diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index cd8543608..13d258b96 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.application'
+}
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 29
-    buildToolsVersion "29.0.3"
+    namespace 'com.microsoft.research.SEAL'
+    compileSdk 32
+
     defaultConfig {
-        applicationId "com.microsoft.seal"
-        minSdkVersion 24
-        targetSdkVersion 29
+        applicationId "com.microsoft.research.SEAL"
+        minSdk 28
+        targetSdk 32
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
+
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
@@ -33,25 +37,33 @@ android {
             abiFilters 'arm64-v8a'
         }
     }
+
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
     externalNativeBuild {
         cmake {
-            path "$rootDir/../CMakeLists.txt"
-            version "3.12.0+"
+            path file('../../CMakeLists.txt')
+            version '3.18.1+'
         }
     }
-    ndkVersion "22.1.7171670"
+    buildFeatures {
+        viewBinding true
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.0'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.5.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.3'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0'
 }
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index ecca2ce64..450561f91 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,28 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
 // 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:4.1.3'
-
-        // 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
+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.application' version '7.3.1' apply false
+    id 'com.android.library' version '7.3.1' apply false
 }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 5d7ade5aa..e96cee5c4 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # 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
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 # 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
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 # Android operating system, and which are packaged with your app's APK
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
 android.useAndroidX=true
-# Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
-android.enableJetifier=true
+# Enables namespacing of each library's R class so that its R class includes only the
+# resources declared in the library itself and none from the library's dependencies,
+# thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f6b961fd5..e708b1c02 100644
Binary files a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3f10bfac5..117ffce84 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
 
-#Mon Apr 06 10:08:19 PDT 2020
+#Fri Dec 23 22:19:39 PST 2022
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.3-all.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/android/gradlew b/android/gradlew
index cccdd3d51..4f906e0c8 100644
--- a/android/gradlew
+++ b/android/gradlew
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed 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
+#
+#      https://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.
+#
+
 ##############################################################################
 ##
 ##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
@@ -28,7 +44,7 @@ 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=""
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
@@ -66,6 +82,7 @@ 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
@@ -109,10 +126,11 @@ 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 $cygwin ; then
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
@@ -138,19 +156,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
         else
             eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
         fi
-        i=$((i+1))
+        i=`expr $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" ;;
+        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
 
@@ -159,14 +177,9 @@ save () {
     for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
     echo " "
 }
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
 
 # 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/android/gradlew.bat b/android/gradlew.bat
index f9553162f..107acd32c 100644
--- a/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
 @if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
@@ -13,15 +29,18 @@ if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @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=
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
 @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
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -35,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -45,28 +64,14 @@ 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%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index 983cef286..2179c97f6 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+rootProject.name = "SEAL"
 include ':app'
-rootProject.name='SEAL'
diff --git a/pipelines/android.yml b/pipelines/android.yml
index 5fb48fc84..ed92ee82a 100644
--- a/pipelines/android.yml
+++ b/pipelines/android.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 steps:
+- task: JavaToolInstaller@0
+  displayName: Use Java 11
+  inputs:
+    versionSpec: '11'
+    jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
+    jdkSourceOption: 'PreInstalled'
+
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: Install CMake 3.18.6
   inputs:
@@ -33,13 +40,6 @@ steps:
       Expand-Archive -Path $NinjaZipFile -DestinationPath $ToolsDirectory
       Copy-Item -Path $NinjaExeFile -Destination "c:/Program Files/CMake/bin"
 
-- task: CmdLine@2
-  displayName: Update NDK
-  inputs:
-    script: |
-      echo Android home: %ANDROID_SDK_ROOT%
-      "%ANDROID_SDK_ROOT%/tools/bin/sdkmanager" --install "ndk;22.1.7171670"
-
 - task: Gradle@2
   displayName: Compile Android Native Libraries
   inputs:
@@ -51,19 +51,22 @@ steps:
     testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'
     tasks: 'compileReleaseSources'
 
-- task: CopyFiles@2
-  displayName: Copy files to staging directory
+- task: PowerShell@2
+  displayName: Copy binary files to staging directory
   inputs:
-    SourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/android/app/.cxx/cmake/release/arm64-v8a/lib/arm64-v8a'
-    Contents: 'libsealc.so'
-    TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/lib/arm64-v8a'
+    targetType: 'inline'
+    script: |
+      # Directories
+      $AndroidFilesDirectory = Join-Path -Path $Env:BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY -ChildPath android/app/.cxx
+      $TargetDirectoryArm64 = Join-Path -Path $Env:BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY -ChildPath lib/arm64-v8a
+      $TargetDirectoryX64 = Join-Path -Path $Env:BUILD_ARTIFACTSTAGINGDIRECTORY -ChildPath lib/x86_64
 
-- task: CopyFiles@2
-  displayName: Copy files to staging directory
-  inputs:
-    SourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/android/app/.cxx/cmake/release/x86_64/lib/x86_64'
-    Contents: 'libsealc.so'
-    TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/lib/x86_64'
+      # Create directory if necessary
+      mkdir -ErrorAction Ignore $TargetDirectoryArm64
+      mkdir -ErrorAction Ignore $TargetDirectoryX64
+
+      Get-ChildItem -Path $AndroidFilesDirectory -Recurse | Where {$_.Fullname -match 'RelWithDebInfo\\.*\\arm64-v8a\\lib\\arm64-v8a\\libsealc.so'} | Copy-Item -Destination $TargetDirectoryArm64
+      Get-ChildItem -Path $AndroidFilesDirectory -Recurse | Where {$_.Fullname -match 'RelWithDebInfo\\.*\\x86_64\\lib\\x86_64\\libsealc.so'} | Copy-Item -Destination $TargetDirectoryX64
 
 - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
   displayName: Publish build artifacts