diff --git a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Link_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Link_test.cpp
index dfdac6b..d1e6d39 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/cmd/Link_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/cmd/Link_test.cpp
@@ -466,11 +466,19 @@
   const std::string android_r_java = android_java + "/android/R.java";
   std::string android_r_contents;
   ASSERT_TRUE(android::base::ReadFileToString(android_r_java, &android_r_contents));
-  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr(" public static final int finalized_res=0x01010001;"));
-  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr(" public static int staged_s_res=0x01010050;"));
-  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr(" public static int staged_s2_res=0x01ff0049;"));
-  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr(" public static int staged_t_res=0x01fe0063;"));
-  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr(" public static int staged_t_string=0x01fd0072;"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(android_r_contents, HasSubstr("public static final int finalized_res=0x01010001;"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      android_r_contents,
+      HasSubstr("public static final int staged_s_res; static { staged_s_res=0x01010050; }"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      android_r_contents,
+      HasSubstr("public static final int staged_s2_res; static { staged_s2_res=0x01ff0049; }"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      android_r_contents,
+      HasSubstr("public static final int staged_t_res; static { staged_t_res=0x01fe0063; }"));
+  EXPECT_THAT(
+      android_r_contents,
+      HasSubstr("public static final int staged_t_string; static { staged_t_string=0x01fd0072; }"));
 
   // Build an app that uses the framework attribute in a declare-styleable
   const std::string client_res = GetTestPath("app-res");
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/format/binary/BinaryResourceParser.cpp b/tools/aapt2/format/binary/BinaryResourceParser.cpp
index bfb8d58..f1b350f 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/format/binary/BinaryResourceParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/format/binary/BinaryResourceParser.cpp
@@ -393,8 +393,15 @@
         .SetAllowMangled(true);
 
     if (entry->flags & ResTable_entry::FLAG_PUBLIC) {
-      res_builder.SetVisibility(Visibility{Visibility::Level::kPublic});
+      Visibility visibility{Visibility::Level::kPublic};
 
+      auto spec_flags = entry_type_spec_flags_.find(res_id);
+      if (spec_flags != entry_type_spec_flags_.end() &&
+          spec_flags->second & ResTable_typeSpec::SPEC_STAGED_API) {
+        visibility.staged_api = true;
+      }
+
+      res_builder.SetVisibility(visibility);
       // Erase the ID from the map once processed, so that we don't mark the same symbol more than
       // once.
       entry_type_spec_flags_.erase(res_id);
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
index d3648c8..2acdadb 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
+++ b/tools/aapt2/java/ClassDefinition.h
@@ -78,10 +78,18 @@
     ClassMember::Print(final, printer, strip_api_annotations);
 
     printer->Print("public static ");
-    if (final && !staged_api_) {
+    if (final) {
       printer->Print("final ");
     }
-    printer->Print("int ").Print(name_).Print("=").Print(to_string(val_)).Print(";");
+    printer->Print("int ").Print(name_);
+    if (staged_api_) {
+      // Prevent references to staged apis from being inline by setting their value out-of-line.
+      printer->Print("; static { ").Print(name_);
+    }
+    printer->Print("=").Print(to_string(val_)).Print(";");
+    if (staged_api_) {
+      printer->Print(" }");
+    }
   }
 
  private: