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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2021 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.
+-->
+<configuration description="Host driven tests for Microdroid">
+    <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="component" value="security" />
+    <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="parameter" value="not_instant_app" />
+    <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="parameter" value="not_multi_abi" />
+    <option name="config-descriptor:metadata" key="parameter" value="secondary_user" />
+
+    <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.RootTargetPreparer">
+        <!-- Permission checks are bypassed if shell is root -->
+        <option name="force-root" value="false"/>
+    </target_preparer>
+
+    <test class="com.android.compatibility.common.tradefed.testtype.JarHostTest" >
+        <option name="jar" value="{MODULE}.jar" />
+    </test>
+
+    <!-- Controller that will skip the module if a native bridge situation is detected -->
+    <!-- For example: module wants to run arm and device is x86 -->
+    <object type="module_controller" class="com.android.tradefed.testtype.suite.module.NativeBridgeModuleController" />
+
+    {EXTRA_CONFIGS}
+</configuration>