diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 94be6423..e0b89287 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ before_install:
     - export PATH=${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${ANDROID_HOME}:${ANDROID_HOME}/emulator:${ANDROID_TOOLS}:${ANDROID_TOOLS}/bin:${ANDROID_HOME}/platform-tools:$PATH
     - node --version
     - gradle --version
-    - echo y | android --silent update sdk --no-ui --all --filter platform-tools,tools,build-tools-26.0.0,android-26,android-25,extra-google-m2repository,extra-android-m2repository
+    - echo y | android --silent update sdk --no-ui --all --filter platform-tools,tools,build-tools-26.0.2,android-26,android-25,extra-google-m2repository,extra-android-m2repository
 android:
     components:
       - tools
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 907d0c43..92b5ad93 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ environment:
   matrix:
   - nodejs_version: "4"
   - nodejs_version: "6"
+  - nodejs_version: "8"
 
 init:
   - mkdir "%ANDROID_HOME%
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ init:
 install:
   - choco install gradle -version 3.4.1
   - gradle -version
-  - echo y | "%ANDROID_HOME%\tools\android.bat" --silent update sdk --no-ui --all --filter platform-tools,tools,build-tools-26.0.0,android-26,android-25,extra-google-m2repository,extra-android-m2repository
+  - echo y | "%ANDROID_HOME%\tools\android.bat" --silent update sdk --no-ui --all --filter platform-tools,tools,build-tools-26.0.2,android-26,android-25,extra-google-m2repository,extra-android-m2repository
   # on windows we need to accept sublicenses for the new tooling, wee. 30 is an arbitrary number,
   # but should be the maximum number of licenses we explicitly need to type "Y ENTER" for.
   # also, the sdkmanager in all its glory leaks a bit of output to stderr, and powershell
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
index 41f75713..8237c739 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
@@ -180,9 +180,7 @@ GradleBuilder.prototype.prepBuildFiles = function () {
     subProjects.forEach(function (p) {
         console.log('Subproject Path: ' + p);
         var libName = p.replace(/[/\\]/g, ':').replace(name + '-', '');
-        depsList += '    debugCompile(project(path: "' + libName + '", configuration: "debug"))';
-        insertExclude(p);
-        depsList += '    releaseCompile(project(path: "' + libName + '", configuration: "release"))';
+        depsList += '    implementation(project(path: "' + libName + '"))';
         insertExclude(p);
     });
 
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ GradleBuilder.prototype.prepEnv = function (opts) {
         // For some reason, using ^ and $ don't work.  This does the job, though.
         var distributionUrlRegex = /distributionUrl.*zip/;
         /* jshint -W069 */
-        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'https\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.3-all.zip';
+        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'https\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-all.zip';
         /* jshint +W069 */
         var gradleWrapperPropertiesPath = path.join(self.root, 'gradle', 'wrapper', 'gradle-wrapper.properties');
         shell.chmod('u+w', gradleWrapperPropertiesPath);
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/StudioBuilder.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/StudioBuilder.js
index 55fe8ebd..99b20687 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/StudioBuilder.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/StudioBuilder.js
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ StudioBuilder.prototype.prepBuildFiles = function () {
     subProjects.forEach(function (p) {
         console.log('Subproject Path: ' + p);
         var libName = p.replace(/[/\\]/g, ':').replace(name + '-', '');
-        depsList += '    debugCompile(project(path: "' + libName + '", configuration: "debug"))';
-        insertExclude(p);
-        depsList += '    releaseCompile(project(path: "' + libName + '", configuration: "release"))';
+        depsList += '    implementation(project(path: "' + libName + '", configuration: "release"))';
         insertExclude(p);
     });
     // For why we do this mapping: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8390
@@ -201,9 +199,6 @@ StudioBuilder.prototype.prepBuildFiles = function () {
         depsList += '    compile "' + mavenRef + '"\n';
     });
 
-
-    console.log("Dependency list");
-    console.log(depsList);
     buildGradle = buildGradle.replace(/(SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START)[\s\S]*(\/\/ SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END)/, '$1\n' + depsList + '    $2');
     var includeList = '';
 
diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
index 2c3f291d..4a223604 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/check_reqs.js
@@ -99,16 +99,8 @@ module.exports.get_gradle_wrapper = function () {
     var i = 0;
     var foundStudio = false;
     var program_dir;
-    if (module.exports.isDarwin()) {
-        program_dir = fs.readdirSync('/Applications');
-        while (i < program_dir.length && !foundStudio) {
-            if (program_dir[i].startsWith('Android Studio')) {
-                // TODO: Check for a specific Android Studio version, make sure it's not Canary
-                androidStudioPath = path.join('/Applications', program_dir[i], 'Contents', 'gradle');
-                foundStudio = true;
-            } else { ++i; }
-        }
-    } else if (module.exports.isWindows()) {
+    // OK, This hack only works on Windows, not on Mac OS or Linux.  We will be deleting this eventually!
+    if (module.exports.isWindows()) {
 
         var result = child_process.spawnSync(path.join(__dirname, 'getASPath.bat'));
         // console.log('result.stdout =' + result.stdout.toString());
@@ -176,7 +168,7 @@ module.exports.check_java = function () {
             if (javacPath) {
                 // OS X has a command for finding JAVA_HOME.
                 var find_java = '/usr/libexec/java_home';
-                var default_java_error_msg = 'Failed to find \'JAVA_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.';
+                var default_java_error_msg = 'Failed to find \'JAVA_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting it manually.';
                 if (fs.existsSync(find_java)) {
                     return superspawn.spawn(find_java).then(function (stdout) {
                         process.env['JAVA_HOME'] = stdout.trim();
@@ -281,7 +273,7 @@ module.exports.check_android = function () {
                 if (path.basename(parentDir) === 'tools' || fs.existsSync(path.join(grandParentDir, 'tools', 'android'))) {
                     maybeSetAndroidHome(grandParentDir);
                 } else {
-                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.\n' +
+                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting it manually.\n' +
                         'Detected \'android\' command at ' + parentDir + ' but no \'tools\' directory found near.\n' +
                         'Try reinstall Android SDK or update your PATH to include valid path to SDK' + path.sep + 'tools directory.');
                 }
@@ -292,7 +284,7 @@ module.exports.check_android = function () {
                 if (path.basename(parentDir) === 'platform-tools') {
                     maybeSetAndroidHome(grandParentDir);
                 } else {
-                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.\n' +
+                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting it manually.\n' +
                         'Detected \'adb\' command at ' + parentDir + ' but no \'platform-tools\' directory found near.\n' +
                         'Try reinstall Android SDK or update your PATH to include valid path to SDK' + path.sep + 'platform-tools directory.');
                 }
@@ -303,14 +295,14 @@ module.exports.check_android = function () {
                 if (path.basename(parentDir) === 'bin' && path.basename(grandParentDir) === 'tools') {
                     maybeSetAndroidHome(path.dirname(grandParentDir));
                 } else {
-                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.\n' +
+                    throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting it manually.\n' +
                         'Detected \'avdmanager\' command at ' + parentDir + ' but no \'tools' + path.sep + 'bin\' directory found near.\n' +
                         'Try reinstall Android SDK or update your PATH to include valid path to SDK' + path.sep + 'tools' + path.sep + 'bin directory.');
                 }
             }
         }
         if (!process.env['ANDROID_HOME']) {
-            throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting setting it manually.\n' +
+            throw new CordovaError('Failed to find \'ANDROID_HOME\' environment variable. Try setting it manually.\n' +
                 'Failed to find \'android\' command in your \'PATH\'. Try update your \'PATH\' to include path to valid SDK directory.');
         }
         if (!fs.existsSync(process.env['ANDROID_HOME'])) {
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
index 5dad4deb..fb8082da 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
+++ b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
     }
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ allprojects {
             url "https://maven.google.com"
         }
     }
-
     //This replaces project.properties w.r.t. build settings
     project.ext {
       defaultBuildToolsVersion="25.0.2" //String
diff --git a/test/app/build.gradle b/test/app/build.gradle
index 7f587ac8..a5310b24 100644
--- a/test/app/build.gradle
+++ b/test/app/build.gradle
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 25
-    buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
+    compileSdkVersion 26
+    buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "org.apache.cordova.unittests"
         minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 25
+        targetSdkVersion 26
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -38,16 +38,15 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    debugCompile project(path: ":CordovaLib", configuration: "debug")
-    releaseCompile project(path: ":CordovaLib", configuration: "release")
-    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    implementation project(path: ":CordovaLib")
+    androidTestImplementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
     })
-    androidTestCompile ('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-web:2.2.2', {
+    androidTestImplementation ('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-web:2.2.2', {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
     })
-    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.1.1'
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    testCompile 'org.json:json:20140107'
+    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    testImplementation 'org.json:json:20140107'
 }
diff --git a/test/build.gradle b/test/build.gradle
index b5decb14..319ac2f3 100644
--- a/test/build.gradle
+++ b/test/build.gradle
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.0'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ buildscript {
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
+        google()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 14ab6f93..c83ef6ea 100644
--- a/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Mar 22 10:51:47 PDT 2017
+#Wed Oct 25 11:17:25 PDT 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