diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ffe3aca9..eca22dc7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,4 @@ To build the mobile app, along with python, you will need
 - The Java JDK (development kit - the runtime JRE is not enough)
 - The Android SDK
 
-Run `build.py mobile` to build IITC Mobile in debug mode.
-
-Note that part of the build.py process includes copying the IITC script files into the `mobile/res` subfolder.
-If this isn't done (e.g. you build IITC Mobile directly from Eclipse) you will end up with a broken build.
+Run `build.py mobile` to build IITC Mobile in debug mode.
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diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index f77e51fc0..c3ac6596b 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def saveScriptAndMeta(script,ourDir,filename,oldDir=None):
             print ("Error: mobile app failed to build. gradlew returned %d" % retcode)
             exit(1) # ant may return 256, but python seems to allow only values <256
         else:
-            shutil.copy("mobile/app/build/outputs/apk/app-%s.apk" % buildMobile, os.path.join(outDir,"IITC_Mobile-%s.apk" % buildMobile) )
+            shutil.copy("mobile/app/build/outputs/apk/%s/app-%s.apk" % (buildMobile, buildMobile), os.path.join(outDir,"IITC_Mobile-%s.apk" % buildMobile) )
 
 
 # run any postBuild commands
diff --git a/mobile/.gitignore b/mobile/.gitignore
index e8a2a783d..4e4679147 100644
--- a/mobile/.gitignore
+++ b/mobile/.gitignore
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ local.properties
 *.iws
 .idea/workspace.xml
 .idea/tasks.xml
+.idea/misc.xml
 
 # Proguard logs
 proguard_logs/
diff --git a/mobile/app/build.gradle b/mobile/app/build.gradle
index bceae8f11..765b2af70 100644
--- a/mobile/app/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 21
-    buildToolsVersion "21.1.1"
+    compileSdkVersion 28
+    buildToolsVersion "28.0.3"
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.cradle.iitc_mobile"
         minSdkVersion 14
-        targetSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 28
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            runProguard false
+            minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
         }
     }
@@ -18,7 +18,22 @@ android {
             assets.srcDirs = ['../assets']
         }
     }
+    useLibrary 'org.apache.http.legacy'
 }
+
 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.1.0'
-}
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+    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.+'
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+}
+
+task copyUserscripts(type: Copy)
+
+copyUserscripts {
+    description = 'Updating prebuilt plugins'
+    from '../assets'
+    into 'src/main/assets'
+    include('*')
+    include('**/*')
+}
+
+preBuild.dependsOn copyUserscripts
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diff --git a/mobile/build.gradle b/mobile/build.gradle
index a51686871..121127f9d 100644
--- a/mobile/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 // 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:0.12.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
     }
 }
 allprojects {
     repositories {
+        google()
         jcenter()
     }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/mobile/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1e61d1fd3..590bb1906 100644
--- a/mobile/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/mobile/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.12-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-all.zip
+