diff --git a/cc/api_level.go b/cc/api_level.go
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+// Copyright 2020 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cc
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"android/soong/android"
+)
+
+func minApiForArch(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	arch android.ArchType) android.ApiLevel {
+
+	switch arch {
+	case android.Arm, android.X86:
+		return ctx.Config().MinSupportedSdkVersion()
+	case android.Arm64, android.X86_64:
+		return android.FirstLp64Version
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("Unknown arch %q", arch))
+	}
+}
+
+func nativeApiLevelFromUser(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	raw string) (android.ApiLevel, error) {
+
+	min := minApiForArch(ctx, ctx.Arch().ArchType)
+	if raw == "minimum" {
+		return min, nil
+	}
+
+	value, err := android.ApiLevelFromUser(ctx, raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return android.NoneApiLevel, err
+	}
+
+	if value.LessThan(min) {
+		return min, nil
+	}
+
+	return value, nil
+}
+
+func nativeApiLevelFromUserWithDefault(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	raw string, defaultValue string) (android.ApiLevel, error) {
+	if raw == "" {
+		raw = defaultValue
+	}
+	return nativeApiLevelFromUser(ctx, raw)
+}
+
+func nativeApiLevelOrPanic(ctx android.BaseModuleContext,
+	raw string) android.ApiLevel {
+	value, err := nativeApiLevelFromUser(ctx, raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+	return value
+}