Allow module types to force creation of a default APEX variant

Bug: 187910671
Test: m droid
Change-Id: I797d4ab60d15b526744fe6e4df1b55c8b75b0310

android/apex.go

@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ type ApexModule interface {
 	// apex_available property of the module.
 	AvailableFor(what string) bool
 
+	// AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant allows the implementing module to determine whether an
+	// APEX mutator should always be created for it.
+	//
+	// Returns false by default.
+	AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant() bool
+
 	// Returns true if this module is not available to platform (i.e. apex_available property
 	// doesn't have "//apex_available:platform"), or shouldn't be available to platform, which
 	// is the case when this module depends on other module that isn't available to platform.
@@ -423,6 +429,11 @@ func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
 	return CheckAvailableForApex(what, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available)
 }
 
+// Implements ApexModule
+func (m *ApexModuleBase) AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 // Implements ApexModule
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) NotAvailableForPlatform() bool {
 	return m.ApexProperties.NotAvailableForPlatform

apex/apex.go

@@ -1013,9 +1013,8 @@ func markPlatformAvailability(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	// Exception 1: stub libraries and native bridge libraries are always available to platform
-	if cc, ok := mctx.Module().(*cc.Module); ok &&
-		(cc.IsStubs() || cc.Target().NativeBridge == android.NativeBridgeEnabled) {
+	// Exception 1: check to see if the module always requires it.
+	if am.AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant() {
 		availableToPlatform = true
 	}
 

cc/cc.go

@@ -3279,6 +3279,12 @@ func (c *Module) ShouldSupportSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Implements android.ApexModule
+func (c *Module) AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant() bool {
+	// stub libraries and native bridge libraries are always available to platform
+	return c.IsStubs() || c.Target().NativeBridge == android.NativeBridgeEnabled
+}
+
 //
 // Defaults
 //