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+This directory contains shared classes referenced by some samples.
+
+If you're exploring the samples, we recommend you start in the other
+directories first.
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-samples/android/common: use this directory for code that will be included in more than one sample.
-
-Recommended development technique is to ln -s common into your sample's src directory.