diff --git a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.h b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.h
index da04762..7092e17 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/RenderNode.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/RenderNode.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         return mDisplayList.containsProjectionReceiver();
     }
 
-    const char* getName() const { return mName.string(); }
+    const char* getName() const { return mName.c_str(); }
 
     void setName(const char* name) {
         if (name) {
diff --git a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
index bc386fe..c9bb73e 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/pipeline/skia/SkiaPipeline.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
             String8 cachesOutput;
             mRenderThread.cacheManager().dumpMemoryUsage(cachesOutput,
                                                          &mRenderThread.renderState());
-            ALOGE("%s", cachesOutput.string());
+            ALOGE("%s", cachesOutput.c_str());
             if (errorHandler) {
                 std::ostringstream err;
                 err << "Unable to create layer for " << node->getName();
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
index 01b956c..7952e70 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderThread.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 
     String8 cachesOutput;
     mCacheManager->dumpMemoryUsage(cachesOutput, mRenderState);
-    dprintf(fd, "\nPipeline=%s\n%s\n", pipelineToString(), cachesOutput.string());
+    dprintf(fd, "\nPipeline=%s\n%s\n", pipelineToString(), cachesOutput.c_str());
 }
 
 void RenderThread::getMemoryUsage(size_t* cpuUsage, size_t* gpuUsage) {