diff --git a/android/util.go b/android/util.go
index 0102442..71ded5e 100644
--- a/android/util.go
+++ b/android/util.go
@@ -319,3 +319,36 @@
 
 	return root, suffix, ext
 }
+
+// ShardPaths takes a Paths, and returns a slice of Paths where each one has at most shardSize paths.
+func ShardPaths(paths Paths, shardSize int) []Paths {
+	if len(paths) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ret := make([]Paths, 0, (len(paths)+shardSize-1)/shardSize)
+	for len(paths) > shardSize {
+		ret = append(ret, paths[0:shardSize])
+		paths = paths[shardSize:]
+	}
+	if len(paths) > 0 {
+		ret = append(ret, paths)
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+// ShardStrings takes a slice of strings, and returns a slice of slices of strings where each one has at most shardSize
+// elements.
+func ShardStrings(s []string, shardSize int) [][]string {
+	if len(s) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ret := make([][]string, 0, (len(s)+shardSize-1)/shardSize)
+	for len(s) > shardSize {
+		ret = append(ret, s[0:shardSize])
+		s = s[shardSize:]
+	}
+	if len(s) > 0 {
+		ret = append(ret, s)
+	}
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/android/util_test.go b/android/util_test.go
index 1df1c5a..90fefee 100644
--- a/android/util_test.go
+++ b/android/util_test.go
@@ -469,3 +469,102 @@
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func Test_Shard(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		strings   []string
+		shardSize int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want [][]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "empty",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   nil,
+				shardSize: 1,
+			},
+			want: [][]string(nil),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single shard",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   []string{"a", "b"},
+				shardSize: 2,
+			},
+			want: [][]string{{"a", "b"}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single short shard",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   []string{"a", "b"},
+				shardSize: 3,
+			},
+			want: [][]string{{"a", "b"}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "shard per input",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+				shardSize: 1,
+			},
+			want: [][]string{{"a"}, {"b"}, {"c"}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "balanced shards",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"},
+				shardSize: 2,
+			},
+			want: [][]string{{"a", "b"}, {"c", "d"}},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "unbalanced shards",
+			args: args{
+				strings:   []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+				shardSize: 2,
+			},
+			want: [][]string{{"a", "b"}, {"c"}},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("strings", func(t *testing.T) {
+				if got := ShardStrings(tt.args.strings, tt.args.shardSize); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+					t.Errorf("ShardStrings(%v, %v) = %v, want %v",
+						tt.args.strings, tt.args.shardSize, got, tt.want)
+				}
+			})
+
+			t.Run("paths", func(t *testing.T) {
+				stringsToPaths := func(strings []string) Paths {
+					if strings == nil {
+						return nil
+					}
+					paths := make(Paths, len(strings))
+					for i, s := range strings {
+						paths[i] = PathForTesting(s)
+					}
+					return paths
+				}
+
+				paths := stringsToPaths(tt.args.strings)
+
+				var want []Paths
+				if sWant := tt.want; sWant != nil {
+					want = make([]Paths, len(sWant))
+					for i, w := range sWant {
+						want[i] = stringsToPaths(w)
+					}
+				}
+
+				if got := ShardPaths(paths, tt.args.shardSize); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+					t.Errorf("ShardPaths(%v, %v) = %v, want %v",
+						paths, tt.args.shardSize, got, want)
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}