diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index c2f73a9..a5ccd52 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -616,25 +616,26 @@
 		apexInfos = allApexInfos.ApexInfos
 	}
 
-	// Shortcut
-	if len(apexInfos) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Do some validity checks.
-	// TODO(jiyong): is this the right place?
-	base.checkApexAvailableProperty(ctx)
-
-	if !module.UniqueApexVariations() && !base.ApexProperties.UniqueApexVariationsForDeps {
-		apexInfos, _ = mergeApexVariations(apexInfos)
-	}
-
 	if platformVariation && !ctx.Host() && !module.AvailableFor(AvailableToPlatform) && module.NotAvailableForPlatform() {
 		// Do not install the module for platform, but still allow it to output
 		// uninstallable AndroidMk entries in certain cases when they have side
 		// effects.  TODO(jiyong): move this routine to somewhere else
 		module.MakeUninstallable()
 	}
+
+	// Do some validity checks.
+	// TODO(jiyong): is this the right place?
+	base.checkApexAvailableProperty(ctx)
+
+	// Shortcut
+	if len(apexInfos) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !module.UniqueApexVariations() && !base.ApexProperties.UniqueApexVariationsForDeps {
+		apexInfos, _ = mergeApexVariations(apexInfos)
+	}
+
 	if !platformVariation {
 		var thisApexInfo ApexInfo
 
diff --git a/cc/testing.go b/cc/testing.go
index 14a6b7a..c9d362d 100644
--- a/cc/testing.go
+++ b/cc/testing.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 			},
 			apex_available: [
 				"//apex_available:platform",
-				"myapex"
+				"//apex_available:anyapex",
 			],
 			llndk: {
 				symbol_file: "libm.map.txt",
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 			},
 			apex_available: [
 				"//apex_available:platform",
-				"myapex"
+				"//apex_available:anyapex",
 			],
 			llndk: {
 				symbol_file: "libdl.map.txt",
diff --git a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
index 36f0010..ad315bf 100644
--- a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
@@ -759,6 +759,13 @@
 			bootclasspath_fragments: ["mybootclasspathfragment"],
 		}
 
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			min_sdk_version: "1",
+			bootclasspath_fragments: ["mybootclasspathfragment"],
+		}
+
 		bootclasspath_fragment {
 			name: "mybootclasspathfragment",
 			image_name: "art",
@@ -801,7 +808,7 @@
 		java_import {
 			name: "mybootlib",
 			visibility: ["//visibility:public"],
-			apex_available: ["com.android.art"],
+			apex_available: ["myapex"],
 			jars: ["java/mybootlib.jar"],
 		}
 	`),
diff --git a/sdk/cc_sdk_test.go b/sdk/cc_sdk_test.go
index 939477f..5bac67d 100644
--- a/sdk/cc_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/cc_sdk_test.go
@@ -805,13 +805,19 @@
 			native_shared_libs: ["mynativelib"],
 		}
 
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			min_sdk_version: "1",
+		}
+
 		cc_library_shared {
 			name: "mynativelib",
 			srcs: [
 				"Test.cpp",
 				"aidl/foo/bar/Test.aidl",
 			],
-			apex_available: ["apex1", "apex2"],
+			apex_available: ["myapex"],
 			export_include_dirs: ["myinclude"],
 			aidl: {
 				export_aidl_headers: true,
@@ -821,6 +827,18 @@
 	`)
 
 	CheckSnapshot(t, result, "mysdk", "",
+		snapshotTestPreparer(checkSnapshotWithoutSource,
+			android.FixtureMergeMockFs(android.MockFS{
+				"myapex/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				apex {
+					name: "myapex",
+					key: "myapex.key",
+					min_sdk_version: "1",
+				}
+				`),
+				"myapex/apex_manifest.json": nil,
+			}),
+		),
 		checkAndroidBpContents(`
 // This is auto-generated. DO NOT EDIT.
 
@@ -833,10 +851,7 @@
     name: "mynativelib",
     prefer: false,
     visibility: ["//visibility:public"],
-    apex_available: [
-        "apex1",
-        "apex2",
-    ],
+    apex_available: ["myapex"],
     stl: "none",
     compile_multilib: "both",
     export_include_dirs: ["include/myinclude"],
diff --git a/sdk/systemserverclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go b/sdk/systemserverclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
index 60e5b95..7ebdcd4 100644
--- a/sdk/systemserverclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/systemserverclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@
 
 	CheckSnapshot(t, result, "mysdk", "",
 		checkAndroidBpContents(expectedSdkSnapshot),
+		snapshotTestPreparer(checkSnapshotWithoutSource,
+			android.FixtureMergeMockFs(android.MockFS{
+				"myapex/Android.bp": []byte(`
+				apex {
+					name: "myapex",
+					key: "myapex.key",
+					min_sdk_version: "1",
+				}
+				`),
+				"myapex/apex_manifest.json": nil,
+			}),
+		),
 	)
 }