diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/RunCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/RunCommand.kt
index 00a10d41..f432d46d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/RunCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/RunCommand.kt
@@ -1,2 +1,45 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.misc
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader
+import java.io.File
+import java.io.InputStream
+import java.io.InputStreamReader
+
+public class RunCommand(val command: String) {
+    val defaultSuccess = { output: List<String> -> log(1, "Success:\n " + output.join("\n"))}
+    val defaultError = { output: List<String> -> log(1, "Error:\n " + output.join("\n"))}
+
+    var directory = File(".")
+
+    fun run(args: List<String>, error: Function1<List<String>, Unit>? = defaultError,
+            success: Function1<List<String>, Unit>? = defaultSuccess) : Int {
+        val allArgs = arrayListOf<String>()
+        allArgs.add(command)
+        allArgs.addAll(args)
+
+        val pb = ProcessBuilder(allArgs)
+        pb.directory(directory)
+        log(1, "Running command: " + allArgs.join(" "))
+        val process = pb.start()
+        pb.environment().put("ANDROID_HOME", "/Users/beust/android/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk")
+        val errorCode = process.waitFor()
+        if (errorCode != 0 && error != null) {
+            error(fromStream(process.errorStream))
+        } else if (errorCode == 0 && success != null){
+            success(fromStream(process.inputStream))
+        }
+        return errorCode
+
+    }
+
+    private fun fromStream(ins: InputStream) : List<String> {
+        val result = arrayListOf<String>()
+        val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(ins))
+        var line = br.readLine()
+        while (line != null) {
+            result.add(line)
+            line = br.readLine()
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
index f7b58c1c..3da61d11 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/plugin/android/AndroidPlugin.kt
@@ -1,2 +1,114 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.plugin.android
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.BasePlugin
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.KobaltContext
+import com.beust.kobalt.internal.TaskResult
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.FileDependency
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.RunCommand
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.Directive
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.Task
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+class AndroidConfiguration() {
+}
+
+@Directive
+public fun android(init: AndroidConfiguration.() -> Unit) : AndroidConfiguration {
+    val pd = AndroidConfiguration()
+    pd.init()
+    return pd
+}
+
+@Singleton
+public class AndroidPlugin @Inject constructor() : BasePlugin() {
+    val ANDROID_HOME = "/Users/beust/android/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk"
+    override val name = "android"
+
+    val compileSdkVersion = "23"
+    val buildToolsVersion = "23.0.1"
+
+    override fun apply(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) {
+        log(1, "Applying plug-in Android on project $project")
+        project.compileDependencies.add(FileDependency(androidJar.toString()))
+    }
+
+    fun dirGet(dir: Path, vararg others: String) : String {
+        val result = Paths.get(dir.toString(), *others)
+        with(result.toFile()) {
+            deleteRecursively()
+            mkdirs()
+        }
+        return result.toString()
+    }
+
+    val androidJar = Paths.get(ANDROID_HOME, "platforms", "android-$compileSdkVersion", "android.jar")
+
+    @Task(name = "generateR", description = "Generate the R.java file", runBefore = arrayOf("compile"))
+    fun taskGenerateRFile(project: Project) : TaskResult {
+
+        val flavor = "debug"
+        val androidJar = Paths.get(ANDROID_HOME, "platforms", "android-$compileSdkVersion", "android.jar")
+        val applicationId = "com.beust.example"
+        val intermediates = Paths.get(project.directory, "app", "build", "intermediates")
+        val manifestDir = Paths.get(project.directory, "app", "src", "main").toString()
+        val manifestIntermediateDir = dirGet(intermediates, "manifests", "full", flavor)
+        val manifest = Paths.get(manifestDir, "AndroidManifest.xml")
+        val generated = Paths.get(project.directory, "app", "build", "generated")
+        val aapt = "$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/$buildToolsVersion/aapt"
+        val outputDir = dirGet(intermediates, "resources", "resources-$flavor")
+
+        val crunchedPngDir = dirGet(intermediates, "res", flavor)
+        RunCommand(aapt).apply {
+            directory = File(project.directory)
+        }.run(arrayListOf(
+                "crunch",
+                "-v",
+                "-S", "app/src/main/res",
+                "-C", crunchedPngDir
+        ))
+
+        RunCommand(aapt).apply {
+            directory = File(project.directory)
+        }.run(arrayListOf(
+                "package",
+                "-f",
+                "--no-crunch",
+                "-I", androidJar.toString(),
+                "-M", manifest.toString(),
+                "-S", crunchedPngDir,
+                "-S", "app/src/main/res",
+                "-A", dirGet(intermediates, "assets", flavor), // where to find more assets
+                "-m",  // create directory
+                "-J", dirGet(generated, "sources", "r", flavor).toString(), // where all gets generated
+                "-F", Paths.get(outputDir, "resources-debug.ap_").toString(),
+                "--debug-mode",
+                "-0", "apk",
+                "--custom-package", applicationId,
+                "--output-text-symbols", dirGet(intermediates, "symbol", flavor))
+        )
+        return TaskResult()
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+/Users/beust/android/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/build-tools/21.1.2/aapt package
+-f
+--no-crunch
+-I /Users/beust/android/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/platforms/android-22/android.jar
+-M /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+-S /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/intermediates/res/debug
+-A /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/intermediates/assets/debug
+-m
+-J /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/generated/source/r/debug
+-F /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/intermediates/resources/resources-debug.ap_ --debug-mode --custom-package com.beust.example
+-0 apk
+--output-text-symbols /Users/beust/kotlin/kotlin-android-example/app/build/intermediates/symbols/debug
+*/