diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/AndroidClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/AndroidClientCodegen.java
index e97cd02c523..af091afbe07 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/AndroidClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/com/wordnik/swagger/codegen/languages/AndroidClientCodegen.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class AndroidClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfi
     additionalProperties.put("artifactId", artifactId);
     additionalProperties.put("artifactVersion", artifactVersion);
 
-    supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("pom.mustache", "", "pom.xml"));
+    supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("build.mustache", "", "build.gradle"));
     supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("apiInvoker.mustache", 
       (sourceFolder + File.separator + invokerPackage).replace(".", java.io.File.separator), "ApiInvoker.java"));
     supportingFiles.add(new SupportingFile("httpPatch.mustache", 
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/build.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/build.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f58655627e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/build.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 22
+    buildToolsVersion "22.0.0"
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        applicationId "{{invokerPackage}}"
+        minSdkVersion 14
+        targetSdkVersion 22
+        versionCode 1
+        versionName "{{artifactVersion}}"
+    }
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+
+    packagingOptions {
+        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
+        exclude 'META-INF/services/com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory'
+        exclude 'META-INF/services/com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec'
+    }
+}
+
+ext {
+    swagger_annotations_version = '1.5.3-M1'
+    jackson_version = '2.5.2'
+    apache_httpclient_version = '4.3.5.1'
+    apache_httpmime_version = '4.4.1'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0'
+    compile "com.wordnik:swagger-annotations:$swagger_annotations_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jackson_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$jackson_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jackson_version"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:$apache_httpclient_version"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:$apache_httpmime_version"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/pom.mustache
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a01631edb0..00000000000
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/android-java/pom.mustache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>{{groupId}}</groupId>
-  <artifactId>{{artifactId}}</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>{{artifactId}}</name>
-  <version>{{artifactVersion}}</version>
-  <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-mustache.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-codegen.git</developerConnection>
-    <url>https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen</url>
-  </scm>
-  <prerequisites>
-    <maven>2.2.0</maven>
-  </prerequisites>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemProperties>
-            <property>
-              <name>loggerPath</name>
-              <value>conf/log4j.properties</value>
-            </property>
-          </systemProperties>
-          <argLine>-Xms512m -Xmx1500m</argLine>
-          <parallel>methods</parallel>
-          <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- attach test jar -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add_sources</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>src/main/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add_test_sources</id>
-            <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-test-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>src/test/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.wordnik</groupId>
-      <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${swagger-annotations-version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>${httpclient-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
-      <version>${httpclient-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit-version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <properties>
-    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.1-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
-    <jackson-version>2.1.4</jackson-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
-    <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
-    <httpclient-version>4.3.6</httpclient-version>
-  </properties>
-</project>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/android-java/build.gradle b/samples/client/petstore/android-java/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96a5b98de9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/android-java/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 22
+    buildToolsVersion "22.0.0"
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        applicationId "io.swagger.client"
+        minSdkVersion 14
+        targetSdkVersion 22
+        versionCode 1
+        versionName "1.0.0"
+    }
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+
+    packagingOptions {
+        exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
+        exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/license.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
+        exclude 'META-INF/services/com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory'
+        exclude 'META-INF/services/com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec'
+    }
+}
+
+ext {
+    swagger_annotations_version = '1.5.3-M1'
+    jackson_version = '2.5.2'
+    apache_httpclient_version = '4.3.5.1'
+    apache_httpmime_version = '4.4.1'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0'
+    compile "com.wordnik:swagger-annotations:$swagger_annotations_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jackson_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$jackson_version"
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jackson_version"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:$apache_httpclient_version"
+    compile "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:$apache_httpmime_version"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/android-java/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/android-java/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fbeb5245bd..00000000000
--- a/samples/client/petstore/android-java/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
-  <artifactId>swagger-android-client</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>swagger-android-client</name>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
-  <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-mustache.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-codegen.git</developerConnection>
-    <url>https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen</url>
-  </scm>
-  <prerequisites>
-    <maven>2.2.0</maven>
-  </prerequisites>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <systemProperties>
-            <property>
-              <name>loggerPath</name>
-              <value>conf/log4j.properties</value>
-            </property>
-          </systemProperties>
-          <argLine>-Xms512m -Xmx1500m</argLine>
-          <parallel>methods</parallel>
-          <forkMode>pertest</forkMode>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <!-- attach test jar -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add_sources</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>src/main/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add_test_sources</id>
-            <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-test-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>src/test/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.wordnik</groupId>
-      <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${swagger-annotations-version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>${jackson-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>${httpclient-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-      <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
-      <version>${httpclient-version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit-version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <properties>
-    <swagger-annotations-version>1.5.1-M1</swagger-annotations-version>
-    <jackson-version>2.1.4</jackson-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
-    <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
-    <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
-    <httpclient-version>4.3.6</httpclient-version>
-  </properties>
-</project>