bazelbuild/rules_android v0.6.5 on GitHub

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

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

bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.6.5")

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 = "5a5182c74828da53165221987395264d4a5cee8c10c17178a0d5e123bbd1623c",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.6.5",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.6.5/rules_android-v0.6.5.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()

load("@bazel_features//:deps.bzl", "bazel_features_deps")
bazel_features_deps()

# 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(
   ...
)