diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 2332b52..557bdc3 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -162,9 +162,36 @@
 	// Make this module available when building for recovery
 	Recovery_available *bool
 
-	// Minimum sdk version that the artifact should support when it runs as part of mainline modules(APEX).
+	// The API level that this module is built against. The APIs of this API level will be
+	// visible at build time, but use of any APIs newer than min_sdk_version will render the
+	// module unloadable on older devices.  In the future it will be possible to weakly-link new
+	// APIs, making the behavior match Java: such modules will load on older devices, but
+	// calling new APIs on devices that do not support them will result in a crash.
+	//
+	// This property has the same behavior as sdk_version does for Java modules. For those
+	// familiar with Android Gradle, the property behaves similarly to how compileSdkVersion
+	// does for Java code.
+	//
+	// In addition, setting this property causes two variants to be built, one for the platform
+	// and one for apps.
+	Sdk_version *string
+
+	// Minimum OS API level supported by this C or C++ module. This property becomes the value
+	// of the __ANDROID_API__ macro. When the C or C++ module is included in an APEX or an APK,
+	// this property is also used to ensure that the min_sdk_version of the containing module is
+	// not older (i.e. less) than this module's min_sdk_version. When not set, this property
+	// defaults to the value of sdk_version.  When this is set to "apex_inherit", this tracks
+	// min_sdk_version of the containing APEX. When the module
+	// is not built for an APEX, "apex_inherit" defaults to sdk_version.
 	Min_sdk_version *string
 
+	// Variant is an SDK variant created by sdkMutator
+	IsSdkVariant bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
+
+	// Set by factories of module types that can only be referenced from variants compiled against
+	// the SDK.
+	AlwaysSdk bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
+
 	HideFromMake   bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 	PreventInstall bool `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
@@ -209,6 +236,9 @@
 	apexSdkVersion android.ApiLevel
 
 	transitiveAndroidMkSharedLibs depset.DepSet[string]
+
+	// Shared flags among stubs build rules of this module
+	sharedFlags cc.SharedFlags
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) Header() bool {
@@ -374,7 +404,8 @@
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) IsVendorPublicLibrary() bool {
-	return mod.VendorProperties.IsVendorPublicLibrary
+	// Rust modules do not currently support vendor_public_library
+	return false
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) SdkAndPlatformVariantVisibleToMake() bool {
@@ -383,10 +414,12 @@
 }
 
 func (c *Module) IsVndkPrivate() bool {
+	// Rust modules do not currently support VNDK variants
 	return false
 }
 
 func (c *Module) IsLlndk() bool {
+	// Rust modules do not currently support LLNDK variants
 	return false
 }
 
@@ -395,31 +428,34 @@
 }
 
 func (m *Module) NeedsLlndkVariants() bool {
+	// Rust modules do not currently support LLNDK variants
 	return false
 }
 
 func (m *Module) NeedsVendorPublicLibraryVariants() bool {
+	// Rust modules do not currently support vendor_public_library
 	return false
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) HasLlndkStubs() bool {
+	// Rust modules do not currently support LLNDK stubs
 	return false
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) SdkVersion() string {
-	return ""
+	return String(mod.Properties.Sdk_version)
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) AlwaysSdk() bool {
-	return false
+	return mod.Properties.AlwaysSdk
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) IsSdkVariant() bool {
-	return false
+	return mod.Properties.IsSdkVariant
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) SplitPerApiLevel() bool {
-	return false
+	return cc.CanUseSdk(mod) && mod.IsCrt()
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) XrefRustFiles() android.Paths {
@@ -743,19 +779,42 @@
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) IsStubs() bool {
+	if lib, ok := mod.compiler.(libraryInterface); ok {
+		return lib.BuildStubs()
+	}
 	return false
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) HasStubsVariants() bool {
+	if lib, ok := mod.compiler.(libraryInterface); ok {
+		return lib.HasStubsVariants()
+	}
 	return false
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) ApexSdkVersion() android.ApiLevel {
-	panic(fmt.Errorf("ApexSdkVersion called on unsupported Rust module: %q", mod.BaseModuleName()))
+	return mod.apexSdkVersion
+}
+
+func (mod *Module) RustApexExclude() bool {
+	return mod.ApexExclude()
+}
+
+func (mod *Module) getSharedFlags() *cc.SharedFlags {
+	shared := &mod.sharedFlags
+	if shared.FlagsMap == nil {
+		shared.NumSharedFlags = 0
+		shared.FlagsMap = make(map[string]string)
+	}
+	return shared
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) ImplementationModuleNameForMake(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) string {
-	return mod.Name()
+	name := mod.BaseModuleName()
+	if versioned, ok := mod.compiler.(cc.VersionedInterface); ok {
+		name = versioned.ImplementationModuleName(name)
+	}
+	return name
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) Multilib() string {
@@ -903,7 +962,7 @@
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) SetSdkVersion(s string) {
-	panic(fmt.Errorf("SetSdkVersion called on unsupported Rust module: %q", mod.BaseModuleName()))
+	mod.Properties.Sdk_version = StringPtr(s)
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) SetMinSdkVersion(s string) {
@@ -1066,6 +1125,10 @@
 	linkableInfo.Shared = mod.Shared()
 	linkableInfo.CrateName = mod.CrateName()
 	linkableInfo.ExportedCrateLinkDirs = mod.ExportedCrateLinkDirs()
+	if lib, ok := mod.compiler.(cc.VersionedInterface); ok {
+		linkableInfo.StubsVersion = lib.StubsVersion()
+	}
+
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, cc.LinkableInfoProvider, linkableInfo)
 
 	rustInfo := &RustInfo{
@@ -1108,10 +1171,9 @@
 	// does compilation and linking in one step. If this changes in the future,
 	// move this as appropriate.
 	ccInfo.LinkerInfo = &cc.LinkerInfo{
-		WholeStaticLibs:      mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Whole_static_libs,
-		StaticLibs:           mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Static_libs,
-		SharedLibs:           mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Shared_libs,
-		UnstrippedOutputFile: mod.UnstrippedOutputFile(),
+		WholeStaticLibs: mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Whole_static_libs,
+		StaticLibs:      mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Static_libs,
+		SharedLibs:      mod.compiler.baseCompilerProps().Shared_libs,
 	}
 
 	android.SetProvider(ctx, cc.CcInfoProvider, ccInfo)
@@ -1277,6 +1339,21 @@
 	if mod.sanitize != nil {
 		mod.sanitize.begin(ctx)
 	}
+
+	if mod.UseSdk() && mod.IsSdkVariant() {
+		sdkVersion := ""
+		if ctx.Device() {
+			sdkVersion = mod.SdkVersion()
+		}
+		version, err := cc.NativeApiLevelFromUser(ctx, sdkVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("sdk_version", err.Error())
+			mod.Properties.Sdk_version = nil
+		} else {
+			mod.Properties.Sdk_version = StringPtr(version.String())
+		}
+	}
+
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) Prebuilt() *android.Prebuilt {
@@ -1552,9 +1629,12 @@
 				sharedLibraryInfo, exportedInfo := cc.ChooseStubOrImpl(ctx, dep)
 
 				if !sharedLibraryInfo.IsStubs {
-					depPaths.directImplementationDeps = append(depPaths.directImplementationDeps, android.OutputFileForModule(ctx, dep, ""))
-					if info, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, dep, cc.ImplementationDepInfoProvider); ok {
-						depPaths.transitiveImplementationDeps = append(depPaths.transitiveImplementationDeps, info.ImplementationDeps)
+					// TODO(b/362509506): remove this additional check once all apex_exclude uses are switched to stubs.
+					if !linkableInfo.RustApexExclude {
+						depPaths.directImplementationDeps = append(depPaths.directImplementationDeps, android.OutputFileForModule(ctx, dep, ""))
+						if info, ok := android.OtherModuleProvider(ctx, dep, cc.ImplementationDepInfoProvider); ok {
+							depPaths.transitiveImplementationDeps = append(depPaths.transitiveImplementationDeps, info.ImplementationDeps)
+						}
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -1922,7 +2002,7 @@
 var _ android.ApexModule = (*Module)(nil)
 
 // If a module is marked for exclusion from apexes, don't provide apex variants.
-// TODO(b/362509506): remove this once stubs are properly supported by rust_ffi targets.
+// TODO(b/362509506): remove this once all apex_exclude usages are removed.
 func (m *Module) CanHaveApexVariants() bool {
 	if m.ApexExclude() {
 		return false
@@ -1959,6 +2039,13 @@
 }
 
 // Implements android.ApexModule
+func (mod *Module) AlwaysRequiresPlatformApexVariant() bool {
+	// stub libraries and native bridge libraries are always available to platform
+	// TODO(b/362509506): remove the ApexExclude() check once all apex_exclude uses are switched to stubs.
+	return mod.IsStubs() || mod.Target().NativeBridge == android.NativeBridgeEnabled || mod.ApexExclude()
+}
+
+// Implements android.ApexModule
 func (mod *Module) OutgoingDepIsInSameApex(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
 	if depTag == procMacroDepTag || depTag == customBindgenDepTag {
 		return false
@@ -1971,18 +2058,55 @@
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if depTag == cc.StubImplDepTag {
+		// We don't track from an implementation library to its stubs.
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if cc.ExcludeInApexDepTag(depTag) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// TODO(b/362509506): remove once all apex_exclude uses are switched to stubs.
+	if mod.ApexExclude() {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	return true
 }
 
 func (mod *Module) IncomingDepIsInSameApex(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
-	return !mod.ApexExclude()
+	// TODO(b/362509506): remove once all apex_exclude uses are switched to stubs.
+	if mod.ApexExclude() {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if mod.HasStubsVariants() {
+		if cc.IsSharedDepTag(depTag) {
+			// dynamic dep to a stubs lib crosses APEX boundary
+			return false
+		}
+		if cc.IsRuntimeDepTag(depTag) {
+			// runtime dep to a stubs lib also crosses APEX boundary
+			return false
+		}
+		if cc.IsHeaderDepTag(depTag) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
 }
 
 // Overrides ApexModule.IsInstallabeToApex()
 func (mod *Module) IsInstallableToApex() bool {
+	// TODO(b/362509506): remove once all apex_exclude uses are switched to stubs.
+	if mod.ApexExclude() {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if mod.compiler != nil {
-		if lib, ok := mod.compiler.(libraryInterface); ok && (lib.shared() || lib.dylib()) {
-			return true
+		if lib, ok := mod.compiler.(libraryInterface); ok {
+			return (lib.shared() || lib.dylib()) && !lib.BuildStubs()
 		}
 		if _, ok := mod.compiler.(*binaryDecorator); ok {
 			return true