bazelbuild/rules_android v0.7.0 on GitHub

Major Changes

Bazel 9 compatibility

Using Bzlmod with Bazel 6 or greater

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

# See examples/basicapp/MODULE.bazel.
bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.7.0")
remote_android_extensions = use_extension(
    "@rules_android//bzlmod_extensions:android_extensions.bzl",
    "remote_android_tools_extensions")
use_repo(remote_android_extensions, "android_tools")

android_sdk_repository_extension = use_extension("@rules_android//rules/android_sdk_repository:rule.bzl", "android_sdk_repository_extension")
use_repo(android_sdk_repository_extension, "androidsdk")

register_toolchains("@androidsdk//:sdk-toolchain", "@androidsdk//:all")

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 = "ef1a446260b7f620e2aae11d4c96389369eb865ade01fcdd389a8196168b8d9b",
    strip_prefix = "rules_android-0.7.0",
    url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android/releases/download/v0.7.0/rules_android-v0.7.0.tar.gz",
)

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

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

load("@rules_cc//cc:extensions.bzl", "compatibility_proxy_repo")
compatibility_proxy_repo()

##### 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(
   ...
)