v0.6.0

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

1. (Bazel 6 only) Enable with common --enable_bzlmod in .bazelrc.
2. Add to your MODULE.bazel file:

bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.6.0")

Using WORKSPACE

Paste this snippet into your WORKSPACE.bazel file:

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_android",
    sha256 = "af84b69ab3d16dd1a41056286e6511f147a94ccea995603e13e934c915c1631c",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.6.0",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.6.0/rules_android-v0.6.0.tar.gz",
)

# Android rules dependencies
load("@rules_android//:prereqs.bzl", "rules_android_prereqs")
rules_android_prereqs()

##### rules_java setup for rules_android #####
load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
rules_java_dependencies()
# note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
# consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
# register toolchains
load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
rules_java_toolchains()

##### rules_jvm_external setup for rules_android #####
load("@rules_jvm_external//:repositories.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_deps")
rules_jvm_external_deps()
load("@rules_jvm_external//:setup.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_setup")
rules_jvm_external_setup()

##### rules_android setup #####
load("@rules_android//:defs.bzl", "rules_android_workspace")
rules_android_workspace()

# Android SDK setup
load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
android_sdk_repository(
    name = "androidsdk",
)

register_toolchains(
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android:android_default_toolchain",
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android_sdk:android_sdk_tools",
)

In BUILD

Load the rules from rules_android:

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_binary", "android_library")
android_binary(
    ...
)

android_library(
   ...
)

Release notes

Highlights:

• Compatibility with {Bazel 7, Bazel 8} x {bzlmod, WORKSPACE} x {Linux, Mac, Windows}
• Starlark implementations of all Android rules
  • Note: android_ndk_repository is migrated to https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android_ndk, and android_instrumentation_test is migrated to https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_utp
• Starlark implementations of all Android providers
• Bazel Android Tools are migrated from the Bazel repo to the rules_android repo
• --experimental_enable_android_migration_apis and --experimental_google_legacy_api are no longer required
• Fully integrated mobile-install v3 and its related tools
• Support Java 11+ compilation

Other Changes:

• Support ANDROID_HOME paths relative to the workspace
• Generate a split APK per native architecture in fat builds.
• Updated to newer versions of rules_java, protobuf, rules_jvm_external, rules_robolectric, and others rules

v0.6.0-alpha1

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

1. (Bazel 6 only) Enable with common --enable_bzlmod in .bazelrc.
2. Add to your MODULE.bazel file:

bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.6.0-alpha1")

Using WORKSPACE

Paste this snippet into your WORKSPACE.bazel file:

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_android",
    sha256 = "fe3d8c4955857b44019d83d05a0b15c2a0330a6a0aab990575bb397e9570ff1b",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.6.0-alpha1",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.6.0-alpha1/rules_android-v0.6.0-alpha1.tar.gz",
)

# Android rules dependencies
load("@rules_android//:prereqs.bzl", "rules_android_prereqs")
rules_android_prereqs()

##### rules_java setup for rules_android #####
load("@rules_java//java:rules_java_deps.bzl", "rules_java_dependencies")
rules_java_dependencies()
# note that the following line is what is minimally required from protobuf for the java rules
# consider using the protobuf_deps() public API from @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_deps.bzl
load("@com_google_protobuf//bazel/private:proto_bazel_features.bzl", "proto_bazel_features")  # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
proto_bazel_features(name = "proto_bazel_features")
# register toolchains
load("@rules_java//java:repositories.bzl", "rules_java_toolchains")
rules_java_toolchains()

##### rules_jvm_external setup for rules_android #####
load("@rules_jvm_external//:repositories.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_deps")
rules_jvm_external_deps()
load("@rules_jvm_external//:setup.bzl", "rules_jvm_external_setup")
rules_jvm_external_setup()

##### rules_android setup #####
load("@rules_android//:defs.bzl", "rules_android_workspace")
rules_android_workspace()

# Android SDK setup
load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
android_sdk_repository(
    name = "androidsdk",
)

register_toolchains(
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android:android_default_toolchain",
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android_sdk:android_sdk_tools",
)

In BUILD

Load the rules from rules_android:

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_binary", "android_library")
android_binary(
    ...
)

android_library(
   ...
)

v0.5.1

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

1. (Bazel 6 only) Enable with common --enable_bzlmod in .bazelrc.
2. Add to your MODULE.bazel file:

bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.5.1")

Using WORKSPACE

Paste this snippet into your WORKSPACE.bazel file:

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_android",
    sha256 = "b1599e4604c1594a1b0754184c5e50f895a68f444d1a5a82b688b2370d990ba0",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.5.1",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.5.1/rules_android-v0.5.1.tar.gz",
)
load("@rules_android//:prereqs.bzl", "rules_android_prereqs")
rules_android_prereqs()
load("@rules_android//:defs.bzl", "rules_android_workspace")
rules_android_workspace()

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
android_sdk_repository(
    name = "androidsdk",
)

register_toolchains(
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android:android_default_toolchain",
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android_sdk:android_sdk_tools",
)

In BUILD

Load the rules from rules_android:

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_binary", "android_library")
android_binary(
    ...
)

android_library(
   ...
)

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

v0.5.0

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

1. (Bazel 6 only) Enable with common --enable_bzlmod in .bazelrc.
2. Add to your MODULE.bazel file:

bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.5.0.bcr.1")

Using WORKSPACE

Paste this snippet into your WORKSPACE.bazel file:

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_android",
    sha256 = "fc6b022e97c2d5893aa3dd01b480f37cd386d82fc7e14edbcba393cd390a244e",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.5.0",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.5.0/rules_android-v0.5.0.tar.gz",
)
load("@rules_android//:prereqs.bzl", "rules_android_prereqs")
rules_android_prereqs()
load("@rules_android//:defs.bzl", "rules_android_workspace")
rules_android_workspace()

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_sdk_repository")
android_sdk_repository(
    name = "androidsdk",
)

register_toolchains(
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android:android_default_toolchain",
    "@rules_android//toolchains/android_sdk:android_sdk_tools",
)

In BUILD

Load the rules from `rules_android`:

load("@rules_android//rules:rules.bzl", "android_binary", "android_library")
android_binary(
    ...
)

android_library(
   ...
)

What's Changed

• Clean up rules_android WORKSPACE by @ted-xie in #55
• [SNAP FORK][UPSTREAMED] Enable support for M1 macs by @mauriciogg in #60
• Fixing CI failures by @comius in #73
• Set visibility of merge_feature_manifests.par to public by @Bencodes in #79
• Add com.android.tools.build:gradle to MODULE.bazel by @Bencodes in #85
• Add ijwb and aswb directories to the gitignore by @Bencodes in #84
• Add rules_java explicitly to WORKSPACE by @ted-xie in #88
• Pass string values to execution_requirements by @Bencodes in #87
• Delete accidental extra rules_java dep by @ted-xie in #89
• Fix typos in filter_zip by @mauriciogg in #82
• Build/test more targets in BazelCI by @ted-xie in #120
• [SNAP FORK][UPSTREAMED] Fix idl tool by @mauriciogg in #61
• Pass min_sdk_version to R8 by @Bencodes in #129
• Increase R8 allowed max memory usage by @Bencodes in #140
• Support additional rule providers in make_rule by @Bencodes in #95
• Support multi platform in android_local_test unit tests by @jylinv0 in #160
• Simplify javabin path resolution by @Bencodes in #152
• Support passing additional toolchains to the make_rule for android_local_test by @Bencodes in #150
• Fix reference to deps attr by @nkoroste in #177
• Declare rules_python deps by @katre in #175

New Contributors

• @mauriciogg made their first contribution in #60
• @Bencodes made their first contribution in #79
• @jylinv0 made their first contribution in #160
• @nkoroste made their first contribution in #177

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/commits/v0.5.0

v0.1.1

Minor bug fixes to sdk_repository and ndk_repository.

Initial Release

Initial release of Bazel Android Skylark Rules.

Each Skylark rule is a thin wrapper around the corresponding native rule.