diff --git a/android-project/app/build.gradle b/android-project/app/build.gradle
index b670a69c8..ed2dc7a56 100644
--- a/android-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 25
-    buildToolsVersion "25.0.1"
+    compileSdkVersion 16
+    buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "org.libsdl.app"
-        minSdkVersion 10
+        minSdkVersion 14
         targetSdkVersion 16
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            ndkBuild {
+                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-14"
+            }
+        }
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
     buildTypes {
@@ -19,7 +24,11 @@ android {
     }
     sourceSets.main {
         jniLibs.srcDir 'libs'
-        jni.srcDirs = [] //disable automatic ndk-build call
+    }
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        ndkBuild {
+            path 'jni/Android.mk'
+        }
     }
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
     androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
     })
diff --git a/android-project/app/jni/Application.mk b/android-project/app/jni/Application.mk
index 70bcf0c24..b6dc19525 100644
--- a/android-project/app/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/android-project/app/jni/Application.mk
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 APP_ABI := all
 
 # Min SDK level
-APP_PLATFORM=android-10
+APP_PLATFORM=android-14
diff --git a/build-scripts/androidbuild.sh b/build-scripts/androidbuild.sh
index 916831cce..814578182 100755
--- a/build-scripts/androidbuild.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/androidbuild.sh
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$SOURCES" ]; then
     echo "Usage: androidbuild.sh com.yourcompany.yourapp < sources.list"
     echo "Usage: androidbuild.sh com.yourcompany.yourapp source1.c source2.c ...sourceN.c"
     echo "To copy SDL source instead of symlinking: COPYSOURCE=1 androidbuild.sh ... "
-    echo "You can pass additional arguments to ndk-build with the NDKARGS variable: NDKARGS=\"-s\" androidbuild.sh ..."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
-
 SDLPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." ; pwd -P )"
 
 if [ -z "$ANDROID_HOME" ];then
@@ -38,34 +35,11 @@ if [ -z "$ANDROID_HOME" ];then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-NDKBUILD=`which ndk-build`
-if [ -z "$NDKBUILD" ];then
-    echo "Could not find the ndk-build utility, install Android's NDK and add it to the path"
+if [ ! -d "$ANDROID_HOME/ndk-bundle" -a -z "$ANDROID_NDK_HOME" ]; then
+    echo "Please set the ANDROID_NDK_HOME directory to the path of the Android NDK"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-ANDROID="$ANDROID_HOME/tools/android"
-if [ ! -f "$ANDROID" ]; then
-    ANDROID=`which android`
-fi
-if [ -z "$ANDROID" ];then
-    echo "Could not find the android utility, install Android's SDK and add it to the path"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-NCPUS="1"
-case "$OSTYPE" in
-    darwin*)
-        NCPU=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
-        ;; 
-    linux*)
-        if [ -n `which nproc` ]; then
-            NCPUS=`nproc`
-        fi  
-        ;;
-  *);;
-esac
-
 APP="$1"
 APPARR=(${APP//./ })
 BUILDPATH="$SDLPATH/build/$APP"
@@ -121,24 +95,6 @@ public class $ACTIVITY extends SDLActivity
 __EOF__
 
 # Update project and build
-cd $BUILDPATH
-pushd $BUILDPATH/app/jni
-$NDKBUILD -j $NCPUS $NDKARGS
-popd
-
-# Start gradle build
-$BUILDPATH/gradlew build
-
-cd $CURDIR
-
-APK="$BUILDPATH/app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk"
-
-if [ -f "$APK" ]; then
-    echo "Your APK is ready at $APK"
-    echo "To install to your device: "
-    echo "$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools/adb install -r $APK"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "There was an error building the APK"
-exit 1
+echo "To build and install to a device for testing, run the following:"
+echo "cd $BUILDPATH"
+echo "./gradlew installDebug"
diff --git a/docs/README-android.md b/docs/README-android.md
index 1bf4dfd9f..87cff3ff3 100644
--- a/docs/README-android.md
+++ b/docs/README-android.md
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ The rest of this README covers the traditional style build process.
 Android SDK (version 16 or later)
 https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
 
-Android NDK r7 or later
+Android NDK r10e or later
 https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html
 
-Minimum API level supported by SDL: 10 (Android 2.3.3)
-Joystick support is available for API level >= 12 devices.
+Minimum API level supported by SDL: 14 (Android 4.0.1)
 
 
 ================================================================================
@@ -393,22 +392,13 @@ https://developer.nvidia.com/tegra-graphics-debugger
 
 
 ================================================================================
- Why is API level 10 the minimum required?
+ Why is API level 14 the minimum required?
 ================================================================================
 
-API level 10 is the minimum required level at runtime (that is, on the device) 
-because SDL requires some functionality for running not
-available on older devices. Since the incorporation of joystick support into SDL,
-the minimum SDK required to *build* SDL is version 16. Devices running API levels
-10-11 are still supported, only with the joystick functionality disabled.
-
-Support for native OpenGL ES and ES2 applications was introduced in the NDK for
-API level 4 and 8. EGL was made a stable API in the NDK for API level 9, which
-has since then been obsoleted, with the recommendation to developers to bump the
-required API level to 10.
+The latest NDK toolchain doesn't support targeting earlier than API level 14.
 As of this writing, according to https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
-about 90% of the Android devices accessing Google Play support API level 10 or
-higher (March 2013).
+about 99% of the Android devices accessing Google Play support API level 14 or
+higher (October 2017).
 
 
 ================================================================================