::Element* FindChildWithAttribute(const StringPiece& ns,
-                                       const StringPiece& name,
-                                       const StringPiece& attr_ns,
-                                       const StringPiece& attr_name,
-                                       const StringPiece& attr_value);
+  Attribute* FindAttribute(const android::StringPiece& ns, const android::StringPiece& name);
+  xml::Element* FindChild(const android::StringPiece& ns, const android::StringPiece& name);
+  xml::Element* FindChildWithAttribute(const android::StringPiece& ns,
+                                       const android::StringPiece& name,
+                                       const android::StringPiece& attr_ns,
+                                       const android::StringPiece& attr_name,
+                                       const android::StringPiece& attr_value);
   std::vector<xml::Element*> GetChildElements();
   std::unique_ptr<Node> Clone() override;
 };
@@ -190,8 +191,7 @@
 
   void Visit(Namespace* ns) override;
   Maybe<ExtractedPackage> TransformPackageAlias(
-      const StringPiece& alias,
-      const StringPiece& local_package) const override;
+      const android::StringPiece& alias, const android::StringPiece& local_package) const override;
 
  private:
   struct PackageDecl {
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.cpp
index e59fa86..c2a9c82 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "xml/XmlPullParser.h"
 #include "xml/XmlUtil.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace xml {
 
@@ -136,15 +138,14 @@
 Maybe<ExtractedPackage> XmlPullParser::TransformPackageAlias(
     const StringPiece& alias, const StringPiece& local_package) const {
   if (alias.empty()) {
-    return ExtractedPackage{local_package.ToString(), false /* private */};
+    return ExtractedPackage{local_package.to_string(), false /* private */};
   }
 
   const auto end_iter = package_aliases_.rend();
   for (auto iter = package_aliases_.rbegin(); iter != end_iter; ++iter) {
     if (alias == iter->prefix) {
       if (iter->package.package.empty()) {
-        return ExtractedPackage{local_package.ToString(),
-                                iter->package.private_namespace};
+        return ExtractedPackage{local_package.to_string(), iter->package.private_namespace};
       }
       return iter->package;
     }
@@ -188,19 +189,18 @@
 /**
  * Extracts the namespace and name of an expanded element or attribute name.
  */
-static void SplitName(const char* name, std::string& out_ns,
-                      std::string& out_name) {
+static void SplitName(const char* name, std::string* out_ns, std::string* out_name) {
   const char* p = name;
   while (*p != 0 && *p != kXmlNamespaceSep) {
     p++;
   }
 
   if (*p == 0) {
-    out_ns = std::string();
-    out_name = name;
+    out_ns->clear();
+    out_name->assign(name);
   } else {
-    out_ns = StringPiece(name, (p - name)).ToString();
-    out_name = p + 1;
+    out_ns->assign(name, (p - name));
+    out_name->assign(p + 1);
   }
 }
 
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@
   EventData data = {Event::kStartElement,
                     XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser->parser_),
                     parser->depth_++};
-  SplitName(name, data.data1, data.data2);
+  SplitName(name, &data.data1, &data.data2);
 
   while (*attrs) {
     Attribute attribute;
-    SplitName(*attrs++, attribute.namespace_uri, attribute.name);
+    SplitName(*attrs++, &attribute.namespace_uri, &attribute.name);
     attribute.value = *attrs++;
 
     // Insert in sorted order.
@@ -245,9 +245,8 @@
                                                  int len) {
   XmlPullParser* parser = reinterpret_cast<XmlPullParser*>(user_data);
 
-  parser->event_queue_.push(
-      EventData{Event::kText, XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser->parser_),
-                parser->depth_, StringPiece(s, len).ToString()});
+  parser->event_queue_.push(EventData{Event::kText, XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser->parser_),
+                                      parser->depth_, std::string(s, len)});
 }
 
 void XMLCALL XmlPullParser::EndElementHandler(void* user_data,
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@
   EventData data = {Event::kEndElement,
                     XML_GetCurrentLineNumber(parser->parser_),
                     --(parser->depth_)};
-  SplitName(name, data.data1, data.data2);
+  SplitName(name, &data.data1, &data.data2);
 
   // Move the data into the queue (no copy).
   parser->event_queue_.push(std::move(data));
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.h b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.h
index ff58d60..cdeeefd 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser.h
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "android-base/macros.h"
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
 
 #include "Resource.h"
 #include "process/IResourceTableConsumer.h"
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
 #include "xml/XmlUtil.h"
 
 namespace aapt {
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@
    * 'package' will be set to 'defaultPackage'.
    */
   Maybe<ExtractedPackage> TransformPackageAlias(
-      const StringPiece& alias,
-      const StringPiece& local_package) const override;
+      const android::StringPiece& alias, const android::StringPiece& local_package) const override;
 
   //
   // Remaining methods are for retrieving information about attributes
@@ -146,8 +145,7 @@
   const_iterator begin_attributes() const;
   const_iterator end_attributes() const;
   size_t attribute_count() const;
-  const_iterator FindAttribute(StringPiece namespace_uri,
-                               StringPiece name) const;
+  const_iterator FindAttribute(android::StringPiece namespace_uri, android::StringPiece name) const;
 
  private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(XmlPullParser);
@@ -190,16 +188,16 @@
 /**
  * Finds the attribute in the current element within the global namespace.
  */
-Maybe<StringPiece> FindAttribute(const XmlPullParser* parser,
-                                 const StringPiece& name);
+Maybe<android::StringPiece> FindAttribute(const XmlPullParser* parser,
+                                          const android::StringPiece& name);
 
 /**
  * Finds the attribute in the current element within the global namespace. The
  * attribute's value
  * must not be the empty string.
  */
-Maybe<StringPiece> FindNonEmptyAttribute(const XmlPullParser* parser,
-                                         const StringPiece& name);
+Maybe<android::StringPiece> FindNonEmptyAttribute(const XmlPullParser* parser,
+                                                  const android::StringPiece& name);
 
 //
 // Implementation
@@ -299,13 +297,13 @@
 }
 
 inline XmlPullParser::const_iterator XmlPullParser::FindAttribute(
-    StringPiece namespace_uri, StringPiece name) const {
+    android::StringPiece namespace_uri, android::StringPiece name) const {
   const auto end_iter = end_attributes();
   const auto iter = std::lower_bound(
       begin_attributes(), end_iter,
-      std::pair<StringPiece, StringPiece>(namespace_uri, name),
+      std::pair<android::StringPiece, android::StringPiece>(namespace_uri, name),
       [](const Attribute& attr,
-         const std::pair<StringPiece, StringPiece>& rhs) -> bool {
+         const std::pair<android::StringPiece, android::StringPiece>& rhs) -> bool {
         int cmp = attr.namespace_uri.compare(
             0, attr.namespace_uri.size(), rhs.first.data(), rhs.first.size());
         if (cmp < 0) return true;
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser_test.cpp
index 4f18cd2..1cce485 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlPullParser_test.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include "androidfw/StringPiece.h"
+
 #include "test/Test.h"
-#include "util/StringPiece.h"
+
+using android::StringPiece;
 
 namespace aapt {
 
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.cpp b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.cpp
index d00f7f2..fb8cee8 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "util/Maybe.h"
 #include "util/Util.h"
 
+using android::StringPiece;
+
 namespace aapt {
 namespace xml {
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@
     if (package.empty()) {
       return {};
     }
-    return ExtractedPackage{package.ToString(), false /* is_private */};
+    return ExtractedPackage{package.to_string(), false /* is_private */};
 
   } else if (util::StartsWith(namespace_uri, kSchemaPrivatePrefix)) {
     StringPiece schema_prefix = kSchemaPrivatePrefix;
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@
     if (package.empty()) {
       return {};
     }
-    return ExtractedPackage{package.ToString(), true /* is_private */};
+    return ExtractedPackage{package.to_string(), true /* is_private */};
 
   } else if (namespace_uri == kSchemaAuto) {
     return ExtractedPackage{std::string(), true /* is_private */};
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.h b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.h
index 5365401..1650ac2 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/xml/XmlUtil.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  *
  * http://schemas.android.com/apk/prv/res/<package>
  */
-std::string BuildPackageNamespace(const StringPiece& package,
+std::string BuildPackageNamespace(const android::StringPiece& package,
                                   bool private_reference = false);
 
 /**
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
    * package declaration.
    */
   virtual Maybe<ExtractedPackage> TransformPackageAlias(
-      const StringPiece& alias, const StringPiece& local_package) const = 0;
+      const android::StringPiece& alias, const android::StringPiece& local_package) const = 0;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@
  * the namespace of the package declaration was private.
  */
 void TransformReferenceFromNamespace(IPackageDeclStack* decl_stack,
-                                     const StringPiece& local_package,
-                                     Reference* in_ref);
+                                     const android::StringPiece& local_package, Reference* in_ref);
 
 }  // namespace xml
 }  // namespace aapt