diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index b668c9d4e8629..762b6e89f2d0f 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -4647,9 +4647,12 @@ package android.util {
   }
 
   public final class StatsManager {
+    method public boolean addConfiguration(java.lang.String, byte[], java.lang.String, java.lang.String);
     method public boolean addConfiguration(long, byte[], java.lang.String, java.lang.String);
+    method public byte[] getData(java.lang.String);
     method public byte[] getData(long);
     method public byte[] getMetadata();
+    method public boolean removeConfiguration(java.lang.String);
     method public boolean removeConfiguration(long);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/util/StatsManager.java b/core/java/android/util/StatsManager.java
index c25b272c11b94..e0d085cfaa66c 100644
--- a/core/java/android/util/StatsManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/util/StatsManager.java
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ public final class StatsManager {
     public StatsManager() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Temporary to prevent build failures. Will be deleted.
+     */
+    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.DUMP)
+    public boolean addConfiguration(String configKey, byte[] config, String pkg, String cls) {
+        // To prevent breakages of dependencies on old API.
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clients can send a configuration and simultaneously registers the name of a broadcast
      * receiver that listens for when it should request data.
@@ -69,6 +79,15 @@ public final class StatsManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Temporary to prevent build failures. Will be deleted.
+     */
+    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.DUMP)
+    public boolean removeConfiguration(String configKey) {
+        // To prevent breakages of old dependencies.
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove a configuration from logging.
      *
@@ -92,6 +111,16 @@ public final class StatsManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Temporary to prevent build failures. Will be deleted.
+     */
+    @RequiresPermission(Manifest.permission.DUMP)
+    public byte[] getData(String configKey) {
+        // TODO: remove this and all other methods with String-based config keys.
+        // To prevent build breakages of dependencies.
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clients can request data with a binder call. This getter is destructive and also clears
      * the retrieved metrics from statsd memory.