diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ac4da6..cb3d1bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ set(QML_SRC_FILES
     resources/icons.qrc
     resources/qml.qrc
 )
+if(ANDROID)
+    list(APPEND QML_HEADER_FILES
+        quickgui/android.h
+    )
+    list(APPEND QML_SRC_FILES
+        quickgui/android.cpp
+    )
+endif()
 
 set(TS_FILES
     translations/${META_PROJECT_NAME}_de_DE.ts
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 30bd976..c718d53 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtApplication" android:label="@string/app_name">
         <activity
             android:configChanges="orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|layoutDirection|locale|fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation"
-            android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity"
+            android:name="org.martchus.passwordmanager.Activity"
             android:label="@string/app_name"
             android:screenOrientation="unspecified"
             android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <!-- Splash screen -->
         </activity>
     </application>
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="21"/>
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="23" android:targetSdkVersion="23"/>
     <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.
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d391642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:27.1.0'
+}
+
+android {
+    /*******************************************************
+     * The following variables:
+     * - androidBuildToolsVersion,
+     * - androidCompileSdkVersion
+     * - qt5AndroidDir - holds the path to qt android files
+     *                   needed to build any Qt application
+     *                   on Android.
+     *
+     * are defined in gradle.properties file. This file is
+     * updated by QtCreator and androiddeployqt tools.
+     * Changing them manually might break the compilation!
+     *******************************************************/
+
+    compileSdkVersion androidCompileSdkVersion.toInteger()
+
+    buildToolsVersion androidBuildToolsVersion
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+            java.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'java']
+            aidl.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'aidl']
+            res.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/res', 'res']
+            resources.srcDirs = ['src']
+            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+       }
+    }
+
+    lintOptions {
+        abortOnError false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/src/org/martchus/passwordmanager/Activity.java b/android/src/org/martchus/passwordmanager/Activity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08d0925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/org/martchus/passwordmanager/Activity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.martchus.passwordmanager;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
+import android.support.v4.provider.DocumentFile;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity;
+
+public class Activity extends QtActivity {
+    private final int REQUEST_CODE_PICK_DIR = 1;
+    private final int REQUEST_CODE_PICK_EXISTING_FILE = 2;
+    private final int REQUEST_CODE_PICK_NEW_FILE = 3;
+
+    public boolean showAndroidFileDialog(boolean existing) {
+        String action = existing ? Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT : Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT;
+        int requestCode = existing ? REQUEST_CODE_PICK_EXISTING_FILE : REQUEST_CODE_PICK_NEW_FILE;
+        Intent intent = new Intent(action);
+        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
+        intent.setType("*/*");
+        try {
+            startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode);
+            return true;
+        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
+        switch (requestCode) {
+        case REQUEST_CODE_PICK_EXISTING_FILE:
+        case REQUEST_CODE_PICK_NEW_FILE:
+            if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
+                onAndroidFileDialogRejected();
+                return;
+            }
+            boolean existingFile = requestCode == REQUEST_CODE_PICK_EXISTING_FILE;
+            Uri uri = data.getData();
+            if (uri != null) {
+                try {
+                    DocumentFile file = DocumentFile.fromSingleUri(this, uri);
+                    ParcelFileDescriptor fd = getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor(file.getUri(), existingFile ? "rw" : "wt");
+                    onAndroidFileDialogAcceptedHandle(uri.toString(), fd.getFd(), existingFile);
+                } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+                    onAndroidError("Failed to open selected file.");
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+            String fileName = data.getDataString();
+            if (fileName != null) {
+                onAndroidFileDialogAccepted(fileName, existingFile);
+                return;
+            }
+            onAndroidError("Failed to read result from Android's file dialog.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
+    }
+
+    public static native void onAndroidError(String message);
+    public static native void onAndroidFileDialogAccepted(String fileName, boolean existing);
+    public static native void onAndroidFileDialogAcceptedHandle(String fileName, int fileHandle, boolean existing);
+    public static native void onAndroidFileDialogRejected();
+}
diff --git a/qml/main.qml b/qml/main.qml
index 65013c1..ec6c5da 100644
--- a/qml/main.qml
+++ b/qml/main.qml
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
                 onTriggered: nativeInterface.close()
             }
         ]
+        Controls.Switch {
+            text: qsTr("Use native file dialog")
+            checked: nativeInterface.useNativeFileDialog
+            visible: nativeInterface.supportsNativeFileDialog
+            onCheckedChanged: nativeInterface.useNativeFileDialog = checked
+        }
         Controls.Switch {
             id: showPasswordsOnFocusSwitch
             text: qsTr("Show passwords on focus")
@@ -97,27 +103,31 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
         id: fileDialog
         title: selectExisting ? qsTr("Select an existing file") : qsTr(
                                     "Select path for new file")
+        property bool selectExisting: true
+
         onAccepted: {
             if (fileUrls.length < 1) {
                 return
             }
-            if (selectExisting) {
-                nativeInterface.load(fileUrls[0])
-            } else {
-                nativeInterface.create(fileUrls[0])
-            }
-        }
-        onRejected: {
-            showPassiveNotification(qsTr("Canceled file selection"))
+            nativeInterface.handleFileSelectionAccepted(fileUrls[0],
+                                                        this.selectExisting)
         }
+        onRejected: nativeInterface.handleFileSelectionCanceled()
 
+        function show() {
+            if (nativeInterface.showNativeFileDialog(this.selectExisting)) {
+                return
+            }
+            // fallback to the Qt Quick file dialog if a native implementation is not available
+            this.open()
+        }
         function openExisting() {
             this.selectExisting = true
-            this.open()
+            this.show()
         }
         function createNew() {
             this.selectExisting = false
-            this.open()
+            this.show()
         }
     }
 
@@ -149,6 +159,9 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
             showPassiveNotification(qsTr("%1 saved").arg(
                                         nativeInterface.fileName))
         }
+        onNewNotification: {
+            showPassiveNotification(message)
+        }
     }
 
     Component {
@@ -173,17 +186,17 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
 
     function pushStackEntry(entryModel, rootIndex) {
         pageStack.push(entriesComponent.createObject(root, {
-                                                         entryModel: entryModel,
-                                                         rootIndex: rootIndex,
-                                                         title: entryModel.data(
-                                                                    rootIndex)
+                                                         "entryModel": entryModel,
+                                                         "rootIndex": rootIndex,
+                                                         "title": entryModel.data(
+                                                                      rootIndex)
                                                      }))
     }
 
     function createFileActions(files) {
         return files.map(function (filePath) {
             return this.createObject(root, {
-                                         filePath: filePath
+                                         "filePath": filePath
                                      })
         }, fileActionComponent)
     }
diff --git a/quickgui/android.cpp b/quickgui/android.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0b5062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickgui/android.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include "./android.h"
+#include "./controller.h"
+
+#include <QtAndroid>
+#include <QAndroidJniObject>
+#include <QMetaObject>
+
+#include <jni.h>
+
+namespace QtGui {
+
+static Controller *controllerForAndroid = nullptr;
+
+void registerControllerForAndroid(Controller *controller)
+{
+    controllerForAndroid = controller;
+}
+
+bool showAndroidFileDialog(bool existing)
+{
+    return QtAndroid::androidActivity().callMethod<jboolean>("showAndroidFileDialog", "(Z)Z", existing);
+}
+
+}
+
+static void onAndroidError(JNIEnv *, jobject, jstring message)
+{
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QtGui::controllerForAndroid, "newNotification", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QString, QAndroidJniObject::fromLocalRef(message).toString()));
+}
+
+static void onAndroidFileDialogAccepted(JNIEnv *, jobject, jstring fileName, jboolean existing)
+{
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QtGui::controllerForAndroid, "handleFileSelectionAccepted", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QString, QAndroidJniObject::fromLocalRef(fileName).toString()), Q_ARG(bool, existing));
+}
+
+static void onAndroidFileDialogAcceptedHandle(JNIEnv *, jobject, jstring fileName, jint fileHandle, jboolean existing)
+{
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QtGui::controllerForAndroid, "handleFileSelectionAcceptedDescriptor", Qt::QueuedConnection, Q_ARG(QString, QAndroidJniObject::fromLocalRef(fileName).toString()), Q_ARG(int, fileHandle), Q_ARG(bool, existing));
+}
+
+static void onAndroidFileDialogRejected(JNIEnv *, jobject)
+{
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QtGui::controllerForAndroid, "handleFileSelectionCanceled", Qt::QueuedConnection);
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief Registers the static functions declared above so they can be called from the Java-side.
+ * \remarks This method is called automatically by Java after the .so file is loaded.
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *)
+{
+    // get the JNIEnv pointer
+    JNIEnv *env;
+    if (vm->GetEnv(reinterpret_cast<void**>(&env), JNI_VERSION_1_6) != JNI_OK) {
+        return JNI_ERR;
+    }
+
+    // search for Java class which declares the native methods
+    const auto javaClass = env->FindClass("org/martchus/passwordmanager/Activity");
+    if (!javaClass) {
+        return JNI_ERR;
+    }
+
+    // register native methods
+    static const JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
+        {"onAndroidError", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", reinterpret_cast<void *>(onAndroidError)},
+        {"onAndroidFileDialogAccepted", "(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V", reinterpret_cast<void *>(onAndroidFileDialogAccepted)},
+        {"onAndroidFileDialogAcceptedHandle", "(Ljava/lang/String;IZ)V", reinterpret_cast<void *>(onAndroidFileDialogAcceptedHandle)},
+        {"onAndroidFileDialogRejected", "()V", reinterpret_cast<void *>(onAndroidFileDialogRejected)},
+    };
+    if (env->RegisterNatives(javaClass, methods, sizeof(methods) / sizeof(methods[0])) < 0) {
+        return JNI_ERR;
+    }
+
+    return JNI_VERSION_1_6;
+}
diff --git a/quickgui/android.h b/quickgui/android.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64d6767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickgui/android.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef QT_QUICK_GUI_ANDROID_H
+#define QT_QUICK_GUI_ANDROID_H
+
+namespace QtGui {
+
+class Controller;
+void registerControllerForAndroid(Controller *controller);
+bool showAndroidFileDialog(bool existing);
+
+}
+
+#endif // QT_QUICK_GUI_ANDROID_H
diff --git a/quickgui/controller.cpp b/quickgui/controller.cpp
index 04a1a5e..395a7dc 100644
--- a/quickgui/controller.cpp
+++ b/quickgui/controller.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "./controller.h"
+#include "./android.h"
 
 #include <passwordfile/io/cryptoexception.h>
 #include <passwordfile/io/parsingexception.h>
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <qtutilities/misc/dialogutils.h>
 
 #include <c++utilities/io/catchiofailure.h>
+#include <c++utilities/io/nativefilestream.h>
 #include <c++utilities/io/path.h>
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_CLIPBOARD
@@ -32,12 +34,14 @@ Controller::Controller(QSettings &settings, const QString &filePath, QObject *pa
     , m_settings(settings)
     , m_fileOpen(false)
     , m_fileModified(false)
+    , m_useNativeFileDialog(false)
 {
     m_entryFilterModel.setSourceModel(&m_entryModel);
 
     // share settings with main window
     m_settings.beginGroup(QStringLiteral("mainwindow"));
     m_recentFiles = m_settings.value(QStringLiteral("recententries")).toStringList();
+    m_useNativeFileDialog = m_settings.value(QStringLiteral("usenativefiledialog"), m_useNativeFileDialog).toBool();
 
     // set initial file path
     setFilePath(filePath);
@@ -66,6 +70,11 @@ void Controller::setFilePath(const QString &filePath)
     emit filePathChanged(m_filePath = filePath);
 
     // handle recent files
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+    if (m_useNativeFileDialog) {
+        return; // native file dialog under Android makes it impossible to store URIs persistently
+    }
+#endif
     auto index = m_recentFiles.indexOf(m_filePath);
     if (!index) {
         return;
@@ -131,7 +140,10 @@ void Controller::create(const QString &filePath)
 
     resetFileStatus();
     try {
-        m_file.create();
+        if (!m_file.isOpen()) {
+            m_file.create();
+        }
+        m_file.generateRootEntry();
         m_entryModel.setRootEntry(m_file.rootEntry());
         setFileOpen(true);
         updateWindowTitle();
@@ -170,6 +182,56 @@ void Controller::save()
     }
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Shows a native file dialog if supported; otherwise returns false.
+ * \remarks If supported, this method will load/create the selected file (according to \a existing).
+ */
+bool Controller::showNativeFileDialog(bool existing)
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER)
+    if (!m_useNativeFileDialog) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return showAndroidFileDialog(existing);
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(existing)
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+void Controller::handleFileSelectionAccepted(const QString &filePath, bool existing)
+{
+    if (existing) {
+        load(filePath);
+    } else {
+        create(filePath);
+    }
+}
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER)
+void Controller::handleFileSelectionAcceptedDescriptor(const QString &filePath, int fileDescriptor, bool existing)
+{
+    try {
+        m_file.setPath(filePath.toStdString());
+        m_file.fileStream().openFromFileDescriptor(fileDescriptor, ios_base::in | ios_base::binary);
+        m_file.fileStream().seekg(0);
+        emitIoError("seeked to begin");
+        char buf[4];
+        m_file.fileStream().read(buf, 4);
+        emitIoError("first 4 byte: " + QString::fromLocal8Bit(buf, 4));
+        m_file.opened();
+    } catch (...) {
+        emitIoError(tr("opening from native file descriptor"));
+    }
+    handleFileSelectionAccepted(filePath, existing);
+}
+#endif
+
+void Controller::handleFileSelectionCanceled()
+{
+    emit newNotification(tr("Canceled file selection"));
+}
+
 QStringList Controller::pasteEntries(const QModelIndex &destinationParent, int row)
 {
     if (m_cutEntries.isEmpty() || !m_entryModel.isNode(destinationParent)) {
@@ -236,7 +298,7 @@ void Controller::setFileOpen(bool fileOpen)
 void Controller::emitIoError(const QString &when)
 {
     const auto *const msg = catchIoFailure();
-    emit fileError(tr("An IO error occured when %1 the file: ").arg(when) + QString::fromLocal8Bit(msg));
+    emit fileError(tr("An IO error occured when %1 the file %2: ").arg(when, m_filePath) + QString::fromLocal8Bit(msg));
 }
 
 } // namespace QtGui
diff --git a/quickgui/controller.h b/quickgui/controller.h
index 96fce56..232d8e9 100644
--- a/quickgui/controller.h
+++ b/quickgui/controller.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Controller : public QObject {
     Q_PROPERTY(QList<QPersistentModelIndex> cutEntries READ cutEntries WRITE setCutEntries NOTIFY cutEntriesChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool canPaste READ canPaste NOTIFY cutEntriesChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QStringList recentFiles READ recentFiles NOTIFY recentFilesChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool useNativeFileDialog READ useNativeFileDialog WRITE setUseNativeFileDialog NOTIFY useNativeFileDialogChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool supportsNativeFileDialog READ supportsNativeFileDialog NOTIFY supportsNativeFileDialogChanged)
 
 public:
     explicit Controller(QSettings &settings, const QString &filePath = QString(), QObject *parent = nullptr);
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE bool copyToClipboard(const QString &text) const;
     bool canPaste() const;
     const QStringList &recentFiles() const;
+    bool useNativeFileDialog() const;
+    void setUseNativeFileDialog(bool useNativeFileDialog);
+    bool supportsNativeFileDialog() const;
 
 public slots:
     void init();
@@ -60,6 +65,12 @@ public slots:
     void create(const QString &filePath = QString());
     void close();
     void save();
+    bool showNativeFileDialog(bool existing);
+    void handleFileSelectionAccepted(const QString &filePath, bool existing);
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER)
+    void handleFileSelectionAcceptedDescriptor(const QString &filePath, int fileDescriptor, bool existing);
+#endif
+    void handleFileSelectionCanceled();
 
 signals:
     void filePathChanged(const QString &newFilePath);
@@ -75,6 +86,9 @@ signals:
     void currentAccountChanged();
     void cutEntriesChanged(const QList<QPersistentModelIndex> &cutEntries);
     void recentFilesChanged(const QStringList &recentFiles);
+    void newNotification(const QString &message);
+    void useNativeFileDialogChanged(bool useNativeFileDialog);
+    void supportsNativeFileDialogChanged();
 
 private:
     void resetFileStatus();
@@ -95,6 +109,7 @@ private:
     QStringList m_recentFiles;
     bool m_fileOpen;
     bool m_fileModified;
+    bool m_useNativeFileDialog;
 };
 
 inline const QString &Controller::filePath() const
@@ -178,6 +193,27 @@ inline const QStringList &Controller::recentFiles() const
     return m_recentFiles;
 }
 
+inline bool Controller::useNativeFileDialog() const
+{
+    return m_useNativeFileDialog;
+}
+
+inline void Controller::setUseNativeFileDialog(bool useNativeFileDialog)
+{
+    if (m_useNativeFileDialog != useNativeFileDialog) {
+        emit useNativeFileDialogChanged(m_useNativeFileDialog = useNativeFileDialog);
+    }
+}
+
+inline bool Controller::supportsNativeFileDialog() const
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(CPP_UTILITIES_USE_NATIVE_FILE_BUFFER)
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 } // namespace QtGui
 
 #endif // QT_QUICK_GUI_CONTROLLER_H
diff --git a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
index 2aef28d..470cd48 100644
--- a/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
+++ b/quickgui/initiatequick.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "./initiatequick.h"
 #include "./controller.h"
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+#include "./android.h"
+#endif
 
 #include "resources/config.h"
 
@@ -8,11 +11,11 @@
 #include <qtutilities/resources/resources.h>
 
 #include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 #include <QQmlContext>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QTextCodec>
-#include <QIcon>
 #include <QtQml>
 
 #ifdef PASSWORD_MANAGER_GUI_QTWIDGETS
@@ -36,8 +39,8 @@ enum RelevantFlags {
     DrawsSystemBarBackgrounds = 0x80000000,
 };
 }
-}
-}
+} // namespace WindowManager
+} // namespace Android
 #endif
 
 int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs, const QString &file)
@@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ int runQuickGui(int argc, char *argv[], const QtConfigArguments &qtConfigArgs, c
     // init Quick GUI
     QQmlApplicationEngine engine;
     Controller controller(settings, file);
+#ifdef Q_OS_ANDROID
+    registerControllerForAndroid(&controller);
+#endif
     auto *const context(engine.rootContext());
     context->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("userPaths"), userPaths);
     context->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("nativeInterface"), &controller);