diff --git a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/Android.bp b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/Android.bp
index bcd570498e..62c8c9e937 100644
--- a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/Android.bp
+++ b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/Android.bp
@@ -9,22 +9,21 @@
 //  in whole or in part, without the express written permission of
 //  Google LLC.
 
-cc_defaults {
-    name: "threadnetwork_service_default",
-    vintf_fragments: ["threadnetwork-default.xml"],
+cc_binary {
+    name: "android.hardware.threadnetwork-service",
     vendor: true,
     relative_install_path: "hw",
 
     shared_libs: [
-        "android.hardware.threadnetwork-V1-ndk",
-        "libbase",
         "libbinder_ndk",
-        "libcutils",
         "liblog",
-        "libutils",
     ],
 
     static_libs: [
+        "android.hardware.threadnetwork-V1-ndk",
+        "libbase",
+        "libcutils",
+        "libutils",
         "openthread-common",
         "openthread-hdlc",
         "openthread-platform",
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ cc_defaults {
         "openthread-url",
     ],
 
+    stl: "c++_static",
+
     srcs: [
         "main.cpp",
         "service.cpp",
@@ -41,22 +42,10 @@ cc_defaults {
     ],
 }
 
-cc_binary {
-    name: "android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim",
-    defaults: ["threadnetwork_service_default"],
-    init_rc: ["android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim.rc"],
-    required: ["ot-rcp"],
-}
-
-cc_binary {
-    name: "android.hardware.threadnetwork-service",
-    defaults: ["threadnetwork_service_default"],
-}
-
 cc_fuzz {
     name: "android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.fuzzer",
 
-    defaults:["service_fuzzer_defaults"],
+    defaults: ["service_fuzzer_defaults"],
     shared_libs: [
         "libbinder_ndk",
     ],
@@ -85,3 +74,36 @@ cc_fuzz {
         ],
     },
 }
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "threadnetwork-default.xml",
+    src: "threadnetwork-default.xml",
+    sub_dir: "vintf",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+prebuilt_etc {
+    name: "threadnetwork-service-sim.rc",
+    src: "threadnetwork-service-sim.rc",
+    installable: false,
+}
+
+apex {
+    name: "com.android.hardware.threadnetwork",
+    manifest: "manifest.json",
+    file_contexts: "file_contexts",
+    key: "com.android.hardware.key",
+    certificate: ":com.android.hardware.certificate",
+    updatable: false,
+    vendor: true,
+
+    binaries: [
+        "android.hardware.threadnetwork-service",
+        "ot-rcp",
+    ],
+    prebuilts: [
+        "threadnetwork-default.xml", // vintf_fragment
+        "threadnetwork-service-sim.rc", // init_rc
+        "android.hardware.thread_network.prebuilt.xml", // permission
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim.rc b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fb409cd93..0000000000
--- a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-service vendor.threadnetwork_hal /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.threadnetwork-service.sim spinel+hdlc+forkpty:///vendor/bin/ot-rcp?forkpty-arg=1
-    class hal
-    user thread_network
diff --git a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/file_contexts b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/file_contexts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39ba3b5b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/file_contexts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(/.*)?                                                      u:object_r:vendor_file:s0
+/etc(/.*)?                                                  u:object_r:vendor_configs_file:s0
+/bin/hw/android\.hardware\.threadnetwork-service            u:object_r:hal_threadnetwork_default_exec:s0
+/bin/ot-rcp                                                 u:object_r:ot_rcp_exec:s0
diff --git a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/manifest.json b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61e6dc1967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "name": "com.android.hardware.threadnetwork",
+    "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/threadnetwork/aidl/default/threadnetwork-service-sim.rc b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/threadnetwork-service-sim.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b889eb23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/threadnetwork/aidl/default/threadnetwork-service-sim.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+service vendor.threadnetwork_hal /apex/com.android.hardware.threadnetwork/bin/hw/android.hardware.threadnetwork-service spinel+hdlc+forkpty:///apex/com.android.hardware.threadnetwork/bin/ot-rcp?forkpty-arg=1
+    class hal
+    user thread_network