diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index ec5c9ac..2155544 100755
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="com.tobykurien.google_news"
-    android:versionCode="18"
-    android:versionName="1.18" >
+    android:versionCode="19"
+    android:versionName="1.19" >
 
     <uses-sdk
         android:minSdkVersion="7"
-        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
+        android:targetSdkVersion="27" />
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
         <activity
             android:name=".GoogleNewsActivity"
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
-            android:label="@string/app_name" >
+            android:label="@string/app_name" 
+            android:resizeableActivity="true">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@
         <activity
             android:name=".GoogleNewsActivityv11"
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
-            android:label="@string/app_name" />
+            android:label="@string/app_name" 
+            android:resizeableActivity="true"/>
         <activity
             android:name=".Preferences"
             android:label="@string/app_name" />
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bb27e3e..cbf0853 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
+        maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }
+        jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.2.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
     }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'android'
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.2.1'
+    gradleVersion = '4.10.1'
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 22
-    buildToolsVersion '22.0.1'
+    compileSdkVersion 27
+    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
 
 
     dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3cb11cc..5ddac62 100755
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-all.zip
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