diff --git a/android/api_levels.go b/android/api_levels.go
index 4f6efee..62a5fce 100644
--- a/android/api_levels.go
+++ b/android/api_levels.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -84,14 +85,19 @@
 // Converts an API level string into its numeric form.
 // * Codenames are decoded.
 // * Numeric API levels are simply converted.
-// * "minimum" and "current" are not currently handled since the former is
-//   NDK specific and the latter has inconsistent meaning.
+// * "current" is mapped to FutureApiLevel(10000)
+// * "minimum" is NDK specific and not handled with this. (refer normalizeNdkApiLevel in cc.go)
 func ApiStrToNum(ctx BaseModuleContext, apiLevel string) (int, error) {
-	num, ok := getApiLevelsMap(ctx.Config())[apiLevel]
-	if ok {
+	if apiLevel == "current" {
+		return FutureApiLevel, nil
+	}
+	if num, ok := getApiLevelsMap(ctx.Config())[apiLevel]; ok {
 		return num, nil
 	}
-	return strconv.Atoi(apiLevel)
+	if num, err := strconv.Atoi(apiLevel); err == nil {
+		return num, nil
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("SDK version should be one of \"current\", <number> or <codename>: %q", apiLevel)
 }
 
 func (a *apiLevelsSingleton) GenerateBuildActions(ctx SingletonContext) {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 0096365..8e3e562 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -1995,14 +1994,11 @@
 
 func (a *apexBundle) minSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) int {
 	ver := proptools.StringDefault(a.properties.Min_sdk_version, "current")
-	if ver != "current" {
-		minSdkVersion, err := strconv.Atoi(ver)
-		if err != nil {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "should be \"current\" or <number>, but %q", ver)
-		}
-		return minSdkVersion
+	intVer, err := android.ApiStrToNum(ctx, ver)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "%s", err.Error())
 	}
-	return android.FutureApiLevel
+	return intVer
 }
 
 // Ensures that the dependencies are marked as available for this APEX
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index ba7d916..80d8153 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -1106,6 +1106,60 @@
 	expectNoLink("liba", "shared_otherapex", "libz", "shared")
 }
 
+func TestApexMinSdkVersion_SupportsCodeNames(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			native_shared_libs: ["libx"],
+			min_sdk_version: "R",
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libx",
+			shared_libs: ["libz"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+		}
+
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libz",
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["29", "R"],
+			},
+		}
+	`, func(fs map[string][]byte, config android.Config) {
+		config.TestProductVariables.Platform_version_active_codenames = []string{"R"}
+	})
+
+	expectLink := func(from, from_variant, to, to_variant string) {
+		ldArgs := ctx.ModuleForTests(from, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+from_variant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+		ensureContains(t, ldArgs, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+to_variant+"/"+to+".so")
+	}
+	expectNoLink := func(from, from_variant, to, to_variant string) {
+		ldArgs := ctx.ModuleForTests(from, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+from_variant).Rule("ld").Args["libFlags"]
+		ensureNotContains(t, ldArgs, "android_arm64_armv8-a_"+to_variant+"/"+to+".so")
+	}
+	// 9000 is quite a magic number.
+	// Finalized SDK codenames are mapped as P(28), Q(29), ...
+	// And, codenames which are not finalized yet(active_codenames + future_codenames) are numbered from 9000, 9001, ...
+	// to distinguish them from finalized and future_api(10000)
+	// In this test, "R" is assumed not finalized yet( listed in Platform_version_active_codenames) and translated into 9000
+	// (refer android/api_levels.go)
+	expectLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared_9000")
+	expectNoLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared_29")
+	expectNoLink("libx", "shared_myapex", "libz", "shared")
+}
+
 func TestApexMinSdkVersionDefaultsToLatest(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, _ := testApex(t, `
 		apex {
@@ -1296,11 +1350,11 @@
 		}
 	`)
 
-	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: min_sdk_version: should be "current" or <number>`, `
+	testApexError(t, `"myapex" .*: min_sdk_version: SDK version should be .*`, `
 		apex {
 			name: "myapex",
 			key: "myapex.key",
-			min_sdk_version: "R",
+			min_sdk_version: "abc",
 		}
 
 		apex_key {
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index e79ad99..c7488ee 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -1455,18 +1455,22 @@
 	return ""
 }
 
-func checkVersions(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, versions []string) {
+func normalizeVersions(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, versions []string) {
 	numVersions := make([]int, len(versions))
 	for i, v := range versions {
-		numVer, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+		numVer, err := android.ApiStrToNum(ctx, v)
 		if err != nil {
-			ctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "%q is not a number", v)
+			ctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "%s", err.Error())
+			return
 		}
 		numVersions[i] = numVer
 	}
 	if !sort.IsSorted(sort.IntSlice(numVersions)) {
 		ctx.PropertyErrorf("versions", "not sorted: %v", versions)
 	}
+	for i, v := range numVersions {
+		versions[i] = strconv.Itoa(v)
+	}
 }
 
 func createVersionVariations(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext, versions []string) {
@@ -1488,7 +1492,7 @@
 	if library, ok := mctx.Module().(LinkableInterface); ok && !library.InRecovery() {
 		if library.CcLibrary() && library.BuildSharedVariant() && len(library.StubsVersions()) > 0 {
 			versions := library.StubsVersions()
-			checkVersions(mctx, versions)
+			normalizeVersions(mctx, versions)
 			if mctx.Failed() {
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/cc/library_test.go b/cc/library_test.go
index b8d8895..cb16725 100644
--- a/cc/library_test.go
+++ b/cc/library_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"android/soong/android"
 )
 
 func TestLibraryReuse(t *testing.T) {
@@ -186,3 +188,55 @@
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestStubsVersions(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["29", "R", "10000"],
+			},
+		}
+	`
+	config := TestConfig(buildDir, android.Android, nil, bp, nil)
+	config.TestProductVariables.Platform_version_active_codenames = []string{"R"}
+	ctx := testCcWithConfig(t, config)
+
+	variants := ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo")
+	for _, expectedVer := range []string{"29", "9000", "10000"} {
+		expectedVariant := "android_arm_armv7-a-neon_shared_" + expectedVer
+		if !inList(expectedVariant, variants) {
+			t.Errorf("missing expected variant: %q", expectedVariant)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStubsVersions_NotSorted(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["29", "10000", "R"],
+			},
+		}
+	`
+	config := TestConfig(buildDir, android.Android, nil, bp, nil)
+	config.TestProductVariables.Platform_version_active_codenames = []string{"R"}
+	testCcErrorWithConfig(t, `"libfoo" .*: versions: not sorted`, config)
+}
+
+func TestStubsVersions_ParseError(t *testing.T) {
+	bp := `
+		cc_library {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			stubs: {
+				versions: ["29", "10000", "X"],
+			},
+		}
+	`
+
+	testCcError(t, `"libfoo" .*: versions: SDK version should be`, bp)
+}
diff --git a/cc/ndk_library.go b/cc/ndk_library.go
index 00338b9..eb8e9d3 100644
--- a/cc/ndk_library.go
+++ b/cc/ndk_library.go
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
 	Unversioned_until *string
 
 	// Private property for use by the mutator that splits per-API level.
+	// can be one of <number:sdk_version> or <codename> or "current"
+	// passed to "gen_stub_libs.py" as it is
 	ApiLevel string `blueprint:"mutated"`
 
 	// True if this API is not yet ready to be shipped in the NDK. It will be