diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 2370acc..46ccc50 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -1808,14 +1807,11 @@
 
 func (a *apexBundle) minSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) int {
 	ver := proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Min_sdk_version, "current")
-	if ver != "current" {
-		minSdkVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(ver)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "should be \"current\" or <number>, but %q", ver)
-		}
-		return minSdkVersion
+	intVer, err := android.ApiStrToNum(ctx, ver)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "%s", err.Error())
 	}
-	return android.FutureApiLevel
+	return intVer
 }
 
 // A regexp for removing boilerplate from BaseDependencyTag from the string representation of
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 0c8937e..ab6d074 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1144,6 +1144,60 @@
 	expectNoLink("liba", "shared_otherapex", "libz", "shared")
 }
 
+func TestApexMinSdkVersion_SupportsCodeNames(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["libx"],
+			min_sdk_version: "R",
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libx",
+			shared_libs: ["libz"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libz",
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["29", "R"],
+			},
+		}
+	`, func(fs map[string][]byte, config android.Config) {
+		config.TestProductVariables.Platform_version_active_codenames = []string{"R"}
+	})
+
+	expectLink := func(from, from_variant, to, to_variant string) {
+		ldArgs := ctx.ModuleForTests(from, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+from_variant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+		ensureContains(t, ldArgs, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+to_variant+"/"+to+".so")
+	}
+	expectNoLink := func(from, from_variant, to, to_variant string) {
+		ldArgs := ctx.ModuleForTests(from, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+from_variant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+		ensureNotContains(t, ldArgs, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+to_variant+"/"+to+".so")
+	}
+	// 9000 is quite a magic number.
+	// Finalized SDK codenames are mapped as P(28), Q(29), ...
+	// And, codenames which are not finalized yet(active_codenames + future_codenames) are numbered from 9000, 9001, ...
+	// to distinguish them from finalized and future_api(10000)
+	// In this test, "R" is assumed not finalized yet( listed in Platform_version_active_codenames) and translated into 9000
+	// (refer android/api_levels.go)
+	expectLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared_9000")
+	expectNoLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared_29")
+	expectNoLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared")
+}
+
 func TestApexMinSdkVersionDefaultsToLatest(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
 		apex {
@@ -1334,11 +1388,11 @@
 		}
 	`)
 
-	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: min_sdk_version: should be "current" or <number>`, `
+	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: min_sdk_version: SDK version should be .*`, `
 		apex {
 			name: "myapex",
 			key: "myapex.key",
-			min_sdk_version: "R",
+			min_sdk_version: "abc",
 		}
 
 		apex_key {