diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 062f54172..a4ca7a421 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ def safeExtGet(prop, fallback) {
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+    google()
 }
 
 buildscript {
@@ -14,16 +16,16 @@ buildscript {
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.4'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
     }
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 26)
-    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '26.0.3')
+    compileSdkVersion safeExtGet('compileSdkVersion', 28)
+    buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '28.0.3')
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
-        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 26)
+        targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 28)
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5465fec0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+android.enableJetifier=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index afa9020b2..b9c03c786 100644
--- a/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <application android:label="@string/app_name">
 
         <provider
-            android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
+            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
             android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
             android:exported="false"
             android:grantUriPermissions="true">
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlob.java b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlob.java
index ac9ce5669..f47aef963 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlob.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlob.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ActivityEventListener;
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import okhttp3.JavaNetCookieJar;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobBody.java b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobBody.java
index 3150eb2e8..adbe48b72 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobBody.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobBody.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.RNFetchBlob;
 
-import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.util.Base64;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobReq.java b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobReq.java
index 369b9baaf..060538b48 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobReq.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/RNFetchBlobReq.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
-import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.util.Base64;
 
 import com.RNFetchBlob.Response.RNFetchBlobDefaultResp;
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMapKeySetIterator;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/Response/RNFetchBlobFileResp.java b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/Response/RNFetchBlobFileResp.java
index e4f725777..7a6acf8e5 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/Response/RNFetchBlobFileResp.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/RNFetchBlob/Response/RNFetchBlobFileResp.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.RNFetchBlob.Response;
 
-import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
-import android.util.Log;
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import com.RNFetchBlob.RNFetchBlobConst;
 import com.RNFetchBlob.RNFetchBlobProgressConfig;