diff --git a/packaging/android/apk/AndroidManifest.xml b/packaging/android/apk/AndroidManifest.xml
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+++ b/packaging/android/apk/AndroidManifest.xml
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+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<manifest package="org.kde.krita" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="1.0" android:versionCode="1" android:installLocation="auto">
+    <application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtApplication" android:label="krita">
+        <activity android:configChanges="orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|layoutDirection|locale|fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|mcc|mnc|density"
+                  android:name="org.krita.android.MainActivity"
+                  android:label="krita"
+                  android:screenOrientation="unspecified"
+                  android:launchMode="singleTop">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+
+            <!-- Application arguments -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.arguments" android:value="arg1 arg2 arg3"/ -->
+            <!-- Application arguments -->
+
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.lib_name" android:value="krita"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.qt_sources_resource_id" android:resource="@array/qt_sources"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.repository" android:value="default"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.qt_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/qt_libs"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundled_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/bundled_libs"/>
+            <!-- Deploy Qt libs as part of package -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundle_local_qt_libs" android:value="1"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundled_in_lib_resource_id" android:resource="@array/bundled_in_lib"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundled_in_assets_resource_id" android:resource="@array/bundled_in_assets"/>
+            <!-- Run with local libs -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.use_local_qt_libs" android:value="1"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.libs_prefix" android:value="/data/local/tmp/qt/"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.load_local_libs" android:value="plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.so:plugins/bearer/libqandroidbearer.so:plugins/mediaservice/libqtmedia_android.so"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.load_local_jars" android:value="jar/QtAndroid.jar:jar/QtAndroidBearer.jar:jar/QtMultimedia.jar"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.static_init_classes" android:value="org.qtproject.qt5.android.multimedia.QtMultimediaUtils"/>
+            <!-- Used to specify custom system library path to run with local system libs -->
+            <!-- <meta-data android:name="android.app.system_libs_prefix" android:value="/system/lib/"/> -->
+            <!--  Messages maps -->
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/ministro_not_found_msg" android:name="android.app.ministro_not_found_msg"/>
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/ministro_needed_msg" android:name="android.app.ministro_needed_msg"/>
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/fatal_error_msg" android:name="android.app.fatal_error_msg"/>
+            <!--  Messages maps -->
+
+            <!-- Splash screen -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_drawable" android:resource="@drawable/logo"/ -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_sticky" android:value="true"/ -->
+            <!-- Splash screen -->
+
+            <!-- Background running -->
+            <!-- Warning: changing this value to true may cause unexpected crashes if the
+                          application still try to draw after
+                          "applicationStateChanged(Qt::ApplicationSuspended)"
+                          signal is sent! -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.background_running" android:value="false"/>
+            <!-- Background running -->
+
+            <!-- auto screen scale factor -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.auto_screen_scale_factor" android:value="false"/>
+            <!-- auto screen scale factor -->
+
+            <!-- extract android style -->
+            <!-- available android:values :
+                * default - In most cases this will be the same as "full", but it can also be something else if needed, e.g., for compatibility reasons
+                * full - useful QWidget & Quick Controls 1 apps
+                * minimal - useful for Quick Controls 2 apps, it is much faster than "full"
+                * none - useful for apps that don't use any of the above Qt modules
+                -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.extract_android_style" android:value="default"/>
+            <!-- extract android style -->
+    </activity>
+        <activity android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity" />
+
+
+    </application>
+
+    <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true" android:smallScreens="true"/>
+
+    <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default permissions based on the dependencies of the application.
+         Remove the comment if you do not require these default permissions. -->
+        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
+</manifest>
diff --git a/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/ConfigsManager.java b/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/ConfigsManager.java
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+++ b/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/ConfigsManager.java
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+package org.krita.android;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.content.res.AssetManager;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Copies the default configurations from assets to INTERNAL_STORAGE
+ * on first run of the app.
+ */
+class ConfigsManager {
+
+	private final String LOG_TAG = "krita.ConfigsManager";
+	private final String FIRST_RUN_COOKIE = "ORG_KRITA_FIRST_RUN";
+	private Activity mActivity;
+
+	private boolean isFirstRun() {
+		return mActivity.getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+		               .getBoolean(FIRST_RUN_COOKIE, true);
+	}
+
+	private void setFirstRunCookie() {
+		SharedPreferences sharedPref = mActivity.getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
+
+		SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPref.edit();
+		editor.putBoolean(FIRST_RUN_COOKIE, false);
+		editor.apply();
+	}
+
+	void handleAssets(Activity activity) {
+		mActivity = activity;
+		if (!isFirstRun()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		Log.d(LOG_TAG, mActivity.getFilesDir().getPath());
+		copyAssets();
+		setFirstRunCookie();
+	}
+
+	private void copyAssets() {
+		recurse("");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Recurse into directories
+	 * Do not start path with `/` or end with `/`
+	 * @param path relative path to asset
+	 */
+	private void recurse(String path) {
+		AssetManager assetManager = mActivity.getAssets();
+		String assets[];
+		try {
+			assets = assetManager.list(path);
+			if (assets == null) {
+				return;
+			}
+			// no assets inside, so a file
+			if (assets.length == 0) {
+				copyFile(path);
+			}
+			else {
+				for (String asset : assets) {
+					recurse(toPath(path, asset));
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (IOException ex) {
+			Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Could not access assets stream", ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Asset manager API doesn't like trailing `/` at the end and
+	 * some other things so we need this for proper path
+	 * @param args file names or directories
+	 * @return sanitized path
+	 */
+	private String toPath(String... args) {
+		StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+		for (String item: args) {
+			if (!item.isEmpty()) {
+				if (result.length() != 0 && result.charAt(result.length() - 1) != '/') {
+					result.append('/');
+				}
+				result.append(item);
+				if (item.charAt(item.length() - 1) != '/') {
+					result.append('/');
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// if last character is '/', then delete it
+		if (result.charAt(result.length() - 1) == '/') {
+			result.deleteCharAt(result.length() - 1);
+		}
+		return result.toString();
+	}
+
+	private void copyFile(String name) throws IOException {
+		InputStream in = null;
+		OutputStream out = null;
+		try {
+			in = mActivity.getAssets().open(name);
+
+			String fileSavePath = toPath(mActivity.getFilesDir().getPath(), "/share/", name);
+
+			// use the same directory structure
+			File base = new File(basePath(fileSavePath));
+			if (!base.exists()) {
+				base.mkdirs();
+			}
+
+			out = new FileOutputStream(fileSavePath);
+			byte[] buffer = new byte[4 * 1024];
+			int read;
+			while ((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+				out.write(buffer, 0, read);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+			Log.w(LOG_TAG, "Could not copy file: " + name, e);
+		}
+		finally {
+			if (in != null) {
+				in.close();
+			}
+			if (out != null) {
+				out.close();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns base path for example, in /data/foo it would
+	 * return /data
+	 * @param path to be sanitized
+	 * @return base path
+	 */
+	private String basePath(String path) {
+		for (int i = path.length() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
+				return path.substring(0, i);
+			}
+		}
+		return "";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/MainActivity.java b/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/MainActivity.java
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index 0000000000..ff28cfbd13
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+++ b/packaging/android/apk/src/org/krita/android/MainActivity.java
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+package org.krita.android;
+
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.view.WindowManager;
+
+import org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity;
+
+public class MainActivity extends QtActivity {
+
+	@Override
+	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+		getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
+		           WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
+		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+		new ConfigsManager().handleAssets(this);
+	}
+
+}