diff --git a/template/android/app/build.gradle b/template/android/app/build.gradle
index 208c97217ebc08..0f3c05cbf6491c 100644
--- a/template/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/template/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -190,3 +190,5 @@ task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {
     from configurations.compile
     into 'libs'
 }
+
+apply from: file("../../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesAppBuildGradle(project)
diff --git a/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java b/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
index 8b5a7f97bea556..c35b27063797cf 100644
--- a/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
+++ b/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 import android.app.Application;
 
+import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
-import com.facebook.react.shell.MainReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
@@ -21,9 +20,11 @@ public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
 
     @Override
     protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
-      return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
-          new MainReactPackage()
-      );
+      @SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
+      List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
+      // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
+      // packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
+      return packages;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/template/android/settings.gradle b/template/android/settings.gradle
index 32e6f44c4b2df5..e50c29d6298864 100644
--- a/template/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/template/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 rootProject.name = 'HelloWorld'
-
+apply from: file("../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle"); applyNativeModulesSettingsGradle(settings)
 include ':app'
diff --git a/template/ios/Podfile b/template/ios/Podfile
index 5114274b54178e..a25e513a914b07 100644
--- a/template/ios/Podfile
+++ b/template/ios/Podfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 platform :ios, '9.0'
+require_relative '../node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/native_modules'
 
 target 'HelloWorld' do
   # Pods for HelloWorld
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ target 'HelloWorld' do
     inherit! :search_paths
     # Pods for testing
   end
+
+  use_native_modules!
 end
 
 target 'HelloWorld-tvOS' do