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+Android Slice Viewer
+=====================
+
+This application allows testing the embedding behavior of Android Slices inside
+other applications.
+
+License
+-------
+
+Copyright 2018 Google, Inc.
+
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+the License.