diff --git a/apex/media/service/Android.bp b/apex/media/service/Android.bp
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+// Copyright 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+filegroup {
+    name: "service-media-s-sources",
+    srcs: [
+      "java/**/*.java",
+    ],
+    path: "java",
+    visibility: ["//frameworks/base/services"], // TODO(b/177640454): Should be private.
+}
+
+java_sdk_library {
+    name: "service-media-s",
+    permitted_packages: [
+        "com.android.server.media",
+    ],
+    defaults: ["framework-system-server-module-defaults"],
+    srcs: [
+        ":service-media-s-sources",
+    ],
+    libs: [
+        "updatable-media",
+    ],
+    sdk_version: "system_server_current",
+    min_sdk_version: "29", // TODO: We may need to bump this at some point.
+    apex_available: [
+        "com.android.media",
+    ],
+}
+
diff --git a/apex/media/service/api/current.txt b/apex/media/service/api/current.txt
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+// Signature format: 2.0
diff --git a/apex/media/service/api/removed.txt b/apex/media/service/api/removed.txt
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+// Signature format: 2.0
diff --git a/apex/media/service/api/system-server-current.txt b/apex/media/service/api/system-server-current.txt
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+// Signature format: 2.0
diff --git a/apex/media/service/api/system-server-removed.txt b/apex/media/service/api/system-server-removed.txt
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+// Signature format: 2.0
diff --git a/apex/media/service/java/com/android/server/media/MediaCommunicationService.java b/apex/media/service/java/com/android/server/media/MediaCommunicationService.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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 com.android.server.media;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.media.IMediaCommunicationService;
+
+import com.android.server.SystemService;
+
+/**
+ * A system service that managers {@link android.media.MediaSession2} creations
+ * and their ongoing media playback state.
+ * @hide
+ */
+public class MediaCommunicationService extends SystemService {
+
+    public MediaCommunicationService(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onStart() {
+        publishBinderService(Context.MEDIA_COMMUNICATION_SERVICE, new Stub());
+    }
+
+    private class Stub extends IMediaCommunicationService.Stub {
+    }
+}