diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index e112e93..22e367e 100644
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -1438,6 +1438,8 @@
 	a.testConfig = a.FixTestConfig(ctx, testConfig)
 	a.extraTestConfigs = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, a.testProperties.Test_options.Extra_test_configs)
 	a.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, a.testProperties.Data)
+	a.data = append(a.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, a.testProperties.Device_common_data)...)
+	a.data = append(a.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, a.testProperties.Device_first_data)...)
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, testing.TestModuleProviderKey, testing.TestModuleProviderData{})
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, tradefed.BaseTestProviderKey, tradefed.BaseTestProviderData{
 		InstalledFiles:          a.data,
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index a9399cb..efc6a74 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@
 	// list of files that should be excluded from java_resources and java_resource_dirs
 	Exclude_java_resources []string `android:"path,arch_variant"`
 
+	// Same as java_resources, but modules added here will use the device variant. Can be useful
+	// for making a host test that tests the contents of a device built app.
+	Device_common_java_resources []string `android:"path_device_common"`
+
+	// Same as java_resources, but modules added here will use the device's os variant and the
+	// device's first architecture variant. Can be useful for making a host test that tests the
+	// contents of a native device built app.
+	Device_first_java_resources []string `android:"path_device_first"`
+
 	// list of module-specific flags that will be used for javac compiles
 	Javacflags []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
@@ -1482,6 +1491,10 @@
 	dirArgs, dirDeps := ResourceDirsToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resource_dirs,
 		j.properties.Exclude_java_resource_dirs, j.properties.Exclude_java_resources)
 	fileArgs, fileDeps := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Java_resources, j.properties.Exclude_java_resources)
+	fileArgs2, fileDeps2 := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Device_common_java_resources, nil)
+	fileArgs3, fileDeps3 := ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, j.properties.Device_first_java_resources, nil)
+	fileArgs = slices.Concat(fileArgs, fileArgs2, fileArgs3)
+	fileDeps = slices.Concat(fileDeps, fileDeps2, fileDeps3)
 	extraArgs, extraDeps := resourcePathsToJarArgs(j.extraResources), j.extraResources
 
 	var resArgs []string
diff --git a/java/fuzz.go b/java/fuzz.go
index e5f1f04..90f09a8 100644
--- a/java/fuzz.go
+++ b/java/fuzz.go
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
 	if j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Corpus != nil {
 		j.fuzzPackagedModule.Corpus = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Corpus)
 	}
+	if j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Device_common_corpus != nil {
+		j.fuzzPackagedModule.Corpus = append(j.fuzzPackagedModule.Corpus, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Device_common_corpus)...)
+	}
 	if j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Data != nil {
 		j.fuzzPackagedModule.Data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.fuzzPackagedModule.FuzzProperties.Data)
 	}
diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 288042b..14e3153 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1291,6 +1291,16 @@
 	// the test
 	Data []string `android:"path"`
 
+	// Same as data, but will add dependencies on modules using the device's os variation and
+	// the common arch variation. Useful for a host test that wants to embed a module built for
+	// device.
+	Device_common_data []string `android:"path_device_common"`
+
+	// same as data, but adds dependencies using the device's os variation and the device's first
+	// architecture's variation. Can be used to add a module built for device to the data of a
+	// host test.
+	Device_first_data []string `android:"path_device_first"`
+
 	// Flag to indicate whether or not to create test config automatically. If AndroidTest.xml
 	// doesn't exist next to the Android.bp, this attribute doesn't need to be set to true
 	// explicitly.
@@ -1581,6 +1591,8 @@
 	})
 
 	j.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.testProperties.Data)
+	j.data = append(j.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.testProperties.Device_common_data)...)
+	j.data = append(j.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.testProperties.Device_first_data)...)
 
 	j.extraTestConfigs = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, j.testProperties.Test_options.Extra_test_configs)
 
diff --git a/java/java_resources.go b/java/java_resources.go
index b0dc5a1..c525233 100644
--- a/java/java_resources.go
+++ b/java/java_resources.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/pathtools"
@@ -99,10 +100,7 @@
 // that should not be treated as resources (including *.java).
 func ResourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 	res, exclude []string) (args []string, deps android.Paths) {
-
-	exclude = append([]string(nil), exclude...)
-	exclude = append(exclude, resourceExcludes...)
-	return resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, res, exclude)
+	return resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx, res, slices.Concat(exclude, resourceExcludes))
 }
 
 func resourceFilesToJarArgs(ctx android.ModuleContext,
diff --git a/java/java_test.go b/java/java_test.go
index 51cfdab..54eb3e1 100644
--- a/java/java_test.go
+++ b/java/java_test.go
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@
 
 				filegroup {
 					name: "core-jar",
-					srcs: [":core{.jar}"],
+					device_common_srcs: [":core{.jar}"],
 				}
 		`),
 	})
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@
 
 				filegroup {
 					name: "core-jar",
-					srcs: [":core{.jar}"],
+					device_common_srcs: [":core{.jar}"],
 				}
 		`),
 	})
diff --git a/java/robolectric.go b/java/robolectric.go
index 30c7203..fb820ef 100644
--- a/java/robolectric.go
+++ b/java/robolectric.go
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@
 		HostTemplate:           "${RobolectricTestConfigTemplate}",
 	})
 	r.data = android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, r.testProperties.Data)
+	r.data = append(r.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, r.testProperties.Device_common_data)...)
+	r.data = append(r.data, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, r.testProperties.Device_first_data)...)
 
 	var ok bool
 	var instrumentedApp *AndroidApp
@@ -208,6 +210,11 @@
 	installPath := android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, r.BaseModuleName())
 	var installDeps android.InstallPaths
 
+	for _, data := range r.data {
+		installedData := ctx.InstallFile(installPath, data.Rel(), data)
+		installDeps = append(installDeps, installedData)
+	}
+
 	if manifest != nil {
 		r.data = append(r.data, manifest)
 		installedManifest := ctx.InstallFile(installPath, ctx.ModuleName()+"-AndroidManifest.xml", manifest)
@@ -228,11 +235,6 @@
 	installedConfig := ctx.InstallFile(installPath, ctx.ModuleName()+".config", r.testConfig)
 	installDeps = append(installDeps, installedConfig)
 
-	for _, data := range android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, r.testProperties.Data) {
-		installedData := ctx.InstallFile(installPath, data.Rel(), data)
-		installDeps = append(installDeps, installedData)
-	}
-
 	soInstallPath := installPath.Join(ctx, getLibPath(r.forceArchType))
 	for _, jniLib := range collectTransitiveJniDeps(ctx) {
 		installJni := ctx.InstallFile(soInstallPath, jniLib.path.Base(), jniLib.path)