Missing `android_device`

[simeonwarren]

Bazel 8 removed all native Android rules, including android_device, and I can't find any information about it.

How can I use emulators with bazel 8?

I wanted to set up an instrumentation test:

Stacktrace

bazel query --output=build @android_test_support//tools/android/emulated_devices/generic_phone:android_23_x86
ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
	File "/home/simeonwarren/.cache/bazel/_bazel_simeonwarren/8d894fd52f9ebddc50ede8e0430ca405/external/+_repo_rules+android_test_support/tools/android/emulated_devices/generic_phone/BUILD.bazel", line 13, column 12, in <toplevel>
		make_device(
	File "/home/simeonwarren/.cache/bazel/_bazel_simeonwarren/8d894fd52f9ebddc50ede8e0430ca405/external/+_repo_rules+android_test_support/tools/android/emulated_devices/macro/make_device.bzl", line 120, column 16, in make_device
		new_devices(
	File "/home/simeonwarren/.cache/bazel/_bazel_simeonwarren/8d894fd52f9ebddc50ede8e0430ca405/external/+_repo_rules+android_test_support/tools/android/emulated_devices/macro/make_device.bzl", line 258, column 48, in new_devices
		_new_devices_for_image_and_emulator(
	File "/home/simeonwarren/.cache/bazel/_bazel_simeonwarren/8d894fd52f9ebddc50ede8e0430ca405/external/+_repo_rules+android_test_support/tools/android/emulated_devices/macro/make_device.bzl", line 327, column 24, in _new_devices_for_image_and_emulator
		make_android_device(
	File "/home/simeonwarren/.cache/bazel/_bazel_simeonwarren/8d894fd52f9ebddc50ede8e0430ca405/external/+_repo_rules+android_test_support/tools/android/emulated_devices/macro/make_device.bzl", line 350, column 11, in make_android_device
		native.android_device(
Error: no native function or rule 'android_device'

Environment:

• Rules: bazel_dep(name = "rules_android", version = "0.6.6")
• OS: Fedora Linux 41 (Server Edition)
• Bazel: 8.4.2

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It seems like I can use a local emulator, so it's not as big of a problem as I thought:

Bazel also supports testing directly on a locally launched emulator or connected device. Pass the flags --test_strategy=exclusive and --test_arg=--device_broker_type=LOCAL_ADB_SERVER to enable local testing mode. If there is more than one connected device, pass the flag --test_arg=--device_serial_number=$device_id where $device_id is the id of the device/emulator listed in adb devices.