What is the `abc` prefix in R.dimen fields?

Question

I wonder what the prefix abc

in the fields means R.dimen

.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/appcompat/R.dimen.html

Can I use these values in my own layout.xml

or somewhere?

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Takayuki sato June 26. 15 at 14:03

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Tanis.7x · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-26T14:05:34+0000

This is the prefix used by AppCompat to minimize naming conflicts with your code and other libraries. This is an acronym ActionBarCompat

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You can find the commit that originally added this prefix to AppCompat here .