Per #3371 Bazel development support is very limited on Windows. While we know a subsystem is a viable path forward for Bazel, it introduces an awkward bifurcation where the repository lives in Windows & the user does development via Windows Android Studio, but uses Bazel within an Ubuntu subsystem.

A better alternative might be to instead set up a VM and run both Android Studio and Bazel from the same Unix-based environment. We need to investigate & document the steps to ensure this approach is viable for all aspects of Oppia Android development:

• Using git to clone & modify Oppia Android
• Running Android Studio
• Building & running tests via Gradle (in Android Studio)
• Building & running tests via Bazel (CLI)
• Deploying the app binary & tests to a real device
• Starting an emulator
• Deploying the app binary & tests to an emulator