diff --git a/healthd/AnimationParser.cpp b/healthd/AnimationParser.cpp
index fde3b95..6b08570 100644
--- a/healthd/AnimationParser.cpp
+++ b/healthd/AnimationParser.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-bool remove_prefix(const std::string& line, const char* prefix, const char** rest) {
-    const char* str = line.c_str();
+bool remove_prefix(std::string_view line, const char* prefix, const char** rest) {
+    const char* str = line.data();
     int start;
     char c;
 
diff --git a/healthd/AnimationParser.h b/healthd/AnimationParser.h
index bc00845..f55b563 100644
--- a/healthd/AnimationParser.h
+++ b/healthd/AnimationParser.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #ifndef HEALTHD_ANIMATION_PARSER_H
 #define HEALTHD_ANIMATION_PARSER_H
 
+#include <string_view>
+
 #include "animation.h"
 
 namespace android {
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@
 bool parse_animation_desc(const std::string& content, animation* anim);
 
 bool can_ignore_line(const char* str);
-bool remove_prefix(const std::string& str, const char* prefix, const char** rest);
+bool remove_prefix(std::string_view str, const char* prefix, const char** rest);
 bool parse_text_field(const char* in, animation::text_field* field);
 }  // namespace android