diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index e6944354b..056c48d8f 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2871,18 +2871,20 @@ func TestApexWithApps(t *testing.T) {
 		android_app {
 			name: "AppFoo",
 			srcs: ["foo/bar/MyClass.java"],
-			sdk_version: "none",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			system_modules: "none",
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
+			stl: "none",
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
 		}
 
 		android_app {
 			name: "AppFooPriv",
 			srcs: ["foo/bar/MyClass.java"],
-			sdk_version: "none",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			system_modules: "none",
 			privileged: true,
+			stl: "none",
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
 		}
 
@@ -2892,6 +2894,7 @@ func TestApexWithApps(t *testing.T) {
 			stl: "none",
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+			sdk_version: "current",
 		}
 	`)
 
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index bcf08a775..0745bf06b 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) generateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 	dexJarFile := a.dexBuildActions(ctx)
 
-	jniLibs, certificateDeps := collectAppDeps(ctx, a.shouldEmbedJnis(ctx))
+	jniLibs, certificateDeps := collectAppDeps(ctx, a.shouldEmbedJnis(ctx), !Bool(a.appProperties.Jni_uses_platform_apis))
 	jniJarFile := a.jniBuildActions(jniLibs, ctx)
 
 	if ctx.Failed() {
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) generateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	}
 }
 
-func collectAppDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext, shouldCollectRecursiveNativeDeps bool) ([]jniLib, []Certificate) {
+func collectAppDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext, shouldCollectRecursiveNativeDeps bool,
+	checkNativeSdkVersion bool) ([]jniLib, []Certificate) {
 	var jniLibs []jniLib
 	var certificates []Certificate
 	seenModulePaths := make(map[string]bool)
@@ -549,6 +550,18 @@ func collectAppDeps(ctx android.ModuleContext, shouldCollectRecursiveNativeDeps
 				}
 				seenModulePaths[path.String()] = true
 
+				if checkNativeSdkVersion {
+					if app, ok := ctx.Module().(interface{ sdkVersion() sdkSpec }); ok {
+						if app.sdkVersion().specified() &&
+							app.sdkVersion().kind != sdkCorePlatform &&
+							dep.SdkVersion() == "" {
+							ctx.PropertyErrorf("jni_libs",
+								"JNI dependency %q uses platform APIs, but this module does not",
+								otherName)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
 				if lib.Valid() {
 					jniLibs = append(jniLibs, jniLib{
 						name:   ctx.OtherModuleName(module),
@@ -1045,7 +1058,7 @@ func (a *AndroidAppImport) generateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext
 		ctx.ModuleErrorf("One and only one of certficate, presigned, and default_dev_cert properties must be set")
 	}
 
-	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, false)
+	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, false, false)
 
 	// TODO: LOCAL_EXTRACT_APK/LOCAL_EXTRACT_DPI_APK
 	// TODO: LOCAL_PACKAGE_SPLITS
@@ -1300,7 +1313,7 @@ func (r *RuntimeResourceOverlay) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleC
 	r.aapt.buildActions(ctx, r, "--no-resource-deduping", "--no-resource-removal")
 
 	// Sign the built package
-	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, false)
+	_, certificates := collectAppDeps(ctx, false, false)
 	certificates = processMainCert(r.ModuleBase, String(r.properties.Certificate), certificates, ctx)
 	signed := android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, "signed", r.Name()+".apk")
 	SignAppPackage(ctx, signed, r.aapt.exportPackage, certificates)
diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index dfd85711b..0c6da7a47 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ func TestJNIPackaging(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "libjni",
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 		}
 
 		android_app {
@@ -2112,6 +2113,7 @@ func TestEmbedNotice(t *testing.T) {
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
 			notice: "LIB_NOTICE",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 		}
 
 		java_library {