diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0a1642481..e0d992ab7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ after_failure:
   - echo " LOGCAT "; echo "========"; cat logcat.log; pkill -KILL -f adb
 
 before_deploy:
-  - export APP_CHANGELOG=$(cat app/src/kiwix/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt)
+#  - export APP_CHANGELOG=$(cat app/src/kiwix/play/release-notes/en-US/default.txt)
+  - ./gradlew assembleKiwixRelease
 
 deploy:
 
@@ -78,11 +79,10 @@ deploy:
     file_glob: true
     skip_cleanup: true
     overwrite: true
-    body: "$APP_CHANGELOG"
+#    body: "$APP_CHANGELOG" broken because travis can't escape newlines
     draft: true
     on:
       tags: true
-      condition:  $TRAVIS_BRANCH =~ ^release|master
 
   #publish on play store
   - provider: script
@@ -90,4 +90,3 @@ deploy:
     script: ./gradlew publishKiwixRelease
     on:
       tags: true
-      condition:  $TRAVIS_BRANCH =~ ^release|master
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d9119491d..64f7908dd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -40,4 +40,47 @@ Our process for accepting changes operates by [Pull Request (PR)](https://help.g
 
 1.  Once you have integrated comments, or waited for feedback, a Lieutenant should merge your changes in!
 
+### Building
+
+The default build is `debug`, with this variant you can use a debugger while developing. To install the application click the `run` button in Android Studio with the `app` configuration selected while you have a device connected. All other build types but `release` can be ignored, the `release` build is what gets uploaded to the Google Play store and can be built locally with the dummy credentials/keystore provided.
+
+### Testing
+
+Unit tests are located in `app/src/test` and to run them locally you
+can use the gradle command:
+
+        $ gradlew testKiwixDebugUnitTest
+
+or the abbreviated:
+
+        $ gradlew tKDUT
+
+Automated tests that require a connected device (UI related tests) are located in `app/src/androidTest` & `app/src/androidTestKiwix`, to run them locally you can use the gradle command:
+
+        $ gradlew connectedKiwixDebugAndroidTest
+
+or the abbreviated:
+
+
+        $ gradlew cKDAT
+
+All local test results can be seen under `app/build/reports/`
+
+### Code coverage
+
+To generate coverage reports for your unit tests run:
+
+        $ gradlew jacocoTestKiwixDebugUnitTest
+
+To generate coverage reports for your automated tests run:
+
+        $ gradlew createKiwixDebugCoverageReport
+
+Code coverage results can be seen under `app/build/reports/`
+
+### Continous Integration
+
+All PRs will have all these tests run and a combined coverage report will be attached, if coverage is to go down the PR will be marked failed. On Travis CI the automated tests are run on an emulator. To
+learn more about the commands run on the CI please refer to [.travis.yml](https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-android/blob/master/.travis.yml)
+
 _These guidelines are based on [Tools for Government Data Archiving](https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/overview/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)'s._
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81f3613e8..4dd8590ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ We utilize different build variants (flavours) to build various different versio
 ## Libraries Used
 
 - [Dagger 2](https://github.com/google/dagger) - A fast dependency injector for Android and Java
-- [SquiDb](https://github.com/yahoo/squidb) - SquiDB is a SQLite database library for Android and iOS
 - [Retrofit](http://square.github.io/retrofit/) - Retrofit turns your REST API into a Java interface
 - [OkHttp](https://github.com/square/okhttp) - An HTTP+SPDY client for Android and Java applications
 - [Butterknife](http://jakewharton.github.io/butterknife/) - View "injection" library for Android
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9cdc629a7..949937eb2 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ android {
     testInstrumentationRunnerArguments.notClass = "com.android.dex.DexIndexOverflowException"
     multiDexEnabled true
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
-    archivesBaseName = "${branchName.replace('/', '-')}-$buildNumber"
+    archivesBaseName = "$buildNumber"
   }
 
   aaptOptions {
@@ -429,13 +429,13 @@ android {
     experimental = true
   }
 
-  def abiCodes = ['arm64-v8a': 1, 'x86': 2, 'x86_64': 3, 'armeabi-v7a': 4]
+  def abiCodes = ['arm64-v8a': 5, 'x86': 2, 'x86_64': 3, 'armeabi-v7a': 4]
   splits {
     abi {
       enable true
       reset()
       include "x86", "x86_64", 'armeabi-v7a', "arm64-v8a"
-      universalApk true
+      universalApk false
     }
   }
   applicationVariants.all { variant ->
@@ -449,9 +449,10 @@ android {
 }
 
 play {
-  enabled = branchName == "master" || branchName == "release"
+  enabled = true
   serviceAccountCredentials = file("../google.json")
   track = "alpha"
+  releaseStatus = "draft"
   resolutionStrategy = "fail"
 }