diff --git a/android/examples/_template/CMakeLists.txt b/android/examples/_template/CMakeLists.txt
index 9118badc..3e379c32 100644
--- a/android/examples/_template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/examples/_template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set(EXTERNAL_DIR ../../../external)
 set(LIB_DIR ../../../libs)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++14 -DVK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR -DVK_NO_PROTOTYPES")
-#set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "--no-fatal-warnings")
 
 file(GLOB EXAMPLE_SRC "${SRC_DIR}/*.cpp")
 file(GLOB BASE_SRC "${BASE_DIR}/*.cpp")
diff --git a/android/examples/_template/build.gradle b/android/examples/_template/build.gradle
index 7e447817..3aceaeb1 100644
--- a/android/examples/_template/build.gradle
+++ b/android/examples/_template/build.gradle
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 26
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         ndk {
             abiFilters "armeabi-v7a"
         }
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
-                cppFlags "-std=c++11"
-                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_static"
+                cppFlags "-std=c++14"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", '-DANDROID_TOOLCHAIN=clang'
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/android/examples/_template/proguard-rules.pro b/android/examples/_template/proguard-rules.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 93aade8d..00000000
--- a/android/examples/_template/proguard-rules.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
-# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
-# in /home/SERILOCAL/l.west/Android/Sdk/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
-# You can edit the include path and order by changing the proguardFiles
-# directive in build.gradle.
-#
-# For more details, see
-#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
-
-# Add any project specific keep options here:
-
-# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
-# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
-# class:
-#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
-#   public *;
-#}
-
-# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
-# debugging stack traces.
-#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
-
-# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
-# hide the original source file name.
-#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile