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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.server;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.net.TrafficStats;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.android.modules.utils.build.SdkLevel;
+import com.android.server.net.NetworkStatsService;
+
+/**
+ * NetworkStats service initializer for core networking. This is called by system server to create
+ * a new instance of NetworkStatsService.
+ */
+public final class NetworkStatsServiceInitializer extends SystemService {
+    private static final String TAG = NetworkStatsServiceInitializer.class.getSimpleName();
+    private final NetworkStatsService mStatsService;
+
+    public NetworkStatsServiceInitializer(Context context) {
+        super(context);
+        // Load JNI libraries used by NetworkStatsService and its dependencies
+        System.loadLibrary("service-connectivity");
+        mStatsService = maybeCreateNetworkStatsService(context);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onStart() {
+        if (mStatsService != null) {
+            Log.i(TAG, "Registering " + Context.NETWORK_STATS_SERVICE);
+            publishBinderService(Context.NETWORK_STATS_SERVICE, mStatsService,
+                    /* allowIsolated= */ false);
+            TrafficStats.init(getContext());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onBootPhase(int phase) {
+        // This has to be run before StatsPullAtomService query usage at
+        // PHASE_THIRD_PARTY_APPS_CAN_START.
+        if (phase == SystemService.PHASE_ACTIVITY_MANAGER_READY && mStatsService != null) {
+            mStatsService.systemReady();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return NetworkStatsService instance, or null if current SDK is lower than T.
+     */
+    private NetworkStatsService maybeCreateNetworkStatsService(final Context context) {
+        if (!SdkLevel.isAtLeastT()) return null;
+
+        return NetworkStatsService.create(context);
+    }
+}