diff --git a/media/java/android/media/tv/tuner/Tuner.java b/media/java/android/media/tv/tuner/Tuner.java
index 088b3b6d29498..a384befacc546 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/tv/tuner/Tuner.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/tv/tuner/Tuner.java
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ public class Tuner implements AutoCloseable  {
             mFrontend = tuner.mFrontend;
             mIsSharedFrontend = true;
         }
+        nativeShareFrontend(mFrontend.mId);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ public class Tuner implements AutoCloseable  {
      * Native method to open frontend of the given ID.
      */
     private native Frontend nativeOpenFrontendByHandle(int handle);
+    private native int nativeShareFrontend(int id);
     @Result
     private native int nativeTune(int type, FrontendSettings settings);
     private native int nativeStopTune();
diff --git a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
index 3cf9b03708235..e4f3f33964071 100644
--- a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
@@ -1173,6 +1173,8 @@ JTuner::JTuner(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz)
     if (mTunerClient == NULL) {
         mTunerClient = new TunerClient();
     }
+
+    mSharedFeId = (int) Constant::INVALID_FRONTEND_ID;
 }
 
 JTuner::~JTuner() {
@@ -1253,6 +1255,17 @@ jobject JTuner::openFrontendByHandle(int feHandle) {
             (jint) mFeId);
 }
 
+int JTuner::shareFrontend(int feId) {
+    if (mFeClient != NULL) {
+        ALOGE("Cannot share frontend:%d because this session is already holding %d",
+              feId, mFeClient->getId());
+        return (int)Result::INVALID_STATE;
+    }
+
+    mSharedFeId = feId;
+    return (int)Result::SUCCESS;
+}
+
 jobject JTuner::getAnalogFrontendCaps(JNIEnv *env, FrontendInfo::FrontendCapabilities& caps) {
     jclass clazz = env->FindClass("android/media/tv/tuner/frontend/AnalogFrontendCapabilities");
     jmethodID capsInit = env->GetMethodID(clazz, "<init>", "(II)V");
@@ -1605,7 +1618,9 @@ Result JTuner::openDemux(int handle) {
             return Result::UNKNOWN_ERROR;
         }
         if (mFeClient != NULL) {
-            mDemuxClient->setFrontendDataSource(mFeClient);
+            return mDemuxClient->setFrontendDataSource(mFeClient);
+        } else if (mSharedFeId != (int) Constant::INVALID_FRONTEND_ID) {
+            return mDemuxClient->setFrontendDataSourceById(mSharedFeId);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1629,6 +1644,8 @@ jint JTuner::close() {
         }
         mDemuxClient = NULL;
     }
+
+    mSharedFeId = (int) Constant::INVALID_FRONTEND_ID;
     return (jint) res;
 }
 
@@ -3229,6 +3246,12 @@ static jobject android_media_tv_Tuner_open_frontend_by_handle(
     return tuner->openFrontendByHandle(handle);
 }
 
+static int android_media_tv_Tuner_share_frontend(
+        JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jint id) {
+    sp<JTuner> tuner = getTuner(env, thiz);
+    return tuner->shareFrontend(id);
+}
+
 static int android_media_tv_Tuner_tune(JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jint type, jobject settings) {
     sp<JTuner> tuner = getTuner(env, thiz);
     FrontendSettings setting = getFrontendSettings(env, type, settings);
@@ -4307,6 +4330,8 @@ static const JNINativeMethod gTunerMethods[] = {
             (void *)android_media_tv_Tuner_get_frontend_ids },
     { "nativeOpenFrontendByHandle", "(I)Landroid/media/tv/tuner/Tuner$Frontend;",
             (void *)android_media_tv_Tuner_open_frontend_by_handle },
+    { "nativeShareFrontend", "(I)I",
+            (void *)android_media_tv_Tuner_share_frontend },
     { "nativeTune", "(ILandroid/media/tv/tuner/frontend/FrontendSettings;)I",
             (void *)android_media_tv_Tuner_tune },
     { "nativeStopTune", "()I", (void *)android_media_tv_Tuner_stop_tune },
diff --git a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.h b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.h
index 2a933b207902a..5d3b0a33dc9bf 100644
--- a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.h
+++ b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ struct JTuner : public RefBase {
     int unlinkCiCam(jint id);
     jobject getFrontendIds();
     jobject openFrontendByHandle(int feHandle);
+    int shareFrontend(int feId);
     jint closeFrontendById(int id);
     jobject getFrontendInfo(int id);
     int tune(const FrontendSettings& settings, const FrontendSettingsExt1_1& settingsExt1_1);
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ private:
     static sp<TunerClient> mTunerClient;
     sp<FrontendClient> mFeClient;
     int mFeId;
+    int mSharedFeId;
     sp<LnbClient> mLnbClient;
     sp<DemuxClient> mDemuxClient;
     static jobject getAnalogFrontendCaps(JNIEnv *env, FrontendInfo::FrontendCapabilities& caps);
diff --git a/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.cpp b/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.cpp
index 78cb5b003a382..6c4295b12e7a8 100644
--- a/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ Result DemuxClient::setFrontendDataSource(sp<FrontendClient> frontendClient) {
     return Result::INVALID_STATE;
 }
 
+Result DemuxClient::setFrontendDataSourceById(int frontendId) {
+    if (mTunerDemux != NULL) {
+        Status s = mTunerDemux->setFrontendDataSourceById(frontendId);
+        return ClientHelper::getServiceSpecificErrorCode(s);
+    }
+
+    return Result::INVALID_STATE;
+}
+
 sp<FilterClient> DemuxClient::openFilter(DemuxFilterType type, int bufferSize,
         sp<FilterClientCallback> cb) {
     if (mTunerDemux != NULL) {
diff --git a/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.h b/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.h
index c38a8fa346905..46b0a3d4c9b80 100644
--- a/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.h
+++ b/media/jni/tuner/DemuxClient.h
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public:
      */
     Result setFrontendDataSource(sp<FrontendClient> frontendClient);
 
+    /**
+     * Set a frontend resource by handle as data input of the demux.
+     */
+    Result setFrontendDataSourceById(int frontendId);
+
     /**
      * Open a new filter client.
      */