Is Android Open Source Project (AOSP) already inside android SDK

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I was trying to look at the sources of some AOSP classes like: "android.com.android.server.am.DumpHeapProvider" (i then found the source inside this repository and looked at it online: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/master/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/DumpHeapProvider.java), so I tryed to import the class inside a new project created with AndroidStudio and I immediately noticed that AndroidStudio didn't found the class...

So I was wondering if AOSP classes and its packages are somehow "external" things that should be downloaded and imported in you project before they can be used, just like a library.

It sounds weird because searching for AOSP gets me to a sentence which states that AOSP is composed by android OS and middleware, so I was expecting its libraries to be part of Android SDK, which I downloaded with AndroidStudio...

What is the correct way to use these AOSP classes?

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I tryed to import the class inside a new project created with AndroidStudio and I immediately noticed that AndroidStudio didn't found the class

The vast majority of the AOSP represents code for an operating system. Very little of it is part of the Android SDK, and very little of it is usable by an app.

I was wondering if AOSP classes and its packages are somehow "external" things that should be downloaded and imported in you project before they can be used, just like a library.

They are used to build an operating system.

What is the correct way to use these AOSP classes?

Build an operating system, such as Android.