diff --git a/lib/java/android/build.gradle b/lib/java/android/build.gradle
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+++ b/lib/java/android/build.gradle
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+
+android {
+  compileSdkVersion 23
+  buildToolsVersion "23.0.1"
+  useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
+  sourceSets.main.java {
+    srcDir '../src'
+    exclude 'org/apache/thrift/transport/TSaslClientTransport.java'
+    exclude 'org/apache/thrift/transport/TSaslServerTransport.java'
+    exclude 'org/apache/thrift/transport/TSaslTransport.java'
+  }
+}
+
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+dependencies {
+  compile 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.13'
+  compile 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
+  compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.4'
+}
+
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/java/android/settings.gradle b/lib/java/android/settings.gradle
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+++ b/lib/java/android/settings.gradle
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+rootProject.name='thrift'
diff --git a/lib/java/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/lib/java/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
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+++ b/lib/java/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<manifest package="org.apache.thrift">
+  <application />
+</manifest>