common.jar contains resource configuration enums. It is used by various tools, but also by layoutlib.jar Layoutlib.jar is built from frameworks/base.git and therefore is versioned with the platform. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING CHANGES IN common.jar: - The API must stay compatible. This is because while layoutlib.jar compiles against it, the client provides the implementation and must be able to load earlier versions of layoutlib.jar. - Updated version of common should be copied to the current in-dev branch of prebuilt/common/common/common-prebuilt.jar The PREBUILT file in the same folder must be updated as well to reflect how to rebuild this prebuilt jar file.