diff --git a/android/.idea/gradle.xml b/android/.idea/gradle.xml
index ac6b0aec60..38f72a4273 100644
--- a/android/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/android/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
           <set>
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
             <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/app" />
+            <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../java_console/shared_io" />
           </set>
         </option>
         <option name="resolveModulePerSourceSet" value="false" />
diff --git a/android/.idea/misc.xml b/android/.idea/misc.xml
index 37a750962d..7bfef59df1 100644
--- a/android/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/android/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_7" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 6d775e35c2..355a7ebe3d 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation project(':shared_io')
+
     implementation files('lib/dfu_java.jar')
     implementation 'com.github.mik3y:usb-serial-for-android:v2.2.3'
     implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 82d1cfbf57..0000000000
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/ConnectionAndMeta.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package com.rusefi;
-
-public class ConnectionAndMeta {
-}
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/FileUtil.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/FileUtil.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b05b931fec..0000000000
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/rusefi/shared/FileUtil.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package com.rusefi.shared;
-
-public class FileUtil {
-}
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index e7b4def49c..6b78b1c8a2 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 include ':app'
+include ':shared_io'
+project(':shared_io').projectDir = new File('../java_console/shared_io')
diff --git a/java_console/shared_io/build.gradle b/java_console/shared_io/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5fc4ba0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_console/shared_io/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java'
+}
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