diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a56b84280..97cb617942 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ matrix:
         - REACT_NATIVE_VERSION=0.49.3
       android:
         components:
-          - build-tools-25.0.3
-          - android-25
+          - build-tools-27.0.2
+          - build-tools-26.0.2
+          - android-27
           - extra-android-m2repository
           - extra-google-google_play_services
           - extra-google-m2repository
-          - sys-img-armeabi-v7a-android-26
+          - sys-img-armeabi-v7a-android-27
       install:
       - ./scripts/install.android.sh
       script:
diff --git a/detox/android/build.gradle b/detox/android/build.gradle
index 3d7ff75dad..046b3d1425 100644
--- a/detox/android/build.gradle
+++ b/detox/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
-        classpath 'com.palantir:jacoco-coverage:0.4.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
     }
 }
 
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenLocal()
         jcenter()
-        maven {
-            url "https://maven.google.com"
-        }
+        google()
     }
 }
diff --git a/detox/android/detox/build.gradle b/detox/android/detox/build.gradle
index bdc6bf09dc..bf7a18319b 100644
--- a/detox/android/detox/build.gradle
+++ b/detox/android/detox/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
-apply plugin: 'com.palantir.jacoco-coverage'
-apply plugin: 'com.palantir.jacoco-full-report'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 25
-    buildToolsVersion '25.0.3'
+    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 18
         targetSdkVersion 25
@@ -12,25 +10,19 @@ android {
         versionName "1.0"
     }
 
-    publishNonDefault true
-
     productFlavors {
-        oldOkhttp {
+        flavorDimensions "minReactNative"
+        minReactNative44 {
+            dimension "minReactNative"
 
         }
-        newOkhttp {
-
+        minReactNative46 {
+            dimension "minReactNative"
         }
     }
 
     testOptions {
         unitTests.returnDefaultValues = true
-        unitTests.all {
-            jacoco {
-                includeNoLocationClasses = true
-            }
-        }
-
 
         unitTests.all { t ->
             reports {
@@ -65,27 +57,21 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-
+    minReactNative44Implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.4.1'
+    minReactNative44Implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-ws:3.4.1'
 
-    oldOkhttpCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.4.1'
-    oldOkhttpCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-ws:3.4.1'
+    minReactNative46Implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
+    minReactNative46Implementation 'com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0'
 
-    newOkhttpCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
-    newOkhttpCompile 'com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0'
-
-    compile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.0', {
+    implementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.0', {
         exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs'
     })
 
-    compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.4'
-
-    compile 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0'
-    compile 'com.android.support.test:rules:1.0'
-    compile 'com.android.support.test.uiautomator:uiautomator-v18:2.1.2'
+    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.4'
+    implementation 'com.android.support.test.uiautomator:uiautomator-v18:2.1.3'
 
-    testCompile 'org.json:json:20140107'
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    testCompile 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.5.2'
-    testCompile 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20140107'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.5.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2'
 }
diff --git a/detox/android/detox/src/main/java/com/wix/detox/espresso/UiAutomatorHelper.java b/detox/android/detox/src/main/java/com/wix/detox/espresso/UiAutomatorHelper.java
index 1b45298d5d..7060b1d045 100644
--- a/detox/android/detox/src/main/java/com/wix/detox/espresso/UiAutomatorHelper.java
+++ b/detox/android/detox/src/main/java/com/wix/detox/espresso/UiAutomatorHelper.java
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package com.wix.detox.espresso;
 
-import android.app.UiAutomation;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
 import android.support.test.espresso.Espresso;
 import android.support.test.espresso.ViewInteraction;
-import android.support.test.uiautomator.InstrumentationUiAutomatorBridge;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Choreographer;
@@ -26,9 +24,6 @@
 public class UiAutomatorHelper {
     private static final String LOG_TAG = "detox";
 
-    private static final String CLASS_INTERACTION_CONTROLLER =
-            "android.support.test.uiautomator.InteractionController";
-
     private static final String FIELD_UI_CONTROLLER = "uiController";
 
     private static final String METHOD_LOOP_UNTIL_IDLE = "loopMainThreadUntilIdle";
@@ -76,31 +71,6 @@ public void run() {
         });
     }
 
-    private static Object interactionController = null;
-
-    public static Object getInteractionController() {
-        if (interactionController != null) {
-            return interactionController;
-        }
-        UiAutomation uiAutomation;
-        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24) {
-            uiAutomation = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getUiAutomation(UiAutomation.FLAG_DONT_SUPPRESS_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICES);
-        } else {
-            uiAutomation = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getUiAutomation();
-        }
-        Context ctx = InstrumentationRegistry.getContext();
-        InstrumentationUiAutomatorBridge bridge = new InstrumentationUiAutomatorBridge(ctx, uiAutomation);
-        Class<?> interActionControllerClass;
-        try {
-            interActionControllerClass = Class.forName(CLASS_INTERACTION_CONTROLLER);
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Can't find InteractionController class. UiAutomator is not on classpath?", e);
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-        interactionController = Reflect.on(interActionControllerClass).create(bridge).get();
-        return interactionController;
-    }
-
     public static float getDensity() {
         Context context = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext().getApplicationContext();
         return context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density;
diff --git a/detox/android/detox/src/oldOkhttp/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java b/detox/android/detox/src/minReactNative44/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from detox/android/detox/src/oldOkhttp/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
rename to detox/android/detox/src/minReactNative44/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
diff --git a/detox/android/detox/src/newOkhttp/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java b/detox/android/detox/src/minReactNative46/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
similarity index 100%
rename from detox/android/detox/src/newOkhttp/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
rename to detox/android/detox/src/minReactNative46/java/com/wix/detox/WebSocketClient.java
diff --git a/detox/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/detox/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 873ba02e5c..9a8318f160 100644
--- a/detox/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/detox/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sun Jun 25 19:58:35 IDT 2017
+#Wed Dec 20 14:09:27 IST 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/AndroidDriver.js b/detox/src/devices/AndroidDriver.js
index fda0d6aed8..b5e7ddb461 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/AndroidDriver.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/AndroidDriver.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const {spawn} = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const log = require('npmlog');
 const invoke = require('../invoke');
@@ -27,8 +29,20 @@ class AndroidDriver extends DeviceDriverBase {
 
   async installApp(deviceId, binaryPath) {
     await this.adb.install(deviceId, binaryPath);
-    const testApkPath = binaryPath.split('.apk')[0] + '-androidTest.apk';
-    await this.adb.install(deviceId, testApkPath);
+    await this.adb.install(deviceId, this.getTestApkPath(binaryPath));
+  }
+
+  getTestApkPath(originalApkPath) {
+    const originalApkPathObj = path.parse(originalApkPath);
+    let splitPath = originalApkPathObj.dir.split(path.sep);
+    splitPath.splice(splitPath.length-1 , 0, 'androidTest');
+    const testApkPath = path.join(splitPath.join(path.sep), `${originalApkPathObj.name}-androidTest${originalApkPathObj.ext}`);
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(testApkPath)) {
+      throw new Error(`'${testApkPath}' could not be found, did you run './gradlew assembleAndroidTest' ?`);
+    }
+
+    return testApkPath;
   }
 
   async uninstallApp(deviceId, bundleId) {
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/android/Emulator.js b/detox/src/devices/android/Emulator.js
index d34fb9ef7e..a065ab7e98 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/android/Emulator.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/android/Emulator.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Emulator {
       tail.unwatch();
       fs.closeSync(stdout);
       fs.closeSync(stderr);
-      fs.unlink(tempLog);
+      fs.unlink(tempLog, () => {});
       promise._cpResolve();
     }
 
diff --git a/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle b/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
index 5d803872a2..30858e59d7 100644
--- a/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ apply plugin: "com.android.application"
 apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 25
-    buildToolsVersion '25.0.3'
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion '27.0.2'
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.wix.detox.test"
         minSdkVersion 18
-        targetSdkVersion 25
+        targetSdkVersion 26
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         ndk {
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ android {
         }
         testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        missingDimensionStrategy "minReactNative", "minReactNative46"
         /*
         testInstrumentationRunnerArguments = [
                 'detoxServer': 'ws://localhost:8099',
@@ -25,9 +26,6 @@ android {
         */
     }
 
-    //unremark to generate app-release-androidTest.apk for release tests
-    //testBuildType "release"
-
     signingConfigs {
         release {
             storeFile file("keystore.jks")
@@ -52,15 +50,13 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
-    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1"
-    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
-
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2"
+    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules
 
-    androidTestCompile(project(path: ":detox", configuration: "newOkhttpDebug"), {
-        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
-    })
+    androidTestImplementation(project(path: ":detox"))
+    androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.1'
 }
 
 // Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK
diff --git a/detox/test/android/build.gradle b/detox/test/android/build.gradle
index 2b7df2c496..8f3a5f42a7 100644
--- a/detox/test/android/build.gradle
+++ b/detox/test/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
-        classpath 'com.palantir:jacoco-coverage:0.4.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
     }
 }
 
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenLocal()
         jcenter()
-        maven {
-            url "https://maven.google.com"
-        }
+        google()
         maven {
             url "$projectDir/../../node_modules/react-native/android"
         }
diff --git a/detox/test/android/gradle.properties b/detox/test/android/gradle.properties
index 21edee9d37..935168d5f5 100644
--- a/detox/test/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/detox/test/android/gradle.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 android.useDeprecatedNdk=true
+android.enableAapt2=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/detox/test/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/detox/test/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index c6cbefef30..749eaf0e74 100644
--- a/detox/test/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/detox/test/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip
diff --git a/detox/test/package.json b/detox/test/package.json
index ab8842aa19..95bed81220 100644
--- a/detox/test/package.json
+++ b/detox/test/package.json
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
 				}
 			},
 			"android.emu.debug": {
-				"binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk",
+				"binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk",
 				"build": "cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug && cd ..",
 				"type": "android.emulator",
 				"name": "Nexus_5X_API_24"
 			},
 			"android.emu.release": {
-				"binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-release.apk",
+				"binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk",
 				"build": "cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=release && cd ..",
 				"type": "android.emulator",
 				"name": "Nexus_5X_API_26"
diff --git a/docs/Introduction.Android.md b/docs/Introduction.Android.md
index f9fd18509b..691fa9eda2 100644
--- a/docs/Introduction.Android.md
+++ b/docs/Introduction.Android.md
@@ -1,85 +1,103 @@
-# Adding Android
+# Detox for Android
 
 ## Setup
+Detox 7 was updated to support Android gradle plugin 3.0.0. This is a breaking change that makes it impossible to support previous Android gradle plugin versions.
+
+https://developer.android.com/studio/build/gradle-plugin-3-0-0-migration.html
+
+For older Android gradle plugin support use `detox@6.x.x` instead ([previous setup guide here](https://github.com/wix/detox/blob/97654071573053def90e8207be8eba011408f977/docs/Introduction.Android.md)).<br>
+**Detox 6 will not continue to be updated, to continue getting updates and features, update your Android gradle config and migrate to Detox 7.**
 
 ### 1. Do the initial setup described in the Getting Started Guide
 
 - [Getting Started](Introduction.GettingStarted.md)
 
-### 2. Add the detox Android project as an androidTestCompile dependency
+### 2. Add Detox dependency to an Android project
+
+In `android/settings.gradle` add:
 
-You need to add this into your `android/settings.gradle`:
 ```gradle
 include ':detox'
 project(':detox').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/detox/android/detox')
 ```
 
-> In case your project’s RN version is at least 0.46.0 change the oldOkhttp configuration string to newOkhttp, in the `app/build.gradle` here.
-
-In the `android/app/build.gradle` you need to add this into your dependencies section:
+In `android/app/build.gradle` add this to `defaultConfig` section:
 
 ```gradle
-androidTestCompile(project(path: ":detox", configuration: "newOkhttpDebug"), {
-    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
-})
+  defaultConfig {
+      ...
+      testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')  //this will later be used to control the test apk build type
+      missingDimensionStrategy "minReactNative", "minReactNative46" //read note
+      testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+      ...
+  }
 ```
-
 Please be aware that the `minSdkVersion` needs to be at least 18.
 
-### 3. Add `jacoco-coverage` as dependency in the buildscript
+> ###### Choosing the right build type (in missingDimensionStrategy)
+>Detox runs on multiple React Native versions, choose the correct build type to support the version you use.<br>
+>**Available versions:**
+>
+>* `minReactNative44`: Support for React Native 0.44-0.45
+>* `minReactNative46`: Support for React Native 0.46+
 
-You need to add this to `android/build.gradle` into `buildscript > dependencies`:
 
-```gradle
-classpath 'com.palantir:jacoco-coverage:0.4.0'
-```
+In `android/app/build.gradle` add this in `dependencies` section:
 
-And in the same file you need to add this under `allprojects > repositories`:
 ```gradle
-maven {
-    url "https://maven.google.com"
+dependencies {
+	...
+    androidTestImplementation(project(path: ":detox"))
+    androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.1'
+    ...
 }
 ```
 
-### 4. Introduce [Espresso](https://developer.android.com/training/testing/espresso/index.html) test runner
+In `android/build.gradle` add this to`buildscript > dependencies`:
 
-Detox Android is a standard Android integration test. Although, it is completely asynchronous.
+```gradle
+classpath 'com.palantir:jacoco-coverage:0.4.0'
+```
 
-It uses Espresso internally, therefore you have to use an AndroidJUnitRunner as your test runner (or a subclass of it).
-For this you need to modify your `android/app/build.gradle`:
+And in the same file you need to add this under `allprojects > repositories`:
 
-```gradle 
-android {
-    defaultConfig {
-        testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug') //this will later be used to control the test apk build type
-        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+```gradle
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+	     ...
+        google()
+        ...
     }
 }
 ```
 
-### 5. Create Android Test class
+### 3. Create Android Test class
 
 You need to add the file `android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/[your.package]/DetoxTest.java` and fill it like [this](../detox/test/android/app/src/androidTest/java/com/example/DetoxTest.java), expect that you need to change the package to your projects name.
 
-### 6. Add Android configuration
+### 4. Add Android configuration
 
 Add this part to your `package.json`:
 
 ```json
-"detox": {
+"detox" : {
     "configurations": {
         "android.emu.debug": {
-            "binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk",
-            "build": "pushd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug && popd",
+            "binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk",
+            "build":
+            "cd android && ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug && cd ..",
             "type": "android.emulator",
-            "name": "Nexus_5X_API_25"
+            "name": "Nexus_5X_API_24"
         },
         "android.emu.release": {
-           "binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk",
-           "build": "pushd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=release && popd",
-           "type": "android.emulator",
-           "name": "Nexus_5X_API_25"
-        } 
+            "binaryPath": "android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk",
+            "build":
+            "cd android && ./gradlew assembleRelease assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=release && cd ..",
+            "type": "android.emulator",
+            "name": "Nexus_5X_API_26"
+        }
     }
 }
 ```
@@ -93,7 +111,7 @@ Following device types could be used to control Android devices:
 `android.attached`. Connect to already-attached android device. The device should be listed in the output of `adb devices` command under provided `name`.
 Use this type to connect to Genymotion emulator.
 
-### 7. Run the tests
+### 5. Run the tests
 
 Using the `android.emu.debug` configuration from above, you can invoke it in the standard way.
 
diff --git a/scripts/testProjRN49to44.diff b/scripts/testProjRN49to44.diff
index acb32c97d6..eb1a25e610 100644
--- a/scripts/testProjRN49to44.diff
+++ b/scripts/testProjRN49to44.diff
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 diff --git a/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle b/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
-index 5d80387..dceb441 100644
+index 30858e5..1a62967 100644
 --- a/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
 +++ b/detox/test/android/app/build.gradle
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies {
- 
-     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
- 
--    androidTestCompile(project(path: ":detox", configuration: "newOkhttpDebug"), {
-+    androidTestCompile(project(path: ":detox", configuration: "oldOkhttpDebug"), {
-         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
-     })
- }
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ android {
+         }
+         testBuildType System.getProperty('testBuildType', 'debug')
+         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+-        missingDimensionStrategy "minReactNative", "minReactNative46"
++        missingDimensionStrategy "minReactNative", "minReactNative44"
+         /*
+         testInstrumentationRunnerArguments = [
+                 'detoxServer': 'ws://localhost:8099',
 diff --git a/detox/test/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/NativeModulePackage.java b/detox/test/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/NativeModulePackage.java
 index 83bc447..410b8fc 100644
 --- a/detox/test/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/NativeModulePackage.java