diff --git a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
index f0f5926139f923..530876fcf76016 100644
--- a/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/RNTester/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 27
-    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.facebook.react.uiapp"
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index 36ed9fec52cb0f..c901fa3d4d39b3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 import de.undercouch.gradle.tasks.download.Download
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition.Os
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
 
 // We download various C++ open-source dependencies into downloads.
 // We then copy both the downloaded code and our custom makefiles and headers into third-party-ndk.
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ task prepareDoubleConversion(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadDoubleC
     from dependenciesPath ?: tarTree(downloadDoubleConversion.dest)
     from 'src/main/jni/third-party/double-conversion/Android.mk'
     include "double-conversion-${DOUBLE_CONVERSION_VERSION}/src/**/*", 'Android.mk'
-    filesMatching('*/src/**/*', {fname -> fname.path = "double-conversion/${fname.name}"})
+    filesMatching('*/src/**/*', { fname -> fname.path = "double-conversion/${fname.name}" })
     includeEmptyDirs = false
     into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/double-conversion"
 }
@@ -84,17 +85,17 @@ task prepareFolly(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadFolly], type: Copy
     from dependenciesPath ?: tarTree(downloadFolly.dest)
     from 'src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk'
     include "folly-${FOLLY_VERSION}/folly/**/*", 'Android.mk'
-    eachFile {fname -> fname.path = (fname.path - "folly-${FOLLY_VERSION}/")}
+    eachFile { fname -> fname.path = (fname.path - "folly-${FOLLY_VERSION}/") }
     includeEmptyDirs = false
 
     // Patch for folly build break on gcc 4.9 and could be removed after build by clang
     filesMatching('**/container/detail/F14Policy.h') {
         filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [
-            'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}': 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
-            'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}': 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
+                'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}': 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : value_({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
+                'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T{std::forward<Args>(args)...} {}'     : 'ObjectHolder(Args&&... args) : T({std::forward<Args>(args)...}) {}',
         ],
-        beginToken: '',
-        endToken: '')
+                beginToken: '',
+                endToken: '')
     }
 
     into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/folly"
@@ -116,20 +117,20 @@ task prepareGlog(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadGlog], type: Copy)
     includeEmptyDirs = false
     filesMatching('**/*.h.in') {
         filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: [
-                ac_cv_have_unistd_h: '1',
-                ac_cv_have_stdint_h: '1',
-                ac_cv_have_systypes_h: '1',
-                ac_cv_have_inttypes_h: '1',
-                ac_cv_have_libgflags: '0',
-                ac_google_start_namespace: 'namespace google {',
-                ac_cv_have_uint16_t: '1',
-                ac_cv_have_u_int16_t: '1',
-                ac_cv_have___uint16: '0',
-                ac_google_end_namespace: '}',
-                ac_cv_have___builtin_expect: '1',
-                ac_google_namespace: 'google',
-                ac_cv___attribute___noinline: '__attribute__ ((noinline))',
-                ac_cv___attribute___noreturn: '__attribute__ ((noreturn))',
+                ac_cv_have_unistd_h           : '1',
+                ac_cv_have_stdint_h           : '1',
+                ac_cv_have_systypes_h         : '1',
+                ac_cv_have_inttypes_h         : '1',
+                ac_cv_have_libgflags          : '0',
+                ac_google_start_namespace     : 'namespace google {',
+                ac_cv_have_uint16_t           : '1',
+                ac_cv_have_u_int16_t          : '1',
+                ac_cv_have___uint16           : '0',
+                ac_google_end_namespace       : '}',
+                ac_cv_have___builtin_expect   : '1',
+                ac_google_namespace           : 'google',
+                ac_cv___attribute___noinline  : '__attribute__ ((noinline))',
+                ac_cv___attribute___noreturn  : '__attribute__ ((noreturn))',
                 ac_cv___attribute___printf_4_5: '__attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, 4, 5)))'
         ])
         it.path = (it.name - '.in')
@@ -145,40 +146,61 @@ task prepareGlog(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadGlog], type: Copy)
     }
 }
 
-task downloadJSCHeaders(type: Download) {
-    // in sync with webkit SVN revision 174650
-    def jscAPIBaseURL = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebKit/webkit/38b15a3ba3c1b0798f2036f7cea36ffdc096202e/Source/JavaScriptCore/API/'
-    def jscHeaderFiles = ['JavaScript.h', 'JSBase.h', 'JSContextRef.h', 'JSObjectRef.h', 'JSStringRef.h', 'JSValueRef.h', 'WebKitAvailability.h']
-    def output = new File(downloadsDir, 'jsc')
-    output.mkdirs()
-    src(jscHeaderFiles.collect { headerName -> "$jscAPIBaseURL$headerName" })
+def readFromCommandLine(String cmd) {
+    new ByteArrayOutputStream().withStream { os ->
+        exec {
+            standardOutput os
+            commandLine cmd.split(" ")
+        }.assertNormalExitValue()
+        return os.toString().trim()
+    }
+}
+
+def isIdeBuild() {
+    return project.properties['android.injected.invoked.from.ide'] == 'true'
+}
+
+task downloadJSC(dependsOn: createNativeDepsDirectories, type: Download) {
+    if (isIdeBuild()) return
+
+    def packageJson = new JsonSlurper().parse(file("${rootDir}/package.json"))
+    def jscVersionName = packageJson.devDependencies["jsc-android"]
+    def jscVersion = readFromCommandLine("npm info jsc-android@$jscVersionName version")
+    def url = readFromCommandLine("npm info jsc-android@$jscVersionName dist.tarball")
+    src "$url"
     onlyIfNewer true
     overwrite false
-    dest output
+    dest new File(downloadsDir, "jsc-${jscVersion}.tar.gz")
 }
 
-// Create Android.mk library module based on so files from mvn + include headers fetched from webkit.org
-task prepareJSC(dependsOn: dependenciesPath ? [] : [downloadJSCHeaders]) {
-    doLast {
-        copy {
-            from zipTree(configurations.compile.fileCollection { dep -> dep.name == 'android-jsc' }.singleFile)
-            from dependenciesPath ? "$dependenciesPath/jsc-headers" : {downloadJSCHeaders.dest}
-            from 'src/main/jni/third-party/jsc'
-            include 'jni/**/*.so', '*.h', 'Android.mk'
-            filesMatching('*.h', { fname -> fname.path = "JavaScriptCore/${fname.path}"})
-            into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/jsc";
-        }
+// Create Android.mk library module based on jsc from npm
+task prepareJSC(dependsOn: downloadJSC) << {
+    copy {
+        def jscTar = tarTree(downloadJSC.dest)
+        def jscAAR = jscTar.matching({ it.include "**/android-jsc/**/*.aar" }).singleFile
+        def soFiles = zipTree(jscAAR).matching({ it.include "**/*.so" })
+
+        def headerFiles = jscTar.matching({ it.include "**/include/*.h" })
+
+        from soFiles
+        from headerFiles
+        from "src/main/jni/third-party/jsc/Android.mk"
+
+        filesMatching("**/*.h", { it.path = "JavaScriptCore/${it.name}"})
+
+        includeEmptyDirs false
+        into "$thirdPartyNdkDir/jsc"
     }
 }
 
 task downloadNdkBuildDependencies {
-  if (!boostPath) {
-    dependsOn downloadBoost
-  }
-  dependsOn downloadDoubleConversion
-  dependsOn downloadFolly
-  dependsOn downloadGlog
-  dependsOn downloadJSCHeaders
+    if (!boostPath) {
+        dependsOn downloadBoost
+    }
+    dependsOn downloadDoubleConversion
+    dependsOn downloadFolly
+    dependsOn downloadGlog
+    dependsOn downloadJSC
 }
 
 def getNdkBuildName() {
@@ -217,23 +239,23 @@ def getNdkBuildFullPath() {
     def ndkBuildFullPath = findNdkBuildFullPath()
     if (ndkBuildFullPath == null) {
         throw new GradleScriptException(
-            "ndk-build binary cannot be found, check if you've set " +
-            "\$ANDROID_NDK environment variable correctly or if ndk.dir is " +
-            "setup in local.properties",
-            null)
+                "ndk-build binary cannot be found, check if you've set " +
+                        "\$ANDROID_NDK environment variable correctly or if ndk.dir is " +
+                        "setup in local.properties",
+                null)
     }
     if (!new File(ndkBuildFullPath).canExecute()) {
         throw new GradleScriptException(
-            "ndk-build binary " + ndkBuildFullPath + " doesn't exist or isn't executable.\n" +
-            "Check that the \$ANDROID_NDK environment variable, or ndk.dir in local.properties, is set correctly.\n" +
-            "(On Windows, make sure you escape backslashes in local.properties or use forward slashes, e.g. C:\\\\ndk or C:/ndk rather than C:\\ndk)",
-            null)
+                "ndk-build binary " + ndkBuildFullPath + " doesn't exist or isn't executable.\n" +
+                        "Check that the \$ANDROID_NDK environment variable, or ndk.dir in local.properties, is set correctly.\n" +
+                        "(On Windows, make sure you escape backslashes in local.properties or use forward slashes, e.g. C:\\\\ndk or C:/ndk rather than C:\\ndk)",
+                null)
     }
     return ndkBuildFullPath
 }
 
 task buildReactNdkLib(dependsOn: [prepareJSC, prepareBoost, prepareDoubleConversion, prepareFolly, prepareGlog], type: Exec) {
-    inputs.dir('src/main/jni/react')
+    inputs.file('src/main/jni/react')
     outputs.dir("$buildDir/react-ndk/all")
     commandLine getNdkBuildFullPath(),
             'NDK_PROJECT_PATH=null',
@@ -244,21 +266,27 @@ task buildReactNdkLib(dependsOn: [prepareJSC, prepareBoost, prepareDoubleConvers
             "REACT_COMMON_DIR=$projectDir/../ReactCommon",
             "REACT_SRC_DIR=$projectDir/src/main/java/com/facebook/react",
             '-C', file('src/main/jni/react/jni').absolutePath,
-            '--jobs', project.hasProperty("jobs") ? project.property("jobs") : Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
+            '--jobs', project.findProperty("jobs") ?: Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
 }
 
 task cleanReactNdkLib(type: Exec) {
+    ignoreExitValue true
+    errorOutput new ByteArrayOutputStream()
     commandLine getNdkBuildFullPath(),
             "NDK_APPLICATION_MK=$projectDir/src/main/jni/Application.mk",
             "THIRD_PARTY_NDK_DIR=$buildDir/third-party-ndk",
             "REACT_COMMON_DIR=$projectDir/../ReactCommon",
             '-C', file('src/main/jni/react/jni').absolutePath,
             'clean'
+    doLast {
+        file(AAR_OUTPUT_URL).delete()
+        println "Deleted aar output dir at ${file(AAR_OUTPUT_URL)}"
+    }
 }
 
 task packageReactNdkLibs(dependsOn: buildReactNdkLib, type: Copy) {
     from "$buildDir/react-ndk/all"
-    exclude '**/libjsc.so'
+    from "$thirdPartyNdkDir/jsc/jni"
     into "$buildDir/react-ndk/exported"
 }
 
@@ -269,7 +297,6 @@ task packageReactNdkLibsForBuck(dependsOn: packageReactNdkLibs, type: Copy) {
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 27
-    buildToolsVersion "27.0.3"
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 16
@@ -291,7 +318,7 @@ android {
 
     sourceSets.main {
         jni.srcDirs = []
-        jniLibs.srcDirs = ["$buildDir/react-ndk/exported", 'src/main/jni/third-party/jsc/jni']
+        jniLibs.srcDir "$buildDir/react-ndk/exported"
         res.srcDirs = ['src/main/res/devsupport', 'src/main/res/shell', 'src/main/res/views/modal', 'src/main/res/views/uimanager']
         java {
             srcDirs = ['src/main/java', 'src/main/libraries/soloader/java', 'src/main/jni/first-party/fb/jni/java']
@@ -326,7 +353,6 @@ dependencies {
     api "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:${OKHTTP_VERSION}"
     api "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:${OKHTTP_VERSION}"
     api 'com.squareup.okio:okio:1.14.0'
-    compile 'org.webkit:android-jsc:r174650'
 
     testImplementation "junit:junit:${JUNIT_VERSION}"
     testImplementation "org.powermock:powermock-api-mockito:${POWERMOCK_VERSION}"
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
index cc66a47e39eb65..6fba6f20c98c43 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 apply plugin: 'maven'
 apply plugin: 'signing'
 
+ext {
+    AAR_OUTPUT_URL = "file://${projectDir}/../android"
+}
+
 // Gradle tasks for publishing to maven
 // 1) To install in local maven repo use :installArchives task
 // 2) To upload artifact to maven central use: :uploadArchives (you'd need to have the permission to do that)
@@ -15,15 +19,15 @@ def isReleaseBuild() {
 }
 
 def getRepositoryUrl() {
-    return project.hasProperty('repositoryUrl') ? property('repositoryUrl') : 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/'
+    return project.findProperty('repositoryUrl') ?: 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/'
 }
 
 def getRepositoryUsername() {
-    return project.hasProperty('repositoryUsername') ? property('repositoryUsername') : ''
+    return project.findProperty('repositoryUsername') ?: ''
 }
 
 def getRepositoryPassword() {
-    return project.hasProperty('repositoryPassword') ? property('repositoryPassword') : ''
+    return project.findProperty('repositoryPassword') ?: ''
 }
 
 def configureReactNativePom(def pom) {
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
         configuration = configurations.archives
         repositories.mavenDeployer {
             // Deploy to react-native/android, ready to publish to npm
-            repository url: "file://${projectDir}/../android"
+            repository url: AAR_OUTPUT_URL
 
             configureReactNativePom pom
         }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
index 942a122de79183..c73c0397f5d24d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/Application.mk
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ APP_MK_DIR := $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 #   etc.) are defined inside build.gradle.
 NDK_MODULE_PATH := $(APP_MK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(THIRD_PARTY_NDK_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(REACT_COMMON_DIR)$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(APP_MK_DIR)first-party$(HOST_DIRSEP)$(REACT_SRC_DIR)
 
-APP_STL := gnustl_shared
+APP_STL := c++_shared
 
 # Make sure every shared lib includes a .note.gnu.build-id header
 APP_CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror
 APP_CPPFLAGS := -std=c++1y
 APP_LDFLAGS := -Wl,--build-id
 
-NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION := 4.9
+NDK_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION := clang
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/Android.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/Android.mk
index 85e5fddc769de8..9259233cca8691 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/Android.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)
 #   ./../ == react
 LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/../..
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fexceptions -frtti
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fexceptions -frtti -Wno-unused-lambda-capture
 
 LOCAL_LDLIBS += -landroid
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
index 4700879022a26d..e285d10666f5e9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/folly/Android.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ FOLLY_FLAGS := \
   -DFOLLY_NO_CONFIG=1 \
   -DFOLLY_HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME=1 \
   -DFOLLY_HAVE_MEMRCHR=1 \
+  -DFOLLY_USE_LIBCPP=1
 
 # If APP_PLATFORM in Application.mk targets android-23 above, please comment this line.
 # NDK uses GNU style stderror_r() after API 23.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/glog/Android.mk b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/glog/Android.mk
index 1abd09655046d0..33ea07c9a26ab2 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/glog/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/third-party/glog/Android.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ LOCAL_CFLAGS += \
   -g \
   -O2 \
   -D_START_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_="namespace google {" \
-  -D_END_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_="}"
+  -D_END_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_="}" \
+  -DHAVE_PREAD=1
 
 
 LOCAL_MODULE := glog
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/Android.mk b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/Android.mk
index faf9935abee4c2..cd234d418c51fd 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/Android.mk
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/Android.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_C_INCLUDES)
 LOCAL_CFLAGS := \
   -DLOG_TAG=\"ReactNative\"
 
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fexceptions -frtti
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -fexceptions -frtti -Wno-unused-lambda-capture
 
 LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := boost
 LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := jsinspector libfolly_json glog
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f85d59f03c1adb..7db77a75ee0e1d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
         classpath 'de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:3.4.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
@@ -30,8 +30,3 @@ allprojects {
         }
     }
 }
-
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '4.4'
-    distributionUrl = distributionUrl.replace("bin", "all")
-}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 01b8bf6b1f99ca..29953ea141f55e 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b6517bb1d16502..d76b502e226a5c 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 1934213b6ddee5..e95643d6a2ca62 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-:: Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
-::
-:: This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-:: LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
 @if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
index a123b6cfb34a73..b86e047a8a54c7 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion
-    buildToolsVersion rootProject.ext.buildToolsVersion
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.helloworld"
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ android {
             reset()
             enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture
             universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK
-            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a"
+            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86", "arm64-v8a", "x86_64"
         }
     }
     buildTypes {
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ android {
         variant.outputs.each { output ->
             // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:
             // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits
-            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "x86":2, "arm64-v8a": 3]
+            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "x86":2, "arm64-v8a": 3, "x86_64": 4]
             def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)
             if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants
                 output.versionCodeOverride =
diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
index 7fde4f576be839..e205718ce2cf10 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        buildToolsVersion = "27.0.3"
         minSdkVersion = 16
         compileSdkVersion = 27
         targetSdkVersion = 27
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -31,9 +30,3 @@ allprojects {
         }
     }
 }
-
-
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '4.4'
-    distributionUrl = distributionUrl.replace("bin", "all")
-}
diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b6517bb1d16502..019065d1d650ce 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-all.zip
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c3c087e2817e8..fa94b8a3061403 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
     "flow-bin": "^0.86.0",
     "jest": "24.0.0-alpha.6",
     "jest-junit": "5.2.0",
+    "jsc-android": "latest",
     "prettier": "1.13.6",
     "react": "16.6.1",
     "react-native-dummy": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5d7366294a7e63..7dd45917b629ed 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3938,6 +3938,11 @@ jsbn@~0.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsbn/-/jsbn-0.1.1.tgz#a5e654c2e5a2deb5f201d96cefbca80c0ef2f513"
   integrity sha1-peZUwuWi3rXyAdls77yoDA7y9RM=
 
+jsc-android@latest:
+  version "236355.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsc-android/-/jsc-android-236355.1.1.tgz#43e153b722e3c60dd0595be4e7430baf65e67c9c"
+  integrity sha512-2py4f0McZIl/oH6AzPj1Ebutc58fyeLvwq6gyVYp1RsWr4qeLNHAPfW3kmfeVMz44oUBJMQ0lECZg9n4KBhHbQ==
+
 jsdom@^11.5.1:
   version "11.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsdom/-/jsdom-11.12.0.tgz#1a80d40ddd378a1de59656e9e6dc5a3ba8657bc8"