Understanding last update in GitHub repositories

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When I have a look at https://github.com/openid/AppAuth-Android it looks like this:

Screenshot from the appauth-android repository on GitHub.

Note the nine months at the top. Besides that, all folders and files are at least two years old.

When I check the commit details, it looks like this, onfirming thatmaster branch was updated:

Screenshot showing the latest pull request as commit on March 10th

When I check the merged pull request, it looks like this:

Screenshot from a merge to the repository master branch.

Note how a file was changed in the library folder. Yet the library folder in the first screenshot of my post here claims it was last updated two years ago. What's correct now? My idea was to look at the last updates to see whether a project is still maintained, but maybe it is not reliable to check it this way?

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