What is AndroidX?

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I am reading about a room library of Android. I see they changed package android to androidx. I did not understand that. Can someone explain, please?

implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version"
annotationProcessor "androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version"

Even this is available with the android package also.

implementation "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:$room_version"
annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:$room_version"
  • What was in need of packaging new support libraries in androidx instead of android?
  • Use case and affect factors in existing projects.

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