diff --git a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager2.cpp b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager2.cpp
index 3fa369d..27fb944 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/AssetManager2.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/AssetManager2.cpp
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
   return &loaded_package->GetOverlayableMap();
 }
 
-bool AssetManager2::GetOverlayablesToString(const android::StringPiece& package_name,
+bool AssetManager2::GetOverlayablesToString(android::StringPiece package_name,
                                             std::string* out) const {
   uint8_t package_id = 0U;
   for (const auto& apk_assets : apk_assets_) {
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
       continue;
     }
 
-    auto func = [&](const StringPiece& name, FileType type) {
+    auto func = [&](StringPiece name, FileType type) {
       AssetDir::FileInfo info;
       info.setFileName(String8(name.data(), name.size()));
       info.setFileType(type);
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
   return result;
 }
 
-static bool Utf8ToUtf16(const StringPiece& str, std::u16string* out) {
+static bool Utf8ToUtf16(StringPiece str, std::u16string* out) {
   ssize_t len =
       utf8_to_utf16_length(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str.data()), str.size(), false);
   if (len < 0) {
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/AssetsProvider.cpp b/libs/androidfw/AssetsProvider.cpp
index bce34d3..289d7e6 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/AssetsProvider.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/AssetsProvider.cpp
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@
 }
 
 bool ZipAssetsProvider::ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
-                                    const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f)
-                                    const {
+                                    const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const {
     std::string root_path_full = root_path;
     if (root_path_full.back() != '/') {
       root_path_full += '/';
@@ -238,8 +237,7 @@
       if (!leaf_file_path.empty()) {
         auto iter = std::find(leaf_file_path.begin(), leaf_file_path.end(), '/');
         if (iter != leaf_file_path.end()) {
-          std::string dir =
-              leaf_file_path.substr(0, std::distance(leaf_file_path.begin(), iter)).to_string();
+          std::string dir(leaf_file_path.substr(0, std::distance(leaf_file_path.begin(), iter)));
           dirs.insert(std::move(dir));
         } else {
           f(leaf_file_path, kFileTypeRegular);
@@ -324,8 +322,7 @@
 
 bool DirectoryAssetsProvider::ForEachFile(
     const std::string& /* root_path */,
-    const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& /* f */)
-    const {
+    const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& /* f */) const {
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -373,8 +370,7 @@
 }
 
 bool MultiAssetsProvider::ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
-                                      const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f)
-                                      const {
+                                      const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const {
   return primary_->ForEachFile(root_path, f) && secondary_->ForEachFile(root_path, f);
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +408,7 @@
 
 bool EmptyAssetsProvider::ForEachFile(
     const std::string& /* root_path */,
-    const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& /* f */) const {
+    const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& /* f */) const {
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ConfigDescription.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ConfigDescription.cpp
index 19ead95..93a7d17 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ConfigDescription.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ConfigDescription.cpp
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool ConfigDescription::Parse(const StringPiece& str, ConfigDescription* out) {
+bool ConfigDescription::Parse(StringPiece str, ConfigDescription* out) {
   std::vector<std::string> parts = util::SplitAndLowercase(str, '-');
 
   ConfigDescription config;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/Idmap.cpp b/libs/androidfw/Idmap.cpp
index e122d48..f3d2443 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/Idmap.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/Idmap.cpp
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@
        target_apk_path_(target_apk_path),
        idmap_last_mod_time_(getFileModDate(idmap_path_.data())) {}
 
-std::unique_ptr<LoadedIdmap> LoadedIdmap::Load(const StringPiece& idmap_path,
-                                               const StringPiece& idmap_data) {
+std::unique_ptr<LoadedIdmap> LoadedIdmap::Load(StringPiece idmap_path, StringPiece idmap_data) {
   ATRACE_CALL();
   size_t data_size = idmap_data.size();
   auto data_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(idmap_data.data());
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@
 
   // Can't use make_unique because LoadedIdmap constructor is private.
   return std::unique_ptr<LoadedIdmap>(
-      new LoadedIdmap(idmap_path.to_string(), header, data_header, target_entries,
+      new LoadedIdmap(std::string(idmap_path), header, data_header, target_entries,
                       target_inline_entries, target_inline_entry_values, configurations,
                       overlay_entries, std::move(idmap_string_pool), *target_path, *overlay_path));
 }
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/Locale.cpp b/libs/androidfw/Locale.cpp
index d87a3ce..272a988 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/Locale.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/Locale.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   return std::all_of(std::begin(str), std::end(str), ::isdigit);
 }
 
-bool LocaleValue::InitFromFilterString(const StringPiece& str) {
+bool LocaleValue::InitFromFilterString(StringPiece str) {
   // A locale (as specified in the filter) is an underscore separated name such
   // as "en_US", "en_Latn_US", or "en_US_POSIX".
   std::vector<std::string> parts = util::SplitAndLowercase(str, '_');
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool LocaleValue::InitFromBcp47Tag(const StringPiece& bcp47tag) {
+bool LocaleValue::InitFromBcp47Tag(StringPiece bcp47tag) {
   return InitFromBcp47TagImpl(bcp47tag, '-');
 }
 
-bool LocaleValue::InitFromBcp47TagImpl(const StringPiece& bcp47tag, const char separator) {
+bool LocaleValue::InitFromBcp47TagImpl(StringPiece bcp47tag, const char separator) {
   std::vector<std::string> subtags = util::SplitAndLowercase(bcp47tag, separator);
   if (subtags.size() == 1) {
     set_language(subtags[0].c_str());
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ResourceUtils.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ResourceUtils.cpp
index 87fb2c0..ccb6156 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ResourceUtils.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ResourceUtils.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-bool ExtractResourceName(const StringPiece& str, StringPiece* out_package, StringPiece* out_type,
+bool ExtractResourceName(StringPiece str, StringPiece* out_package, StringPiece* out_type,
                          StringPiece* out_entry) {
   *out_package = "";
   *out_type = "";
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@
   while (current != end) {
     if (out_type->size() == 0 && *current == '/') {
       has_type_separator = true;
-      out_type->assign(start, current - start);
+      *out_type = StringPiece(start, current - start);
       start = current + 1;
     } else if (out_package->size() == 0 && *current == ':') {
       has_package_separator = true;
-      out_package->assign(start, current - start);
+      *out_package = StringPiece(start, current - start);
       start = current + 1;
     }
     current++;
   }
-  out_entry->assign(start, end - start);
+  *out_entry = StringPiece(start, end - start);
 
   return !(has_package_separator && out_package->empty()) &&
          !(has_type_separator && out_type->empty());
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 base::expected<AssetManager2::ResourceName, NullOrIOError> ToResourceName(
     const StringPoolRef& type_string_ref, const StringPoolRef& entry_string_ref,
-    const StringPiece& package_name) {
+    StringPiece package_name) {
   AssetManager2::ResourceName name{
     .package = package_name.data(),
     .package_len = package_name.size(),
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/StringPool.cpp b/libs/androidfw/StringPool.cpp
index b59e906..1cb8df3 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/StringPool.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/StringPool.cpp
@@ -161,16 +161,15 @@
   return entry_->context;
 }
 
-StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRef(const StringPiece& str) {
+StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRef(StringPiece str) {
   return MakeRefImpl(str, Context{}, true);
 }
 
-StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRef(const StringPiece& str, const Context& context) {
+StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRef(StringPiece str, const Context& context) {
   return MakeRefImpl(str, context, true);
 }
 
-StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRefImpl(const StringPiece& str, const Context& context,
-                                        bool unique) {
+StringPool::Ref StringPool::MakeRefImpl(StringPiece str, const Context& context, bool unique) {
   if (unique) {
     auto range = indexed_strings_.equal_range(str);
     for (auto iter = range.first; iter != range.second; ++iter) {
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@
   }
 
   std::unique_ptr<Entry> entry(new Entry());
-  entry->value = str.to_string();
+  entry->value = std::string(str);
   entry->context = context;
   entry->index_ = strings_.size();
   entry->ref_ = 0;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/Util.cpp b/libs/androidfw/Util.cpp
index 52ad0dc..be55fe8 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/Util.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/Util.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(const StringPiece& utf8) {
+std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(StringPiece utf8) {
   ssize_t utf16_length =
       utf8_to_utf16_length(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(utf8.data()), utf8.length());
   if (utf16_length <= 0) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   return utf16;
 }
 
-std::string Utf16ToUtf8(const StringPiece16& utf16) {
+std::string Utf16ToUtf8(StringPiece16 utf16) {
   ssize_t utf8_length = utf16_to_utf8_length(utf16.data(), utf16.length());
   if (utf8_length <= 0) {
     return {};
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   return utf8;
 }
 
-std::string Utf8ToModifiedUtf8(const std::string& utf8) {
+std::string Utf8ToModifiedUtf8(std::string_view utf8) {
   // Java uses Modified UTF-8 which only supports the 1, 2, and 3 byte formats of UTF-8. To encode
   // 4 byte UTF-8 codepoints, Modified UTF-8 allows the use of surrogate pairs in the same format
   // of CESU-8 surrogate pairs. Calculate the size of the utf8 string with all 4 byte UTF-8
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
   // Early out if no 4 byte codepoints are found
   if (size == modified_size) {
-    return utf8;
+    return std::string(utf8);
   }
 
   std::string output;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
   return output;
 }
 
-std::string ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(const std::string& modified_utf8) {
+std::string ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(std::string_view modified_utf8) {
   // The UTF-8 representation will have a byte length less than or equal to the Modified UTF-8
   // representation.
   std::string output;
@@ -170,30 +170,28 @@
   return output;
 }
 
-static std::vector<std::string> SplitAndTransform(
-    const StringPiece& str, char sep, const std::function<char(char)>& f) {
+template <class Func>
+static std::vector<std::string> SplitAndTransform(StringPiece str, char sep, Func&& f) {
   std::vector<std::string> parts;
   const StringPiece::const_iterator end = std::end(str);
   StringPiece::const_iterator start = std::begin(str);
   StringPiece::const_iterator current;
   do {
     current = std::find(start, end, sep);
-    parts.emplace_back(str.substr(start, current).to_string());
-    if (f) {
-      std::string& part = parts.back();
-      std::transform(part.begin(), part.end(), part.begin(), f);
-    }
+    parts.emplace_back(StringPiece(start, current - start));
+    std::string& part = parts.back();
+    std::transform(part.begin(), part.end(), part.begin(), f);
     start = current + 1;
   } while (current != end);
   return parts;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(const StringPiece& str, char sep) {
-  return SplitAndTransform(str, sep, ::tolower);
+std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(StringPiece str, char sep) {
+  return SplitAndTransform(str, sep, [](char c) { return ::tolower(c); });
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> Copy(const BigBuffer& buffer) {
-  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> data = std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]>(new uint8_t[buffer.size()]);
+  auto data = std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]>(new uint8_t[buffer.size()]);
   uint8_t* p = data.get();
   for (const auto& block : buffer) {
     memcpy(p, block.buffer.get(), block.size);
@@ -211,7 +209,7 @@
 
 std::string GetString(const android::ResStringPool& pool, size_t idx) {
   if (auto str = pool.string8At(idx); str.ok()) {
-    return ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(str->to_string());
+    return ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(*str);
   }
   return Utf16ToUtf8(GetString16(pool, idx));
 }
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetManager2.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetManager2.h
index 1bde792..e9aaedc 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetManager2.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetManager2.h
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@
   uint8_t GetAssignedPackageId(const LoadedPackage* package) const;
 
   // Returns a string representation of the overlayable API of a package.
-  bool GetOverlayablesToString(const android::StringPiece& package_name,
-                               std::string* out) const;
+  bool GetOverlayablesToString(android::StringPiece package_name, std::string* out) const;
 
   const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* GetOverlayableMapForPackage(
       uint32_t package_id) const;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetsProvider.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetsProvider.h
index 966ec74..13cbe3b 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetsProvider.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/AssetsProvider.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   // Iterate over all files and directories provided by the interface. The order of iteration is
   // stable.
   virtual bool ForEachFile(const std::string& path,
-                           const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f) const = 0;
+                           const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const = 0;
 
   // Retrieves the path to the contents of the AssetsProvider on disk. The path could represent an
   // APk, a directory, or some other file type.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
                                                    off64_t len = kUnknownLength);
 
   bool ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
-                   const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f) const override;
+                   const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const override;
 
   WARN_UNUSED std::optional<std::string_view> GetPath() const override;
   WARN_UNUSED const std::string& GetDebugName() const override;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   static std::unique_ptr<DirectoryAssetsProvider> Create(std::string root_dir);
 
   bool ForEachFile(const std::string& path,
-                   const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f) const override;
+                   const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const override;
 
   WARN_UNUSED std::optional<std::string_view> GetPath() const override;
   WARN_UNUSED const std::string& GetDebugName() const override;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
                                                 std::unique_ptr<AssetsProvider>&& secondary);
 
   bool ForEachFile(const std::string& root_path,
-                   const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f) const override;
+                   const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const override;
 
   WARN_UNUSED std::optional<std::string_view> GetPath() const override;
   WARN_UNUSED const std::string& GetDebugName() const override;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
   static std::unique_ptr<AssetsProvider> Create(const std::string& path);
 
   bool ForEachFile(const std::string& path,
-                  const std::function<void(const StringPiece&, FileType)>& f) const override;
+                   const std::function<void(StringPiece, FileType)>& f) const override;
 
   WARN_UNUSED std::optional<std::string_view> GetPath() const override;
   WARN_UNUSED const std::string& GetDebugName() const override;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ConfigDescription.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ConfigDescription.h
index 61d10cd..71087cd 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ConfigDescription.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ConfigDescription.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
    * The resulting configuration has the appropriate sdkVersion defined
    * for backwards compatibility.
    */
-  static bool Parse(const android::StringPiece& str, ConfigDescription* out = nullptr);
+  static bool Parse(android::StringPiece str, ConfigDescription* out = nullptr);
 
   /**
    * If the configuration uses an axis that was added after
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/IDiagnostics.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/IDiagnostics.h
index 273b05a..4d5844e 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/IDiagnostics.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/IDiagnostics.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  public:
   DiagMessage() = default;
 
-  explicit DiagMessage(const android::StringPiece& src) : source_(src) {
+  explicit DiagMessage(android::StringPiece src) : source_(src) {
   }
 
   explicit DiagMessage(const Source& src) : source_(src) {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 template <>
 inline DiagMessage& DiagMessage::operator<<(const ::std::u16string& value) {
-  message_ << android::StringPiece16(value);
+  message_ << value;
   return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Idmap.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Idmap.h
index a1cbbbf..f173e6e 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Idmap.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Idmap.h
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@
 class LoadedIdmap {
  public:
   // Loads an IDMAP from a chunk of memory. Returns nullptr if the IDMAP data was malformed.
-  static std::unique_ptr<LoadedIdmap> Load(const StringPiece& idmap_path,
-                                           const StringPiece& idmap_data);
+  static std::unique_ptr<LoadedIdmap> Load(StringPiece idmap_path, StringPiece idmap_data);
 
   // Returns the path to the IDMAP.
   std::string_view IdmapPath() const {
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Locale.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Locale.h
index 484ed79..8934bed 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Locale.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Locale.h
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
   /**
    * Initialize this LocaleValue from a config string.
    */
-  bool InitFromFilterString(const android::StringPiece& config);
+  bool InitFromFilterString(android::StringPiece config);
 
   // Initializes this LocaleValue from a BCP-47 locale tag.
-  bool InitFromBcp47Tag(const android::StringPiece& bcp47tag);
+  bool InitFromBcp47Tag(android::StringPiece bcp47tag);
 
   /**
    * Initialize this LocaleValue from parts of a vector.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   inline bool operator>(const LocaleValue& o) const;
 
  private:
-  bool InitFromBcp47TagImpl(const android::StringPiece& bcp47tag, const char separator);
+  bool InitFromBcp47TagImpl(android::StringPiece bcp47tag, const char separator);
 
   void set_language(const char* language);
   void set_region(const char* language);
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ResourceUtils.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ResourceUtils.h
index bd1c440..2d90a52 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ResourceUtils.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/ResourceUtils.h
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 // Extracts the package, type, and name from a string of the format: [[package:]type/]name
 // Validation must be performed on each extracted piece.
 // Returns false if there was a syntax error.
-bool ExtractResourceName(const StringPiece& str, StringPiece* out_package, StringPiece* out_type,
+bool ExtractResourceName(StringPiece str, StringPiece* out_package, StringPiece* out_type,
                          StringPiece* out_entry);
 
 // Convert a type_string_ref, entry_string_ref, and package to AssetManager2::ResourceName.
 // Useful for getting resource name without re-running AssetManager2::FindEntry searches.
 base::expected<AssetManager2::ResourceName, NullOrIOError> ToResourceName(
     const StringPoolRef& type_string_ref, const StringPoolRef& entry_string_ref,
-    const StringPiece& package_name);
+    StringPiece package_name);
 
 // Formats a ResourceName to "package:type/entry_name".
 std::string ToFormattedResourceString(const AssetManager2::ResourceName& resource_name);
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Source.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Source.h
index 0421a91..ddc9ba4 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Source.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Source.h
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@
 
   Source() = default;
 
-  inline Source(const android::StringPiece& path) : path(path.to_string()) {  // NOLINT(implicit)
+  inline Source(android::StringPiece path) : path(path) {  // NOLINT(implicit)
   }
 
-  inline Source(const android::StringPiece& path, const android::StringPiece& archive)
-      : path(path.to_string()), archive(archive.to_string()) {
+  inline Source(android::StringPiece path, android::StringPiece archive)
+      : path(path), archive(archive) {
   }
 
-  inline Source(const android::StringPiece& path, size_t line)
-      : path(path.to_string()), line(line) {
+  inline Source(android::StringPiece path, size_t line) : path(path), line(line) {
   }
 
   inline Source WithLine(size_t line) const {
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
index fac2fa4..f6cc64e 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPiece.h
@@ -19,307 +19,37 @@
 
 #include <ostream>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
-#include "utils/JenkinsHash.h"
 #include "utils/Unicode.h"
 
 namespace android {
 
-// Read only wrapper around basic C strings. Prevents excessive copying.
-// StringPiece does not own the data it is wrapping. The lifetime of the underlying
-// data must outlive this StringPiece.
-//
-// WARNING: When creating from std::basic_string<>, moving the original
-// std::basic_string<> will invalidate the data held in a BasicStringPiece<>.
-// BasicStringPiece<> should only be used transitively.
-//
-// NOTE: When creating an std::pair<StringPiece, T> using std::make_pair(),
-// passing an std::string will first copy the string, then create a StringPiece
-// on the copy, which is then immediately destroyed.
-// Instead, create a StringPiece explicitly:
-//
-// std::string my_string = "foo";
-// std::make_pair<StringPiece, T>(StringPiece(my_string), ...);
-template <typename TChar>
-class BasicStringPiece {
- public:
-  using const_iterator = const TChar*;
-  using difference_type = size_t;
-  using size_type = size_t;
-
-  // End of string marker.
-  constexpr static const size_t npos = static_cast<size_t>(-1);
-
-  BasicStringPiece();
-  BasicStringPiece(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str);
-  BasicStringPiece(const std::basic_string<TChar>& str);  // NOLINT(google-explicit-constructor)
-  BasicStringPiece(const TChar* str);                     // NOLINT(google-explicit-constructor)
-  BasicStringPiece(const TChar* str, size_t len);
-
-  BasicStringPiece<TChar>& operator=(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs);
-  BasicStringPiece<TChar>& assign(const TChar* str, size_t len);
-
-  BasicStringPiece<TChar> substr(size_t start, size_t len = npos) const;
-  BasicStringPiece<TChar> substr(BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator begin,
-                                 BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator end) const;
-
-  const TChar* data() const;
-  size_t length() const;
-  size_t size() const;
-  bool empty() const;
-  std::basic_string<TChar> to_string() const;
-
-  bool contains(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-  int compare(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-  bool operator<(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-  bool operator>(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-  bool operator==(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-  bool operator!=(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const;
-
-  const_iterator begin() const;
-  const_iterator end() const;
-
- private:
-  const TChar* data_;
-  size_t length_;
-};
+template <class T>
+using BasicStringPiece = std::basic_string_view<T>;
 
 using StringPiece = BasicStringPiece<char>;
 using StringPiece16 = BasicStringPiece<char16_t>;
 
-//
-// BasicStringPiece implementation.
-//
-
-template <typename TChar>
-constexpr const size_t BasicStringPiece<TChar>::npos;
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece() : data_(nullptr), length_(0) {}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str)
-    : data_(str.data_), length_(str.length_) {}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(const std::basic_string<TChar>& str)
-    : data_(str.data()), length_(str.length()) {}
-
-template <>
-inline BasicStringPiece<char>::BasicStringPiece(const char* str)
-    : data_(str), length_(str != nullptr ? strlen(str) : 0) {}
-
-template <>
-inline BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::BasicStringPiece(const char16_t* str)
-    : data_(str), length_(str != nullptr ? strlen16(str) : 0) {}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>::BasicStringPiece(const TChar* str, size_t len)
-    : data_(str), length_(len) {}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>& BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator=(
-    const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  data_ = rhs.data_;
-  length_ = rhs.length_;
-  return *this;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar>& BasicStringPiece<TChar>::assign(const TChar* str, size_t len) {
-  data_ = str;
-  length_ = len;
-  return *this;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::substr(size_t start, size_t len) const {
-  if (len == npos) {
-    len = length_ - start;
-  }
-
-  if (start > length_ || start + len > length_) {
-    return BasicStringPiece<TChar>();
-  }
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(data_ + start, len);
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline BasicStringPiece<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::substr(
-    BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator begin,
-    BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator end) const {
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(begin, end - begin);
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline const TChar* BasicStringPiece<TChar>::data() const {
-  return data_;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline size_t BasicStringPiece<TChar>::length() const {
-  return length_;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline size_t BasicStringPiece<TChar>::size() const {
-  return length_;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::empty() const {
-  return length_ == 0;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline std::basic_string<TChar> BasicStringPiece<TChar>::to_string() const {
-  return std::basic_string<TChar>(data_, length_);
-}
-
-template <>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<char>::contains(const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
-  if (!data_ || !rhs.data_) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (rhs.length_ > length_) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return strstr(data_, rhs.data_) != nullptr;
-}
-
-template <>
-inline int BasicStringPiece<char>::compare(const BasicStringPiece<char>& rhs) const {
-  const char nullStr = '\0';
-  const char* b1 = data_ != nullptr ? data_ : &nullStr;
-  const char* e1 = b1 + length_;
-  const char* b2 = rhs.data_ != nullptr ? rhs.data_ : &nullStr;
-  const char* e2 = b2 + rhs.length_;
-
-  while (b1 < e1 && b2 < e2) {
-    const int d = static_cast<int>(*b1++) - static_cast<int>(*b2++);
-    if (d) {
-      return d;
-    }
-  }
-  return static_cast<int>(length_ - rhs.length_);
-}
-
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& str) {
-  const ssize_t result_len = utf16_to_utf8_length(str.data(), str.size());
-  if (result_len < 0) {
-    // Empty string.
-    return out;
-  }
-
-  std::string result;
-  result.resize(static_cast<size_t>(result_len));
-  utf16_to_utf8(str.data(), str.length(), &*result.begin(), static_cast<size_t>(result_len) + 1);
-  return out << result;
-}
-
-template <>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::contains(const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
-  if (!data_ || !rhs.data_) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (rhs.length_ > length_) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return strstr16(data_, rhs.data_) != nullptr;
-}
-
-template <>
-inline int BasicStringPiece<char16_t>::compare(const BasicStringPiece<char16_t>& rhs) const {
-  const char16_t nullStr = u'\0';
-  const char16_t* b1 = data_ != nullptr ? data_ : &nullStr;
-  const char16_t* b2 = rhs.data_ != nullptr ? rhs.data_ : &nullStr;
-  return strzcmp16(b1, length_, b2, rhs.length_);
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator<(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
-  return compare(rhs) < 0;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator>(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
-  return compare(rhs) > 0;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator==(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
-  return compare(rhs) == 0;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool BasicStringPiece<TChar>::operator!=(const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) const {
-  return compare(rhs) != 0;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator BasicStringPiece<TChar>::begin() const {
-  return data_;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline typename BasicStringPiece<TChar>::const_iterator BasicStringPiece<TChar>::end() const {
-  return data_ + length_;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool operator==(const TChar* lhs, const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(lhs) == rhs;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool operator!=(const TChar* lhs, const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(lhs) != rhs;
-}
-
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const BasicStringPiece<char>& str) {
-  return out.write(str.data(), str.size());
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline ::std::basic_string<TChar>& operator+=(::std::basic_string<TChar>& lhs,
-                                              const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  return lhs.append(rhs.data(), rhs.size());
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool operator==(const ::std::basic_string<TChar>& lhs, const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(lhs) == rhs;
-}
-
-template <typename TChar>
-inline bool operator!=(const ::std::basic_string<TChar>& lhs, const BasicStringPiece<TChar>& rhs) {
-  return BasicStringPiece<TChar>(lhs) != rhs;
-}
-
 }  // namespace android
 
-inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const std::u16string& str) {
+namespace std {
+
+inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, ::std::u16string_view str) {
   ssize_t utf8_len = utf16_to_utf8_length(str.data(), str.size());
   if (utf8_len < 0) {
-    return out << "???";
+    return out;  // empty
   }
 
   std::string utf8;
   utf8.resize(static_cast<size_t>(utf8_len));
-  utf16_to_utf8(str.data(), str.size(), &*utf8.begin(), utf8_len + 1);
+  utf16_to_utf8(str.data(), str.size(), utf8.data(), utf8_len + 1);
   return out << utf8;
 }
 
-namespace std {
-
-template <typename TChar>
-struct hash<android::BasicStringPiece<TChar>> {
-  size_t operator()(const android::BasicStringPiece<TChar>& str) const {
-    uint32_t hashCode = android::JenkinsHashMixBytes(
-        0, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(str.data()), sizeof(TChar) * str.size());
-    return static_cast<size_t>(hashCode);
-  }
-};
+inline ::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& out, const ::std::u16string& str) {
+  return out << std::u16string_view(str);
+}
 
 }  // namespace std
 
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPool.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPool.h
index 25174d8..0190ab5 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPool.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/StringPool.h
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@
 
   // Adds a string to the pool, unless it already exists. Returns a reference to the string in the
   // pool.
-  Ref MakeRef(const android::StringPiece& str);
+  Ref MakeRef(android::StringPiece str);
 
   // Adds a string to the pool, unless it already exists, with a context object that can be used
   // when sorting the string pool. Returns a reference to the string in the pool.
-  Ref MakeRef(const android::StringPiece& str, const Context& context);
+  Ref MakeRef(android::StringPiece str, const Context& context);
 
   // Adds a string from another string pool. Returns a reference to the string in the string pool.
   Ref MakeRef(const Ref& ref);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
   static bool Flatten(BigBuffer* out, const StringPool& pool, bool utf8, IDiagnostics* diag);
 
-  Ref MakeRefImpl(const android::StringPiece& str, const Context& context, bool unique);
+  Ref MakeRefImpl(android::StringPiece str, const Context& context, bool unique);
   void ReAssignIndices();
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Entry>> strings_;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Util.h b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Util.h
index 1bbc7f5..ae7c65f 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Util.h
+++ b/libs/androidfw/include/androidfw/Util.h
@@ -123,16 +123,16 @@
 void ReadUtf16StringFromDevice(const uint16_t* src, size_t len, std::string* out);
 
 // Converts a UTF-8 string to a UTF-16 string.
-std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(const StringPiece& utf8);
+std::u16string Utf8ToUtf16(StringPiece utf8);
 
 // Converts a UTF-16 string to a UTF-8 string.
-std::string Utf16ToUtf8(const StringPiece16& utf16);
+std::string Utf16ToUtf8(StringPiece16 utf16);
 
 // Converts a UTF8 string into Modified UTF8
-std::string Utf8ToModifiedUtf8(const std::string& utf8);
+std::string Utf8ToModifiedUtf8(std::string_view utf8);
 
 // Converts a Modified UTF8 string into a UTF8 string
-std::string ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(const std::string& modified_utf8);
+std::string ModifiedUtf8ToUtf8(std::string_view modified_utf8);
 
 inline uint16_t HostToDevice16(uint16_t value) {
   return htods(value);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
   return dtohl(value);
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(const android::StringPiece& str, char sep);
+std::vector<std::string> SplitAndLowercase(android::StringPiece str, char sep);
 
 template <typename T>
 inline bool IsFourByteAligned(const incfs::map_ptr<T>& data) {
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/AttributeResolution_bench.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/AttributeResolution_bench.cpp
index ddd8ab8..1c89c61 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/AttributeResolution_bench.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/AttributeResolution_bench.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  std::unique_ptr<Asset> asset = assetmanager.OpenNonAsset(layout_path->to_string(), value->cookie,
-                                                           Asset::ACCESS_BUFFER);
+  std::unique_ptr<Asset> asset =
+      assetmanager.OpenNonAsset(std::string(*layout_path), value->cookie, Asset::ACCESS_BUFFER);
   if (asset == nullptr) {
     state.SkipWithError("failed to load layout");
     return;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/ConfigDescription_test.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
index ce7f805..8fed0a4 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/ConfigDescription_test.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 namespace android {
 
-static ::testing::AssertionResult TestParse(
-    const StringPiece& input, ConfigDescription* config = nullptr) {
+static ::testing::AssertionResult TestParse(StringPiece input,
+                                            ConfigDescription* config = nullptr) {
   if (ConfigDescription::Parse(input, config)) {
     return ::testing::AssertionSuccess() << input << " was successfully parsed";
   }
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(std::string("vrheadset-v26"), config.toString().string());
 }
 
-static inline ConfigDescription ParseConfigOrDie(const android::StringPiece& str) {
+static inline ConfigDescription ParseConfigOrDie(android::StringPiece str) {
   ConfigDescription config;
   CHECK(ConfigDescription::Parse(str, &config)) << "invalid configuration: " << str;
   return config;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
index 316a5c1..822e527 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPiece_test.cpp
@@ -60,36 +60,4 @@
   EXPECT_TRUE(StringPiece(car) > banana);
 }
 
-TEST(StringPieceTest, ContainsOtherStringPiece) {
-  StringPiece text("I am a leaf on the wind.");
-  StringPiece start_needle("I am");
-  StringPiece end_needle("wind.");
-  StringPiece middle_needle("leaf");
-  StringPiece empty_needle("");
-  StringPiece missing_needle("soar");
-  StringPiece long_needle("This string is longer than the text.");
-
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text.contains(start_needle));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text.contains(end_needle));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text.contains(middle_needle));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text.contains(empty_needle));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(text.contains(missing_needle));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(text.contains(long_needle));
-
-  StringPiece16 text16(u"I am a leaf on the wind.");
-  StringPiece16 start_needle16(u"I am");
-  StringPiece16 end_needle16(u"wind.");
-  StringPiece16 middle_needle16(u"leaf");
-  StringPiece16 empty_needle16(u"");
-  StringPiece16 missing_needle16(u"soar");
-  StringPiece16 long_needle16(u"This string is longer than the text.");
-
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text16.contains(start_needle16));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text16.contains(end_needle16));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text16.contains(middle_needle16));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(text16.contains(empty_needle16));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(text16.contains(missing_needle16));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(text16.contains(long_needle16));
-}
-
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPool_test.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPool_test.cpp
index 047d457..0e0acae 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPool_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/StringPool_test.cpp
@@ -321,15 +321,15 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(test.setTo(data.get(), buffer.size()), NO_ERROR);
   auto str = test.string8At(0);
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.has_value());
-  EXPECT_THAT(str->to_string(), Eq("\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\x80"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str, Eq("\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\x80"));
 
   str = test.string8At(1);
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.has_value());
-  EXPECT_THAT(str->to_string(), Eq("foo \xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\xB7 bar"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str, Eq("foo \xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\xB7 bar"));
 
   str = test.string8At(2);
   ASSERT_TRUE(str.has_value());
-  EXPECT_THAT(str->to_string(), Eq("\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\x80\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\xB7"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(*str, Eq("\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\x80\xED\xA0\x81\xED\xB0\xB7"));
 
   // Check that retrieving the strings returns the original UTF-8 character bytes
   EXPECT_THAT(android::util::GetString(test, 0), Eq("\xF0\x90\x90\x80"));