diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index c548095..d3c0710 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -140,14 +140,18 @@
 	availableToAnyApex  = "//apex_available:anyapex"
 )
 
-func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
-	if len(m.ApexProperties.Apex_available) == 0 {
+func CheckAvailableForApex(what string, apex_available []string) bool {
+	if len(apex_available) == 0 {
 		// apex_available defaults to ["//apex_available:platform", "//apex_available:anyapex"],
 		// which means 'available to everybody'.
 		return true
 	}
-	return InList(what, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available) ||
-		(what != availableToPlatform && InList(availableToAnyApex, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available))
+	return InList(what, apex_available) ||
+		(what != availableToPlatform && InList(availableToAnyApex, apex_available))
+}
+
+func (m *ApexModuleBase) AvailableFor(what string) bool {
+	return CheckAvailableForApex(what, m.ApexProperties.Apex_available)
 }
 
 func (m *ApexModuleBase) checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx BaseModuleContext) {
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@
 		m.checkApexAvailableProperty(mctx)
 		sort.Strings(m.apexVariations)
 		variations := []string{}
-		availableForPlatform := m.AvailableFor(availableToPlatform)
+		availableForPlatform := mctx.Module().(ApexModule).AvailableFor(availableToPlatform)
 		if availableForPlatform {
 			variations = append(variations, "") // Original variation for platform
 		}