diff --git a/src/android/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/android/app/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af3c3f62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
+
+# TODO: actually add files to compile
+
+# find Android's log library
+find_library(log-lib log)
diff --git a/src/android/app/build.gradle b/src/android/app/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ada265a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 26
+    buildToolsVersion '28.0.3'
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+
+    lintOptions {
+        // This is important as it will run lint but not abort on error
+        // Lint has some overly obnoxious "errors" that should really be warnings
+        abortOnError false
+    }
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        applicationId "org.citra_emu"
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 26
+
+        versionCode(getBuildVersionCode())
+
+        versionName "${getVersion()}"
+    }
+
+    signingConfigs {
+        release {
+            if (project.hasProperty('keystore')) {
+                storeFile file(project.property('keystore'))
+                storePassword project.property('storepass')
+                keyAlias project.property('keyalias')
+                keyPassword project.property('keypass')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Define build types, which are orthogonal to product flavors.
+    buildTypes {
+        // Signed by release key, allowing for upload to Play Store.
+        release {
+            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
+        }
+
+        // Signed by debug key disallowing distribution on Play Store.
+        // Attaches 'debug' suffix to version and package name, allowing installation alongside the release build.
+        debug {
+            // TODO If this is ever modified, change application_id in debug/strings.xml
+            applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
+            versionNameSuffix '-debug'
+            jniDebuggable true
+        }
+    }
+
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            version getCmakeVersion()
+            path "CMakeLists.txt"
+        }
+    }
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            cmake {
+                cppFlags "-std=c++17"
+                arguments "-DENABLE_QT=0", // Don't use QT
+                        "-DENABLE_SDL2=0", // Don't use SDL
+                        "-DANDROID_ARM_NEON=true", // cryptopp requires Neon to work
+                        "-DENABLE_CUBEB=0"
+                        "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
+
+                abiFilters "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+ext {
+    androidSupportVersion = '26.1.0'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation "com.android.support:support-v13:$androidSupportVersion"
+    implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$androidSupportVersion"
+    implementation "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:$androidSupportVersion"
+    implementation "com.android.support:design:$androidSupportVersion"
+
+    // Android TV UI libraries.
+    implementation "com.android.support:leanback-v17:$androidSupportVersion"
+
+    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
+}
+
+def getVersion() {
+    def versionNumber = '0.0'
+
+    try {
+        versionNumber = 'git describe --always --long'.execute([], project.rootDir).text
+                .trim()
+                .replaceAll(/(-0)?-[^-]+$/, "")
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        logger.error('Cannot find git, defaulting to dummy version number')
+    }
+
+    return versionNumber
+}
+
+
+def getBuildVersionCode() {
+    try {
+        def versionNumber = 'git rev-list --first-parent --count HEAD'.execute([], project.rootDir).text
+                .trim()
+        return Integer.valueOf(versionNumber)
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+        logger.error('Cannot find git, defaulting to dummy version number')
+    }
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+def getCmakeVersion() {
+    try {
+        // Tokenized form of the output will be - ["cmake", "version", "M.m.p-rcx"], the version number
+        // will be at index 2
+        def version_string = 'cmake -version'.execute([], project.rootDir).text
+                .trim().tokenize()[2]
+
+        return version_string
+    }
+    catch(Exception e) {
+        logger.error('Cannot find Cmake, using default Cmake')
+    }
+
+    return null
+}
diff --git a/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b424510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
+# debugging stack traces.
+#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
+# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
+# hide the original source file name.
+#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/androidTest/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/src/android/app/src/androidTest/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7055de885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/app/src/androidTest/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.citra_emu.citra;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
+    @Test
+    public void useAppContext() {
+        // Context of the app under test.
+        Context appContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
+
+        assertEquals("org.citra_emu.citra_android", appContext.getPackageName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/test/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleUnitTest.java b/src/android/app/src/test/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..066ffe6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/app/src/test/java/org/citra_emu/citra/ExampleUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.citra_emu.citra;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
+ */
+public class ExampleUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void addition_isCorrect() {
+        assertEquals(4, 2 + 2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/android/build.gradle b/src/android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df75d6a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
+
+buildscript {
+
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
+
+        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
+        // in the individual module build.gradle files
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+    }
+}
+
+task clean(type: Delete) {
+    delete rootProject.buildDir
+}
diff --git a/src/android/gradle.properties b/src/android/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..743d692ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Project-wide Gradle settings.
+# IDE (e.g. Android Studio) users:
+# Gradle settings configured through the IDE *will override*
+# any settings specified in this file.
+# For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
+# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
+# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
+# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
+# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
+# org.gradle.parallel=true
diff --git a/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a3265ee9
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa4a78943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Fri Nov 09 14:15:11 CST 2018
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip
diff --git a/src/android/gradlew b/src/android/gradlew
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cccdd3d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/src/android/gradlew.bat b/src/android/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9553162f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/src/android/settings.gradle b/src/android/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7b4def49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/android/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include ':app'