diff --git a/libs/gui/Android.bp b/libs/gui/Android.bp
index ec3587b..ec1134a 100644
--- a/libs/gui/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/gui/Android.bp
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
         "android.hardware.graphics.bufferqueue@2.0",
     ],
     min_sdk_version: "29",
+    // TODO(b/218719284) can media use be constrained to libgui_bufferqueue_static?
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+        "test_com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
 }
 
 cc_library_headers {
diff --git a/libs/gui/sysprop/Android.bp b/libs/gui/sysprop/Android.bp
index bddb0ac..cc33e4c 100644
--- a/libs/gui/sysprop/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/gui/sysprop/Android.bp
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@
     cpp: {
         min_sdk_version: "29",
     },
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+        "test_com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
 }
diff --git a/libs/nativebase/Android.bp b/libs/nativebase/Android.bp
index 1a4729c..77b23db 100644
--- a/libs/nativebase/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/nativebase/Android.bp
@@ -45,5 +45,9 @@
             enabled: true,
         },
     },
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
     min_sdk_version: "29",
 }
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/Android.bp b/libs/nativewindow/Android.bp
index 9286009..d30efa1 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/Android.bp
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
     // TODO(b/153609531): remove when no longer needed.
     native_bridge_supported: true,
     min_sdk_version: "29",
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+        "test_com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
     host_supported: true,
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@
         symbol_file: "libnativewindow.map.txt",
         unversioned: true,
         override_export_include_dirs: [
-            "include"
+            "include",
         ],
     },
     export_include_dirs: [
diff --git a/libs/ui/Android.bp b/libs/ui/Android.bp
index f5a22ec..a9380c6 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Android.bp
+++ b/libs/ui/Android.bp
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@
         "libui_headers",
     ],
     min_sdk_version: "29",
+    // TODO(b/214400477) to remove use of GraphicBuffer
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+        "test_com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
 
     afdo: true,
 }
@@ -258,6 +264,11 @@
         "libmath_headers",
     ],
     min_sdk_version: "29",
+    apex_available: [
+        "//apex_available:platform",
+        "com.android.media.swcodec",
+        "test_com.android.media.swcodec",
+    ],
 }
 
 // defaults to enable VALIDATE_REGIONS traces