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ExoPlayer is an application level media player for Android. It provides an alternative to Android’s
MediaPlayer API for playing audio and video both locally and over the Internet. ExoPlayer supports
features not currently supported by Android’s MediaPlayer API, including DASH and SmoothStreaming
adaptive playbacks. Unlike the MediaPlayer API, ExoPlayer is easy to customize and extend, and can
be updated through Play Store application updates.

## News ##

Read news, hints and tips on the [news]({{ site.baseurl }}/news.html) page.

## Documentation ##

* The [developer guide][] provides a wealth of information to help you get started.
* The [class reference][] documents the ExoPlayer library classes.
* The [release notes][] document the major changes in each release.

[developer guide]: https://google.github.io/ExoPlayer/guide.html
[class reference]: https://google.github.io/ExoPlayer/doc/reference
[release notes]: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/blob/dev/RELEASENOTES.md

## Source code ##

* Source code can be found in the [ExoPlayer project][] on GitHub.
* The [master][] branch holds the most recent minor release.
* Most development work happens on the [dev][] branch.
* Additional development branches may be established for major features.

[ExoPlayer project]: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/tree/master
[master]: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/tree/master
[dev]: https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/tree/dev