diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94375cfb7f5b9c077944685ab65f6e68f7f76909..d0a0dd5988a1d73228598a41d83058a70c0d4551 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ include(cmake/OpenCVDetectPython.cmake REQUIRED)
 if((NOT DEFINED BUILD_opencv_java OR BUILD_opencv_java) AND PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
   if(ANDROID)
     include(cmake/OpenCVDetectAndroidSDK.cmake REQUIRED)
+    if(NOT ANDROID_TOOLS_Pkg_Revision GREATER 13)
+      message(WARNING "OpenCV requires Android SDK tool revision 14 or newer. Otherwise tests and samples will no be compiled.")
+    endif()
   endif()
   include(cmake/OpenCVDetectApacheAnt.cmake REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVAndroidProject.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVAndroidProject.cmake
index e055ecb71effd00773cadd7d422d0c5d6202e11c..8f050fe3d1b5bef31d2b95f4a76c18bf947d58de 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVAndroidProject.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVAndroidProject.cmake
@@ -1,147 +1,130 @@
-# creates target "${_target}_android_project" for building standard Android project
-macro(add_android_project _target _path)
-    SET(android_dependencies opencv_contrib opencv_legacy opencv_objdetect opencv_calib3d opencv_features2d opencv_video opencv_highgui opencv_ml opencv_imgproc opencv_flann opencv_core)
-    if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      if(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB)
-        SET(android_dependencies opencv_java)
-      else()
-        LIST(APPEND android_dependencies opencv_androidcamera)
+#add_android_project(target_name ${path} NATIVE_DEPS opencv_core LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11)
+macro(add_android_project target path)
+  # parse arguments
+  set(android_proj_arglist NATIVE_DEPS LIBRARY_DEPS SDK_TARGET)
+  set(__varname "android_proj_")
+  foreach(v ${android_proj_arglist})
+    set(${__varname}${v} "")
+  endforeach()
+  foreach(arg ${ARGN})
+    set(__var "${__varname}")
+    foreach(v ${android_proj_arglist})
+      if("${v}" STREQUAL "${arg}")
+        set(__varname "android_proj_${v}")
+        break()
       endif()
+    endforeach()
+    if(__var STREQUAL __varname)
+      list(APPEND ${__var} "${arg}")
     endif()
+  endforeach()
+
+  # get compatible SDK target
+  android_get_compatible_target(android_proj_sdk_target ${ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL} ${android_proj_SDK_TARGET})
+
+  if(NOT android_proj_sdk_target)
+    message(WARNING "Can not find any SDK target compatible with: ${ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL} ${android_proj_SDK_TARGET}
+                     The project ${target} will not be build")
+  endif()
+
+  # check native dependencies
+  if(NATIVE_DEPS)
+    ocv_check_dependencies(${android_proj_NATIVE_DEPS})
+    # warn?
+  else()
+    set(OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND TRUE)
+  endif()
+
+  if(OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND AND android_proj_sdk_target AND ANDROID_EXECUTABLE AND ANT_EXECUTABLE AND ANDROID_TOOLS_Pkg_Revision GREATER 13 AND EXISTS "${path}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}")
+
+    project(${target})
+    set(android_proj_bin_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.build")
+   
+    # get project sources
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE android_proj_files RELATIVE "${path}" "${path}/res/*" "${path}/src/*")
+    ocv_list_filterout(android_proj_files ".svn")
+
+    # copy sources out from the build tree
+    set(android_proj_file_deps "")
+    foreach(f ${android_proj_files} ${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE})
+      add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT "${android_proj_bin_dir}/${f}"
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${path}/${f}" "${android_proj_bin_dir}/${f}"
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${path}/${f}"
+        COMMENT "Copying ${f}")
+      list(APPEND android_proj_file_deps "${path}/${f}" "${android_proj_bin_dir}/${f}")
+    endforeach()
+
+    set(android_proj_lib_deps_commands "")
+    set(android_proj_target_files ${ANDROID_PROJECT_FILES})
+    ocv_list_add_prefix(android_proj_target_files "${android_proj_bin_dir}/")
+
+    # process Android library dependencies
+    foreach(dep ${android_proj_LIBRARY_DEPS})
+      file(RELATIVE_PATH __dep "${android_proj_bin_dir}" "${dep}")
+      list(APPEND android_proj_lib_deps_commands
+        COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent update project --path "${android_proj_bin_dir}" --library "${__dep}")
+    endforeach()
+
+    # fix Android project
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${android_proj_target_files}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${android_proj_target_files}
+        COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent update project --path "${android_proj_bin_dir}" --target "${android_proj_sdk_target}" --name "${target}"
+        ${android_proj_lib_deps_commands}
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${android_proj_bin_dir}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+        DEPENDS "${path}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+        COMMENT "Updating Android project at ${path}. SDK target: ${android_proj_sdk_target}"
+        )
 
-    if (ANDROID AND CAN_BUILD_ANDROID_PROJECTS)
-        file(GLOB_RECURSE res_files_all RELATIVE "${_path}" "${_path}/res/*")
-        file(GLOB_RECURSE jni_files_all RELATIVE "${_path}" "${_path}/jni/*.c*" "${_path}/jni/*.h*")
-        file(GLOB_RECURSE src_files_all RELATIVE "${_path}" "${_path}/src/*.java")
-
-        #remove .svn
-        set(res_files)
-        foreach(f ${res_files_all})
-            if(NOT f MATCHES "\\.svn")
-                list(APPEND res_files "${f}")
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
-        set(jni_files)
-        foreach(f ${jni_files_all})
-            if(NOT f MATCHES "\\.svn")
-                list(APPEND jni_files "${f}")
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
-        set(src_files)
-        foreach(f ${src_files_all})
-            if(NOT f MATCHES "\\.svn")
-                list(APPEND src_files "${f}")
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
-
-        # get temporary location for the project
-        file(RELATIVE_PATH build_path "${OpenCV_SOURCE_DIR}" "${_path}")
-        SET(build_path "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${build_path}")
-
-        # copy project to temporary location
-        SET(${_target}_project_files)
-        foreach(f ${res_files} ${src_files} "AndroidManifest.xml")
-            if(NOT "${build_path}" STREQUAL "${_path}")
-                #this is not needed in case of in-source build
-                add_custom_command(
-                    OUTPUT "${build_path}/${f}"
-                    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${_path}/${f}" "${build_path}/${f}"
-                    DEPENDS "${_path}/${f}"
-                    COMMENT ""
-                    )
-            endif()
-            list(APPEND ${_target}_project_files "${build_path}/${f}")
-        endforeach()
-
-        # process project.properties
-        file(STRINGS "${_path}/project.properties" project_properties REGEX "^android\\.library\\.reference\\.1=.+$")
-        if (project_properties)
-            # has opencv dependency
-            file(RELATIVE_PATH OPENCV_REFERENCE_PATH "${build_path}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-            add_custom_command(
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/project.properties"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/build.xml"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/local.properties"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/proguard.cfg"
-                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "" > "project.properties"
-                COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} update project --name "${_target}" --target "${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET}" --library "${OPENCV_REFERENCE_PATH}" --path .
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${build_path}
-                DEPENDS ${${_target}_project_files}
-                DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/project.properties"
-                DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/AndroidManifest.xml"
-                COMMENT "Updating android project - ${_target}"
-                )
-        else()
-            # has no opencv dependency
-            add_custom_command(
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/project.properties"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/build.xml"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/local.properties"
-                OUTPUT "${build_path}/proguard.cfg"
-                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "" > "project.properties"
-                COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} update project --name "${_target}" --target "${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET}" --path .
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${build_path}
-                DEPENDS ${${_target}_project_files}
-                COMMENT "Updating android project - ${_target}"
-                )
-        endif()
-
-        if("${build_path}" STREQUAL "${_path}")
-            #in case of in-source build project.properties file is not generated (it is just overwritten :)
-            SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES("${build_path}/project.properties" PROPERTIES GENERATED FALSE)
-        endif()
-
-        list(APPEND ${_target}_project_files "${build_path}/project.properties" "${build_path}/build.xml" "${build_path}/local.properties" "${build_path}/proguard.cfg")
-
-        # build native part of android project
-        if(jni_files)
-            INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${_path}/jni")
-
-            FILE(STRINGS "${_path}/jni/Android.mk" JNI_LIB_NAME REGEX "LOCAL_MODULE[ ]*:=[ ]*.*" )
-            string(REGEX REPLACE "LOCAL_MODULE[ ]*:=[ ]*([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*)[ ]*" "\\1" JNI_LIB_NAME "${JNI_LIB_NAME}")
-
-            SET(jni_sources)
-            foreach(src ${jni_files})
-                list(APPEND jni_sources "${_path}/${src}")
-            endforeach()
-
-            ADD_LIBRARY(${JNI_LIB_NAME} MODULE ${jni_sources})
-            TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${JNI_LIB_NAME} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${android_dependencies})
-
-            set_target_properties(${JNI_LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES
-                OUTPUT_NAME "${JNI_LIB_NAME}"
-                LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${build_path}/libs/${ANDROID_NDK_ABI_NAME}"
-            )
+    list(APPEND android_proj_file_deps ${android_proj_target_files})
 
-            ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-                TARGET ${JNI_LIB_NAME}
-                POST_BUILD
-                COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded "${build_path}/libs/${ANDROID_NDK_ABI_NAME}/*.so"
-                )
-        else()
-            SET(JNI_LIB_NAME)
-        endif()
-
-        add_custom_command(
-            OUTPUT "${build_path}/bin/${_target}-debug.apk"
-            OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${_target}.apk"
-            COMMAND ${ANT_EXECUTABLE} -q -noinput -k debug
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${build_path}/bin/${_target}-debug.apk" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${_target}.apk"
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${build_path}
-            DEPENDS ${${_target}_project_files}
-            DEPENDS "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/libopencv_java.so"
-            COMMENT "Generating bin/${_target}.apk"
-        )
+    # build native part
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE android_proj_jni_files "${path}/jni/*.c" "${path}/jni/*.h" "${path}/jni/*.cpp" "${path}/jni/*.hpp")
+    ocv_list_filterout(android_proj_jni_files ".svn")
+
+    if(android_proj_jni_files AND EXISTS ${path}/jni/Android.mk)
+      file(STRINGS "${path}/jni/Android.mk" JNI_LIB_NAME REGEX "LOCAL_MODULE[ ]*:=[ ]*.*" )
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "LOCAL_MODULE[ ]*:=[ ]*([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*)[ ]*" "\\1" JNI_LIB_NAME "${JNI_LIB_NAME}")
+
+      if(JNI_LIB_NAME)
+        ocv_include_modules_recurse(${android_proj_NATIVE_DEPS})
+        ocv_include_directories("${path}/jni")
 
-        ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${_target}_android_project ALL
-            DEPENDS "${build_path}/bin/${_target}-debug.apk"
-            DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${_target}.apk"
+        add_library(${JNI_LIB_NAME} MODULE ${android_proj_jni_files})
+        target_link_libraries(${JNI_LIB_NAME} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${android_proj_NATIVE_DEPS})
+
+        set_target_properties(${JNI_LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES
+            OUTPUT_NAME "${JNI_LIB_NAME}"
+            LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${android_proj_bin_dir}/libs/${ANDROID_NDK_ABI_NAME}"
             )
 
-        add_dependencies(${_target}_android_project opencv_java ${JNI_LIB_NAME})
+        get_target_property(android_proj_jni_location "${JNI_LIB_NAME}" LOCATION)
+        add_custom_command(TARGET ${JNI_LIB_NAME} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded "${android_proj_jni_location}")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      unset(JNI_LIB_NAME)
+    endif()
 
-        if("${ARGN}" STREQUAL "INSTALL" AND INSTALL_ANDROID_EXAMPLES)
-            install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${_target}.apk" DESTINATION "bin" COMPONENT main)
-        endif()
+    # build java part
+    add_custom_command(
+       OUTPUT "${android_proj_bin_dir}/bin/${target}-debug.apk"
+       COMMAND ${ANT_EXECUTABLE} -q -noinput -k debug
+       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${android_proj_bin_dir}/bin/${target}-debug.apk" # needed because ant does not update the timestamp of updated apk
+       WORKING_DIRECTORY "${android_proj_bin_dir}"
+       MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${android_proj_bin_dir}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+       DEPENDS "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar" opencv_java # as we are part of OpenCV we can just force this dependency
+       DEPENDS ${android_proj_file_deps} ${JNI_LIB_NAME})
+
+    add_custom_target(${target} ALL SOURCES "${android_proj_bin_dir}/bin/${target}-debug.apk" )
+    add_dependencies(${target} opencv_java ${android_proj_native_deps})
+
+    # put the final .apk to the OpenCV's bin folder
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${android_proj_bin_dir}/bin/${target}-debug.apk" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${target}.apk")
+    if(INSTALL_ANDROID_EXAMPLES AND target MATCHES "^example-")
+      install(FILES "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${target}.apk" DESTINATION "bin" COMPONENT main)
     endif()
+  endif()
 endmacro()
+
+
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectAndroidSDK.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectAndroidSDK.cmake
index 4c630170a922c67a23f3ab551b351f63cfc73e7d..62dd09e6fd031906c867b1d75a2934c0dc7df4ac 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectAndroidSDK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectAndroidSDK.cmake
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if(ANDROID_EXECUTABLE)
 
   set(ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE AndroidManifest.xml)
   set(ANDROID_LIB_PROJECT_FILES build.xml local.properties proguard-project.txt ${ANDROID_PROJECT_PROPERTIES_FILE})
-  set(ANDROID_PROJECT_FILES ${ANDROID_ANT_PROPERTIES_FILE} ${ANDROID_LIB_PROJECT_FILES})
+  set(ANDROID_PROJECT_FILES ${ANDROID_LIB_PROJECT_FILES})
 
   #get installed targets
   if(ANDROID_TOOLS_Pkg_Revision GREATER 11)
@@ -120,31 +120,14 @@ if(ANDROID_EXECUTABLE)
     set(ANDROID_EXECUTABLE "ANDROID_EXECUTABLE-NOTFOUND")
   endif()
 
-  # detect ANDROID_SDK_TARGET if no target is provided by user
-  #TODO: remove this block
+  # clear ANDROID_SDK_TARGET if no target is provided by user
   if(NOT ANDROID_SDK_TARGET)
-    set(desired_android_target_level ${ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL})
-    if(desired_android_target_level LESS 11)
-      set(desired_android_target_level 11)
-    endif()
-    if(ANDROID_PROCESS EQUAL 0)
-      math(EXPR desired_android_target_level_1 "${desired_android_target_level}-1")
-
-      foreach(target ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGETS})
-        string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+$" target_level "${target}")
-        if(target_level GREATER desired_android_target_level_1)
-          set(ANDROID_SDK_TARGET "${target}")
-          break()
-        endif()
-      endforeach()
-    else()
-      set(ANDROID_SDK_TARGET android-${desired_android_target_level})
-      message(WARNING "Could not retrieve list of installed Android targets. Will try to use \"${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET}\" target")
-    endif()
-  endif(NOT ANDROID_SDK_TARGET)
+    set(ANDROID_SDK_TARGET "" CACHE STRING "Android SDK target for the OpenCV Java API and samples")
+  endif()
+  if(ANDROID_SDK_TARGETS AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "2.8")
+    set_property( CACHE ANDROID_SDK_TARGET PROPERTY STRINGS ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGETS} )
+  endif()
 
-  SET(ANDROID_SDK_TARGET "${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET}" CACHE STRING "SDK target for Android tests and samples")
-  string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+$" ANDROID_SDK_TARGET_LEVEL "${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET}")
 endif(ANDROID_EXECUTABLE)
 
 # finds minimal installed SDK target compatible with provided names or API levels
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index c73ec32eb58e9c26c38e6a4000ef3dba4ee8d29c..65c45c6e1bb02018b3fb36c057ca34bcaede3ef5 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -355,6 +355,22 @@ macro(ocv_include_modules)
   endforeach()
 endmacro()
 
+# setup include paths for the list of passed modules and recursively add dependent modules
+macro(ocv_include_modules_recurse)
+  foreach(d ${ARGN})
+    if(d MATCHES "^opencv_" AND HAVE_${d})
+      if (EXISTS "${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_LOCATION}/include")
+        ocv_include_directories("${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_LOCATION}/include")
+      endif()
+      if(OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_DEPS)
+        ocv_include_modules_recurse(${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_DEPS})
+      endif()
+    elseif(EXISTS "${d}")
+      ocv_include_directories("${d}")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+endmacro()
+
 # setup include path for OpenCV headers for specified module
 # ocv_module_include_directories(<extra include directories/extra include modules>)
 macro(ocv_module_include_directories)
diff --git a/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
index 194568666f5ba81273b8fdcbf1f05c3089db8e5b..7568a0115da194e455c5d3dccc1324eaeec41a7f 100644
--- a/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/java/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ set(RST_PARSER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rst_parser.py")
 set(CHECK_TEST_COVERAGE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/check-tests.py")
 
 # add dependencies to cmake (we should rerun cmake if any of these scripts is modified)
-configure_file("${GEN_JAVA}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/junk/gen_java.junk" COPYONLY)
-configure_file("${HDR_PARSER}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/junk/hdr_parser.junk" COPYONLY)
+configure_file("${GEN_JAVA}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/junk/gen_java.junk" COPYONLY)
+configure_file("${HDR_PARSER}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/junk/hdr_parser.junk" COPYONLY)
 
 set(java_hdr_deps "")
 set(generated_cpp_sources "")
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ foreach(module ${OPENCV_JAVA_MODULES})
   # add dependencies to cmake (we should rerun cmake if any of these headers is modified)
   foreach(header ${module_headers})
     get_filename_component(header_name "${header}" NAME_WE)
-    configure_file("${header}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/junk/${header_name}.junk" COPYONLY)
+    configure_file("${header}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/junk/${header_name}.junk" COPYONLY)
   endforeach()
 
   # first run (to get list of generated files)
@@ -125,17 +125,17 @@ foreach(java_file ${documented_java_files})
   string(REPLACE "+" "/" java_file_name "${java_file_name}")
 
   add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}"
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${java_file}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}"
+        OUTPUT "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}"
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${java_file}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}"
         MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${java_file}"
         DEPENDS ${java_documented_headers_deps}
         COMMENT "Generating ${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}"
         )
-  list(APPEND java_files "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}")
+  list(APPEND java_files "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}")
 
   if(ANDROID)
     get_filename_component(install_subdir "${java_file_name}" PATH)
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}" DESTINATION ${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${install_subdir} COMPONENT main)
+    install(FILES "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${java_file_name}" DESTINATION ${JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR}/${install_subdir} COMPONENT main)
   endif()
 endforeach()
 
@@ -178,10 +178,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
   # force strip library after the build command
   # because samples and tests will make a copy of the library before install
   get_target_property(__opencv_java_location ${the_module} LOCATION)
-  add_custom_command(
-        TARGET ${the_module} POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded "${__opencv_java_location}"
-        )
+  add_custom_command(TARGET ${the_module} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} --strip-unneeded "${__opencv_java_location}")
 
   set(lib_proj_files "")
 
@@ -190,16 +187,16 @@ if(ANDROID)
   foreach(f ${android_lib_project_files})
     if(NOT f MATCHES "\\.svn")
       add_custom_command(
-                OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${f}"
-                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android/${f}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${f}"
+                OUTPUT "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${f}"
+                COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android/${f}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${f}"
                 DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android/${f}"
                 COMMENT "Generating ${f}"
                 )
 
-      list(APPEND lib_proj_files "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${f}")
+      list(APPEND lib_proj_files "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${f}")
 
       if(NOT f MATCHES "jni/.+")
-        install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${f}" DESTINATION . COMPONENT main)
+        install(FILES "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${f}" DESTINATION . COMPONENT main)
       endif()
     endif()
   endforeach()
@@ -208,13 +205,12 @@ if(ANDROID)
   foreach(jni_file ${handwrittren_cpp_sources} ${handwrittren_h_sources} ${generated_cpp_sources})
     get_filename_component(jni_file_name "${jni_file}" NAME)
     add_custom_command(
-            OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}"
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${jni_file}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}"
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}"
+            OUTPUT "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}"
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${jni_file}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}"
             DEPENDS "${jni_file}" ${java_hdr_deps}
             COMMENT "Generating jni/${jni_file_name}"
             )
-    list(APPEND lib_proj_files "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}")
+    list(APPEND lib_proj_files "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/jni/${jni_file_name}")
   endforeach()
 
   # create Android library project in build folder
@@ -222,32 +218,34 @@ if(ANDROID)
     set(lib_target ${the_module}_android_library)
 
     set(lib_target_files ${ANDROID_LIB_PROJECT_FILES})
-    ocv_list_add_prefix(lib_target_files "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
+    ocv_list_add_prefix(lib_target_files "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/")
 
-    android_get_compatible_target(lib_target_sdk_target 8)
+    android_get_compatible_target(lib_target_sdk_target ${ANDROID_NATIVE_API_LEVEL} ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
 
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${lib_target_files}
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${lib_target_files}
-        COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent create lib-project --path \"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}\" --target \"${lib_target_sdk_target}\" --name OpenCV --package org.opencv 2>\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/create_lib_project.log\"
-        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+        COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent create lib-project --path \"${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}\" --target \"${lib_target_sdk_target}\" --name OpenCV --package org.opencv 2>\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/create_lib_project.log\"
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
         DEPENDS ${lib_proj_files}
         COMMENT "Generating OpenCV Android library project. SDK target: ${lib_target_sdk_target}"
         )
-    install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ANDROID_PROJECT_PROPERTIES_FILE}" DESTINATION . COMPONENT main)
+    install(FILES "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/${ANDROID_PROJECT_PROPERTIES_FILE}" DESTINATION . COMPONENT main)
 
     if(ANT_EXECUTABLE AND ANDROID_TOOLS_Pkg_Revision GREATER 13)
       # build the library project
       # normally we should do this after a native part, but for a library project we can build the java part first
       add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar"
+        OUTPUT "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar"
         COMMAND ${ANT_EXECUTABLE} -q -noinput -k debug
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar" # needed because ant does not update the timestamp of updated jar
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}"
         DEPENDS ${lib_proj_files} ${lib_target_files} ${java_files}
         COMMENT "Building OpenCV Android library project"
         )
-      install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar" DESTINATION bin COMPONENT main)
-      list(APPEND lib_target_files "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar")
+      install(FILES "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/jarlist.cache" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/build.prop" DESTINATION bin COMPONENT main)
+      install(DIRECTORY "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/res" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes" DESTINATION bin COMPONENT main)
+      list(APPEND lib_target_files "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar")
     endif()
 
     add_custom_target(${lib_target}
@@ -260,14 +258,14 @@ if(ANDROID)
 endif(ANDROID)
 
 #android test project
-ocv_check_dependencies(${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_OPT_DEPS})
-if(BUILD_TESTS AND OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
-  add_android_project(opencv_test_java "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_test")
-
-  if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
-    add_custom_command(
-        TARGET opencv_test_java_android_project POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CHECK_TEST_COVERAGE} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_test/src" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src" > "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests_coverage.log"
-        )
-  endif()
+if(ANDROID AND BUILD_TESTS)
+  add_subdirectory(android_test)
+ # add_android_project(opencv_test_java "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_test")
+
+#  if(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+ #   add_custom_command(
+  #      TARGET opencv_test_java_android_project POST_BUILD
+   #     COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CHECK_TEST_COVERAGE} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_test/src" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/src" > "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests_coverage.log"
+    #    )
+ # endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/java/android_test/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/java/android_test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1cfe90dbf884c724212fbc97708bc866d3601add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/java/android_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+ocv_check_dependencies(opencv_java ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_java_OPT_DEPS} ${OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_java_REQ_DEPS})
+
+if(NOT OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND OR NOT ANT_EXECUTABLE OR NOT ANDROID_EXECUTABLE OR NOT ANDROID_TOOLS_Pkg_Revision GREATER 13)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+project(opencv_test_java)
+
+set(opencv_test_java_bin_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.build")
+
+# get project sources
+file(GLOB_RECURSE opencv_test_java_files RELATIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/res/*" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*")
+ocv_list_filterout(opencv_test_java_files ".svn")
+
+# copy sources out from the build tree
+set(opencv_test_java_file_deps "")
+foreach(f ${opencv_test_java_files} ${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE})
+  add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/${f}"
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${f}" "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/${f}"
+      MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${f}"
+      COMMENT "Copying ${f}")
+  list(APPEND opencv_test_java_file_deps "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${f}" "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/${f}")
+endforeach()
+
+# fix Android project
+set(android_proj_target_files ${ANDROID_PROJECT_FILES})
+ocv_list_add_prefix(android_proj_target_files "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/")
+file(RELATIVE_PATH __dep "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${android_proj_target_files}
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${android_proj_target_files}
+    COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent update test-project --path "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}" --main "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}"
+    COMMAND ${ANDROID_EXECUTABLE} --silent update project --path "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}" --library "${__dep}"
+    MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+    DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+    COMMENT "Updating Android Java API test project")
+
+list(APPEND opencv_test_java_file_deps ${android_proj_target_files})
+
+# build java part
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/bin/OpenCVTest-debug.apk"
+    COMMAND ${ANT_EXECUTABLE} -q -noinput -k debug
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/bin/OpenCVTest-debug.apk" # needed because ant does not update the timestamp of updated apk
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}"
+    MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/${ANDROID_MANIFEST_FILE}"
+    DEPENDS "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/classes.jar" opencv_java
+    DEPENDS ${opencv_test_java_file_deps})
+
+add_custom_target(${PROJECT_NAME} ALL SOURCES "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/bin/OpenCVTest-debug.apk" )
+add_dependencies(${PROJECT_NAME} opencv_java)
+
+# put the final .apk to the OpenCV's bin folder
+add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy "${opencv_test_java_bin_dir}/bin/OpenCVTest-debug.apk" "${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}.apk")
+
+add_dependencies(opencv_tests ${PROJECT_NAME})
+
diff --git a/modules/java/android_test/default.properties b/modules/java/android_test/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/modules/java/android_test/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/modules/java/android_test/project.properties b/modules/java/android_test/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/modules/java/android_test/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/15-puzzle/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/15-puzzle/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..447931955429e653e68bb34b24e56bb1aa7ca5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/15-puzzle/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set(sample example-15-puzzle)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/15-puzzle/default.properties b/samples/android/15-puzzle/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/15-puzzle/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/15-puzzle/project.properties b/samples/android/15-puzzle/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/15-puzzle/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/CMakeLists.txt
index dad752947fb2b44b8fa1883931addc4d7947bfa0..7999c3a9a5867bf6efb63d73e648fb6ebe430012 100644
--- a/samples/android/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/android/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,30 +2,22 @@
 #  CMake file for Android samples. See root CMakeLists.txt
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-SET(OPENCV_ANDROID_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS opencv_contrib opencv_legacy opencv_objdetect opencv_calib3d opencv_features2d opencv_video opencv_highgui opencv_ml opencv_imgproc opencv_flann opencv_core)
+add_custom_target(opencv_android_examples)
 
-ocv_check_dependencies(${OPENCV_ANDROID_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS} opencv_java)
+add_subdirectory(15-puzzle)
+add_subdirectory(face-detection)
+add_subdirectory(image-manipulations)
+add_subdirectory(tutorial-0-androidcamera)
+add_subdirectory(tutorial-1-addopencv)
+add_subdirectory(tutorial-2-opencvcamera)
+add_subdirectory(tutorial-3-native)
+add_subdirectory(tutorial-4-mixed)
 
-if(BUILD_ANDROID_EXAMPLES AND OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
-  project(android_samples)
-
-  ocv_include_modules(${OPENCV_ANDROID_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS})
-  
-  file(GLOB android_samples RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} *)
-  list(REMOVE_ITEM android_samples hello-android)
-  list(SORT android_samples)
-    
-  foreach(sample ${android_samples})
-    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${sample}/AndroidManifest.xml")
-      add_android_project("${sample}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${sample}" INSTALL)
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-
-  #hello-android sample
-  ADD_EXECUTABLE(hello-android hello-android/main.cpp)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(hello-android ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${OPENCV_ANDROID_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS})
+#hello-android sample
+if(HAVE_opencv_highgui)
+  ocv_include_modules_recurse(opencv_highgui opencv_core)
+  add_executable(hello-android hello-android/main.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(hello-android ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} opencv_highgui opencv_core)
   set_target_properties(hello-android PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME hello-android RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}")
-  if(INSTALL_ANDROID_EXAMPLES)
-    install(TARGETS hello-android DESTINATION bin COMPONENT main)
-  endif()
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples hello-android)
 endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/face-detection/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/face-detection/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f3234905a126bdc7fe54629a092d7316955189d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/face-detection/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set(sample example-face-detection)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/face-detection/default.properties b/samples/android/face-detection/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 74bb01ac065dde0993a71bc0727a5d209554b3fa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/face-detection/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../OpenCV-2.3.1
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/face-detection/project.properties b/samples/android/face-detection/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/face-detection/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/image-manipulations/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/image-manipulations/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70adb1dbe1e9d4b7e37d8c9a9e397386439d5407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/image-manipulations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set(sample example-image-manipulations)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/image-manipulations/default.properties b/samples/android/image-manipulations/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/image-manipulations/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/image-manipulations/project.properties b/samples/android/image-manipulations/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/image-manipulations/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c5780aca9f1544a5021e0b0b4eca58a06f2c7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set(sample example-tutorial-0-androidcamera)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
+
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/default.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 32299c258a5fcd4eeb33f79cd7fe47c6cd587444..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/project.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d68fd3953e2e03107ca226c11ac9a001888f32..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-0-androidcamera/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Project target.
-target=android-11
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb5bc79826c28bc332db347bb064b92196660578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set(sample example-tutorial-1-addopencv)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
+
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/default.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/project.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 25192ad88d4b99bd022a3f2c5b15f338338dfbc7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-1-addopencv/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-11
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..685f870b6fe85d1c473d2a6db676f3264a17d5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set(sample example-tutorial-2-opencvcamera)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
+
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/default.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/project.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-2-opencvcamera/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b790e4560ed801b5988788e6555c9f7f16da438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set(sample example-tutorial-3-native)
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET} NATIVE_DEPS opencv_features2d)
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/default.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 32299c258a5fcd4eeb33f79cd7fe47c6cd587444..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/project.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d68fd3953e2e03107ca226c11ac9a001888f32..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-3-native/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Project target.
-target=android-11
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2fac5843bb4ba7922312848d22443f16b1615d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+set(sample example-tutorial-4-mixed)
+
+if(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB)
+  set(native_deps opencv_java)
+else()
+  set(native_deps opencv_features2d)
+endif()
+
+add_android_project(${sample} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" LIBRARY_DEPS ${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR} SDK_TARGET 11 ${ANDROID_SDK_TARGET} NATIVE_DEPS ${native_deps})
+if(TARGET ${sample})
+  add_dependencies(opencv_android_examples ${sample})
+endif()
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/default.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/default.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index fb3ea1f7b34c41e85d4a6bf81241ba67c9890502..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/default.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-8
diff --git a/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/project.properties b/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 25192ad88d4b99bd022a3f2c5b15f338338dfbc7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed/project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-android.library.reference.1=../../../android/build
-# Project target.
-target=android-11