diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/build.gradle b/ion/src/simulator/android/build.gradle
index 51db00a1327..dd9ca17a381 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/build.gradle
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/build.gradle
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ buildscript {
     google()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.0'
-    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
+    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.1'
   }
 }
 
@@ -32,11 +31,12 @@ allprojects {
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
-  compileSdkVersion 29
+  namespace = "io.github.upsilon.simulator"
+  compileSdkVersion 34
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId "io.github.upsilon.simulator"
-    minSdkVersion 16
-    targetSdkVersion 29
+    minSdkVersion 21
+    targetSdkVersion 33
     def (major, minor, patch) = System.getenv('OMEGA_VERSION').toLowerCase().tokenize('.').collect{it.toInteger()}
     versionCode major*1000000 + minor*10000 + patch * 100
     versionName System.getenv('OMEGA_VERSION')
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
   implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
-  implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2"
-  implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:16.0.7"
+  implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0"
+  implementation(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom:1.8.0"))
 }
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/ion/src/simulator/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 44e7c4d1d7b..19cfad969ba 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/AndroidManifest.xml b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/AndroidManifest.xml
index 6472b33c231..45e5a672b23 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  package="io.github.upsilon.simulator"
   android:installLocation="auto">
 
   <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
       android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
       android:launchMode="singleInstance"
       android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
+      android:exported="true"
       >
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
diff --git a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/io/github/upsilon/simulator/UpsilonActivity.java b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/io/github/upsilon/simulator/UpsilonActivity.java
index f1d3716b6df..7b1a9c53b07 100644
--- a/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/io/github/upsilon/simulator/UpsilonActivity.java
+++ b/ion/src/simulator/android/src/java/io/github/upsilon/simulator/UpsilonActivity.java
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.util.Log;
 
-import com.google.android.gms.analytics.GoogleAnalytics;
-import com.google.android.gms.analytics.Tracker;
-import com.google.android.gms.analytics.HitBuilders;
-
 import org.libsdl.app.SDLActivity;
 import org.libsdl.app.SDL;