diff --git a/apex/ld.config.txt b/apex/ld.config.txt
index f56e1b5..bd6af83 100644
--- a/apex/ld.config.txt
+++ b/apex/ld.config.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 namespace.default.search.paths      = /apex/com.android.media.swcodec/${LIB}
 namespace.default.asan.search.paths = /apex/com.android.media.swcodec/${LIB}
 
+# Below lines are required to be able to access libs in APEXes which are
+# actually symlinks to the files under /system/lib. The symlinks exist for
+# bundled APEXes to reduce space.
+namespace.default.permitted.paths   = /system/${LIB}
+namespace.default.asan.permitted.paths = /system/${LIB}
+
 namespace.default.links = platform
 
 # TODO: replace the following when apex has a way to auto-generate this list
diff --git a/media/libaaudio/src/core/AudioStream.cpp b/media/libaaudio/src/core/AudioStream.cpp
index 5303631..6a8db22 100644
--- a/media/libaaudio/src/core/AudioStream.cpp
+++ b/media/libaaudio/src/core/AudioStream.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
 
 void AudioStream::MyPlayerBase::registerWithAudioManager() {
     if (!mRegistered) {
-        init(android::PLAYER_TYPE_AAUDIO, AUDIO_USAGE_MEDIA);
+        init(android::PLAYER_TYPE_AAUDIO, AAudioConvert_usageToInternal(mParent->getUsage()));
         mRegistered = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/AndroidTest.xml b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/AndroidTest.xml
index 89d6ce2..1179d6c 100644
--- a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/AndroidTest.xml
+++ b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/AndroidTest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 -->
 <configuration description="Runs Media Benchmark Tests">
     <target_preparer class="com.android.tradefed.targetprep.TestAppInstallSetup">
+        <option name="cleanup-apks" value="false" />
         <option name="test-file-name" value="MediaBenchmarkTest.apk" />
     </target_preparer>
 
diff --git a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/DecoderTest.java b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/DecoderTest.java
index 07d414d..c41f198 100644
--- a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/DecoderTest.java
+++ b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/DecoderTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     private static final String mInputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.input_file_path);
     private static final String mOutputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.output_file_path);
     private static final String mStatsFile =
-            mContext.getFilesDir() + "/Decoder." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
+            mContext.getExternalFilesDir(null) + "/Decoder." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
     private static final String TAG = "DecoderTest";
     private static final long PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 60000;
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
         Stats mStats = new Stats();
         boolean status = mStats.writeStatsHeader(mStatsFile);
         assertTrue("Unable to open stats file for writing!", status);
+        Log.d(TAG, "Saving Benchmark results in: " + mStatsFile);
     }
 
     @Test(timeout = PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
diff --git a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/EncoderTest.java b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/EncoderTest.java
index 00e5e21..831467a 100644
--- a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/EncoderTest.java
+++ b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/EncoderTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     private static final String mInputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.input_file_path);
     private static final String mOutputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.output_file_path);
     private static final String mStatsFile =
-            mContext.getFilesDir() + "/Encoder." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
+            mContext.getExternalFilesDir(null) + "/Encoder." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
     private static final String TAG = "EncoderTest";
     private static final long PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 120000;
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
         Stats mStats = new Stats();
         boolean status = mStats.writeStatsHeader(mStatsFile);
         assertTrue("Unable to open stats file for writing!", status);
+        Log.d(TAG, "Saving Benchmark results in: " + mStatsFile);
     }
 
     @Test(timeout = PER_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS)
diff --git a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/ExtractorTest.java b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/ExtractorTest.java
index a33ecfe..6b7aad1 100644
--- a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/ExtractorTest.java
+++ b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/ExtractorTest.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
     private static Context mContext =
             InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
     private static final String mInputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.input_file_path);
-    private static final String mStatsFile =
-            mContext.getFilesDir() + "/Extractor." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
+    private static final String mStatsFile = mContext.getExternalFilesDir(null) + "/Extractor."
+            + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
     private static final String TAG = "ExtractorTest";
     private String mInputFileName;
     private int mTrackId;
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
         Stats mStats = new Stats();
         boolean status = mStats.writeStatsHeader(mStatsFile);
         assertTrue("Unable to open stats file for writing!", status);
+        Log.d(TAG, "Saving Benchmark results in: " + mStatsFile);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/MuxerTest.java b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/MuxerTest.java
index b69c57b..2efdba2 100644
--- a/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/MuxerTest.java
+++ b/media/tests/benchmark/MediaBenchmarkTest/src/androidTest/java/com/android/media/benchmark/tests/MuxerTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
     private static final String mInputFilePath = mContext.getString(R.string.input_file_path);
     private static final String mStatsFile =
-            mContext.getFilesDir() + "/Muxer." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
+            mContext.getExternalFilesDir(null) + "/Muxer." + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".csv";
     private static final String TAG = "MuxerTest";
     private static final Map<String, Integer> mMapFormat = new Hashtable<String, Integer>() {
         {
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
         Stats mStats = new Stats();
         boolean status = mStats.writeStatsHeader(mStatsFile);
         assertTrue("Unable to open stats file for writing!", status);
+        Log.d(TAG, "Saving Benchmark results in: " + mStatsFile);
     }
 
     @Test