diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
index 20682d6..fe386a2 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@
 cc_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example",
     relative_install_path: "hw",
-    init_rc: ["android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc"],
-    vintf_fragments: ["android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml"],
     defaults: [
         "aidlaudioservice_defaults",
         "latest_android_hardware_audio_core_sounddose_ndk_shared",
@@ -142,6 +140,7 @@
         "-Wthread-safety",
         "-DBACKEND_NDK",
     ],
+    installable: false, //installed in apex com.android.hardware.audio
 }
 
 cc_test {
@@ -235,10 +234,9 @@
 cc_binary {
     name: "android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example",
     relative_install_path: "hw",
-    init_rc: ["android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example.rc"],
-    vintf_fragments: ["android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.xml"],
     defaults: ["aidlaudioeffectservice_defaults"],
     shared_libs: [
+        "libapexsupport",
         "libtinyxml2",
     ],
     srcs: [
@@ -246,6 +244,7 @@
         "EffectFactory.cpp",
         "EffectMain.cpp",
     ],
+    installable: false, //installed in apex com.android.hardware.audio.effect
 }
 
 cc_library_headers {
@@ -254,3 +253,22 @@
     vendor_available: true,
     host_supported: true,
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc",
+    src: "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml",
+    src: "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "audio_effects_config.xml",
+    src: "audio_effects_config.xml",
+    installable: false,
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
index 4a12f8a..1cc4897 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectConfig.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 #include "effectFactory-impl/EffectConfig.h"
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID_APEX__
+#include <android/apexsupport.h>
+#endif
+
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioSource;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioStreamType;
 using aidl::android::media::audio::common::AudioUuid;
@@ -89,6 +93,24 @@
 }
 
 bool EffectConfig::resolveLibrary(const std::string& path, std::string* resolvedPath) {
+    if (__builtin_available(android AAPEXSUPPORT_API, *)) {
+        AApexInfo *apexInfo;
+        if (AApexInfo_create(&apexInfo) == AAPEXINFO_OK) {
+            std::string apexName(AApexInfo_getName(apexInfo));
+            AApexInfo_destroy(apexInfo);
+            std::string candidatePath("/apex/");
+            candidatePath.append(apexName).append(kEffectLibApexPath).append(path);
+            LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " effect lib path " << candidatePath;
+            if (access(candidatePath.c_str(), R_OK) == 0) {
+                *resolvedPath = std::move(candidatePath);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " libapexsupport is not supported";
+    }
+
+    // If audio effects libs are not in vendor apex, locate them in kEffectLibPath
     for (auto* libraryDirectory : kEffectLibPath) {
         std::string candidatePath = std::string(libraryDirectory) + '/' + path;
         if (access(candidatePath.c_str(), R_OK) == 0) {
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/EffectMain.cpp b/audio/aidl/default/EffectMain.cpp
index ca81204..ac178b6 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/EffectMain.cpp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/EffectMain.cpp
@@ -21,15 +21,39 @@
 #include <android/binder_process.h>
 #include <system/audio_config.h>
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID_APEX__
+#include <android/apexsupport.h>
+#endif
+
 /** Default name of effect configuration file. */
 static const char* kDefaultConfigName = "audio_effects_config.xml";
 
+static inline std::string config_file_path() {
+    if (__builtin_available(android AAPEXSUPPORT_API, *)) {
+        AApexInfo *apexInfo;
+        if (AApexInfo_create(&apexInfo) == AAPEXINFO_OK) {
+            std::string apexName(AApexInfo_getName(apexInfo));
+            AApexInfo_destroy(apexInfo);
+            std::string candidatePath("/apex/");
+            candidatePath.append(apexName).append("/etc/").append(kDefaultConfigName);
+            LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " effect lib path " << candidatePath;
+            if (access(candidatePath.c_str(), R_OK) == 0) {
+                return std::move(candidatePath);
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << " libapexsupport is not supported";
+    }
+    LOG(DEBUG) << __func__ << ": Unable to resolve config file path in APEX";
+    return android::audio_find_readable_configuration_file(kDefaultConfigName);
+}
+
 int main() {
     // This is a debug implementation, always enable debug logging.
     android::base::SetMinimumLogSeverity(::android::base::DEBUG);
     ABinderProcess_setThreadPoolMaxThreadCount(0);
 
-    auto configFile = android::audio_find_readable_configuration_file(kDefaultConfigName);
+    auto configFile = config_file_path();
     if (configFile == "") {
         LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": config file " << kDefaultConfigName << " not found!";
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/Android.bp
index 35d4a56..d0404cd 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/acousticEchoCanceler/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example.rc b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f859a1..0000000
--- a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-service vendor.audio-effect-hal-aidl /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example
-    class hal
-    user audioserver
-    # media gid needed for /dev/fm (radio) and for /data/misc/media (tee)
-    group audio media
-    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
-    # setting RLIMIT_RTPRIO allows binder RT priority inheritance
-    rlimit rtprio 10 10
-    ioprio rt 4
-    task_profiles ProcessCapacityHigh HighPerformance
-    onrestart restart audioserver
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.xml b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 05a825d..0000000
--- a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<manifest version="1.0" type="device">
-  <hal format="aidl">
-    <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
-    <version>2</version>
-    <fqname>IFactory/default</fqname>
-  </hal>
-</manifest>
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc
index 757976f..c3e19ba 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-service vendor.audio-hal-aidl /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example
+
+service vendor.audio-hal-aidl /apex/com.android.hardware.audio/bin/hw/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example
     class hal
     user audioserver
     # media gid needed for /dev/fm (radio) and for /data/misc/media (tee)
@@ -9,3 +10,15 @@
     ioprio rt 4
     task_profiles ProcessCapacityHigh HighPerformance
     onrestart restart audioserver
+
+service vendor.audio-effect-hal-aidl /apex/com.android.hardware.audio/bin/hw/android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example
+    class hal
+    user audioserver
+    # media gid needed for /dev/fm (radio) and for /data/misc/media (tee)
+    group audio media
+    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
+    # setting RLIMIT_RTPRIO allows binder RT priority inheritance
+    rlimit rtprio 10 10
+    ioprio rt 4
+    task_profiles ProcessCapacityHigh HighPerformance
+    onrestart restart audioserver
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml
index 2a51876..5278e4f 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@
     <fqname>IModule/usb</fqname>
   </hal>
   -->
+  <hal format="aidl">
+    <name>android.hardware.audio.effect</name>
+    <version>2</version>
+    <fqname>IFactory/default</fqname>
+  </hal>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da84412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package {
+    // See: http://go/android-license-faq
+    // A large-scale-change added 'default_applicable_licenses' to import
+    // all of the 'license_kinds' from "hardware_interfaces_license"
+    // to get the below license kinds:
+    //   SPDX-license-identifier-Apache-2.0
+    default_applicable_licenses: ["hardware_interfaces_license"],
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.audio",
+    manifest: "manifest.json",
+    file_contexts: "file_contexts",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
+    updatable: false,
+    vendor: true,
+
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example",
+        "android.hardware.audio.effect.service-aidl.example",
+    ],
+    native_shared_libs: [
+        "libaecsw",
+        "libagc1sw",
+        "libagc2sw",
+        "libbassboostsw",
+        "libbundleaidl",
+        "libdownmixaidl",
+        "libdynamicsprocessingaidl",
+        "libenvreverbsw",
+        "libequalizersw",
+        "libextensioneffect",
+        "libhapticgeneratoraidl",
+        "libloudnessenhanceraidl",
+        "libnssw",
+        "libpreprocessingaidl",
+        "libpresetreverbsw",
+        "libreverbaidl",
+        "libvirtualizersw",
+        "libvisualizeraidl",
+        "libvolumesw",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.example.rc",
+        "android.hardware.audio.service-aidl.xml",
+        "audio_effects_config.xml",
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/file_contexts b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41a6ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/file_contexts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(/.*)?                                                              u:object_r:vendor_file:s0
+/etc(/.*)?                                                          u:object_r:vendor_configs_file:s0
+/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.audio\.service-aidl\.example             u:object_r:hal_audio_default_exec:s0
+/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.audio\.effect\.service-aidl\.example     u:object_r:hal_audio_default_exec:s0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/manifest.json b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42a2368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/apex/com.android.hardware.audio/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.audio",
+    "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/Android.bp
index 05c2c54..7b753eb 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV1/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/Android.bp
index dedc555..ea05152 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/automaticGainControlV2/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/Android.bp
index 9f47770..8f53eae 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/bassboost/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/Android.bp
index 2443c2a..23495f1 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/envReverb/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/Android.bp
index 42708d1..1d29d40 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/equalizer/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/extension/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/extension/Android.bp
index 5fee479..2b21e3e 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/extension/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/extension/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectConfig.h b/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectConfig.h
index 344846a..7456b99 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectConfig.h
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/include/effectFactory-impl/EffectConfig.h
@@ -64,12 +64,16 @@
     const ProcessingLibrariesMap& getProcessingMap() const;
 
   private:
-    static constexpr const char* kEffectLibPath[] =
 #ifdef __LP64__
-            {"/odm/lib64/soundfx", "/vendor/lib64/soundfx", "/system/lib64/soundfx"};
+#define SOUND_FX_PATH "/lib64/soundfx/"
 #else
-            {"/odm/lib/soundfx", "/vendor/lib/soundfx", "/system/lib/soundfx"};
+#define SOUND_FX_PATH "/lib/soundfx/"
 #endif
+    static constexpr const char* kEffectLibPath[] =
+      { "/odm" SOUND_FX_PATH, "/vendor" SOUND_FX_PATH, "/system" SOUND_FX_PATH };
+
+    static constexpr const char* kEffectLibApexPath = SOUND_FX_PATH;
+#undef SOUND_FX_PATH
 
     int mSkippedElements;
     /* Parsed Libraries result */
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/Android.bp
index f24ded6..5729571 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/noiseSuppression/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/Android.bp
index d600141..2a2ae75 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/presetReverb/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/Android.bp
index 1c41bb5..5d59f7c 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/virtualizer/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }
diff --git a/audio/aidl/default/volume/Android.bp b/audio/aidl/default/volume/Android.bp
index f1a051f..8d5401a 100644
--- a/audio/aidl/default/volume/Android.bp
+++ b/audio/aidl/default/volume/Android.bp
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     ],
     relative_install_path: "soundfx",
     visibility: [
-        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default",
+        "//hardware/interfaces/audio/aidl/default:__subpackages__",
     ],
 }