diff --git a/ui/terminal/smart_status.go b/ui/terminal/smart_status.go
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+// Copyright 2019 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package terminal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	"android/soong/ui/status"
+)
+
+type smartStatusOutput struct {
+	writer    Writer
+	formatter formatter
+
+	lock sync.Mutex
+
+	haveBlankLine bool
+}
+
+// NewSmartStatusOutput returns a StatusOutput that represents the
+// current build status similarly to Ninja's built-in terminal
+// output.
+func NewSmartStatusOutput(w Writer, formatter formatter) status.StatusOutput {
+	return &smartStatusOutput{
+		writer:    w,
+		formatter: formatter,
+
+		haveBlankLine: true,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) Message(level status.MsgLevel, message string) {
+	if level < status.StatusLvl {
+		return
+	}
+
+	str := s.formatter.message(level, message)
+
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if level > status.StatusLvl {
+		s.print(str)
+	} else {
+		s.statusLine(str)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) StartAction(action *status.Action, counts status.Counts) {
+	str := action.Description
+	if str == "" {
+		str = action.Command
+	}
+
+	progress := s.formatter.progress(counts)
+
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	s.statusLine(progress + str)
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) FinishAction(result status.ActionResult, counts status.Counts) {
+	str := result.Description
+	if str == "" {
+		str = result.Command
+	}
+
+	progress := s.formatter.progress(counts) + str
+
+	output := s.formatter.result(result)
+
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if output != "" {
+		s.statusLine(progress)
+		s.requestLine()
+		s.print(output)
+	} else {
+		s.statusLine(progress)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) Flush() {
+	s.lock.Lock()
+	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+
+	s.requestLine()
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) requestLine() {
+	if !s.haveBlankLine {
+		fmt.Fprintln(s.writer)
+		s.haveBlankLine = true
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) print(str string) {
+	if !s.haveBlankLine {
+		fmt.Fprint(s.writer, "\r", "\x1b[K")
+		s.haveBlankLine = true
+	}
+	fmt.Fprint(s.writer, str)
+	if len(str) == 0 || str[len(str)-1] != '\n' {
+		fmt.Fprint(s.writer, "\n")
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *smartStatusOutput) statusLine(str string) {
+	idx := strings.IndexRune(str, '\n')
+	if idx != -1 {
+		str = str[0:idx]
+	}
+
+	// Limit line width to the terminal width, otherwise we'll wrap onto
+	// another line and we won't delete the previous line.
+	//
+	// Run this on every line in case the window has been resized while
+	// we're printing. This could be optimized to only re-run when we get
+	// SIGWINCH if it ever becomes too time consuming.
+	if max, ok := s.writer.termWidth(); ok {
+		if len(str) > max {
+			// TODO: Just do a max. Ninja elides the middle, but that's
+			// more complicated and these lines aren't that important.
+			str = str[:max]
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Move to the beginning on the line, print the output, then clear
+	// the rest of the line.
+	fmt.Fprint(s.writer, "\r", str, "\x1b[K")
+	s.haveBlankLine = false
+}