# Android Code Search

> Use this tool when you need to explore Android's vast codebase, understand implementation details, or analyze code patterns across different Android components and versions. It provides direct access to Android source code, enabling code search, file content retrieval, and symbol suggestions through advanced search queries with regex and special operators. Ideal for Android developers, framework contributors, and researchers, it offers programmatic access to Android projects, including the main platform, AndroidX libraries, Android Studio, and Android-LLVM.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/steveday763-android-code-search  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/steveday763-android-code-search

## Description

Provides direct access to Android source code through cs.android.com by reverse-engineering the site's internal APIs to enable code search, file content retrieval, and symbol suggestions across Android projects including the main Android platform, AndroidX libraries, Android Studio, and Android-LLVM. The implementation bypasses the web interface by making authenticated requests to Google's internal Grimoire APIs, supporting advanced search queries with regex and special operators, contextual code snippets, and full file content access. Particularly valuable for Android developers, framework contributors, and researchers who need programmatic access to explore Android's vast codebase, understand implementation details, or analyze code patterns across different Android components and versions.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.95
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/steveday763-android-code-search)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/steveday763/cs_android_mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "steveday763-android-code-search"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/steveday763-android-code-search` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/steveday763-android-code-search/pull`

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