This document provides an overview of the Hierarchy Viewer tool in the Android SDK. It begins with background on SDKs and their importance. It then describes the goal of analyzing the Hierarchy Viewer to better understand Android UI debugging. The document proceeds to explain the architecture and functioning of the Hierarchy Viewer, including how it obtains and displays information about views and windows using techniques like Java reflection, annotations, and Binder IPC. It outlines the roadmap for the talk, which will cover these internals in more detail.