diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index a7a3502b..a13fdfc4 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: "com.android.application"
 apply plugin: "com.facebook.react"
+// react-native-camera-kit
+apply plugin: "kotlin-android"
+apply plugin: "kotlin-android-extensions"
 
 import com.android.build.OutputFile
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4122f36a..d106ab02 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
 
     <application
       android:name=".MainApplication"
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 67d887b0..73a08a0d 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,19 +3,29 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         buildToolsVersion = "33.0.0"
-        minSdkVersion = 21
+        minSdkVersion = 23
         compileSdkVersion = 33
         targetSdkVersion = 33
 
         // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
         ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
+        // react-native-camera-kit
+        kotlin_version = "1.7.21"
     }
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")        
         classpath("com.facebook.react:react-native-gradle-plugin")
+        // react-native-camera-kit
+        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version")
+    }
+}
+// react-native-camera-kit
+allprojects {
+    repositories {        
+        google()
     }
 }