diff --git a/Tutorial/app/build.gradle b/Tutorial/app/build.gradle
index 5ba841d9..fa2aeb75 100644
--- a/Tutorial/app/build.gradle
+++ b/Tutorial/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,4 +22,8 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1'
+    /* add latest version of ably.io client library */
+    compile 'io.ably:ably-android:0.8.+'
+    /* add Volley library for simple network requests */
+    compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'
 }
diff --git a/Tutorial/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/Tutorial/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7d1e212d..96ebd90f 100644
--- a/Tutorial/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/Tutorial/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="ably.io.tutorial">
 
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
diff --git a/Tutorial/app/src/main/java/ably/io/tutorial/ExampleActivity.java b/Tutorial/app/src/main/java/ably/io/tutorial/ExampleActivity.java
index 18a372a3..13c47635 100644
--- a/Tutorial/app/src/main/java/ably/io/tutorial/ExampleActivity.java
+++ b/Tutorial/app/src/main/java/ably/io/tutorial/ExampleActivity.java
@@ -2,12 +2,84 @@
 
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+
+import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
+import com.android.volley.toolbox.RequestFuture;
+import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
+import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+
+import io.ably.lib.realtime.AblyRealtime;
+import io.ably.lib.realtime.ConnectionState;
+import io.ably.lib.realtime.ConnectionStateListener;
+import io.ably.lib.rest.Auth;
+import io.ably.lib.types.AblyException;
+import io.ably.lib.types.ClientOptions;
 
 public class ExampleActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
 
+    private AblyRealtime ablyRealtime;
+    private Auth.TokenRequest tokenRequest;
+
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_example);
+        try {
+            initAbly();
+        } catch (AblyException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
     }
+
+    private void initAbly() throws AblyException {
+        ClientOptions clientOptions = new ClientOptions();
+        clientOptions.authCallback = new Auth.TokenCallback() {
+
+            @Override
+            public Object getTokenRequest(Auth.TokenParams tokenParams) throws AblyException {
+                /* issue synchronous query to obtain token request */
+                String httpAuthResponse = sendRequestToServer();
+                tokenRequest = new Gson().fromJson(httpAuthResponse, Auth.TokenRequest.class);
+                return tokenRequest;
+
+            }
+        };
+        ablyRealtime = new AblyRealtime(clientOptions);
+        ablyRealtime.connection.once(ConnectionState.connected, new ConnectionStateListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onConnectionStateChanged(ConnectionStateChange connectionStateChange) {
+                /* always run UI work inside UI thread */
+                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        /* display message when connection is established */
+                        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "We're connected using the token request from the server /auth endpoint!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private String sendRequestToServer() {
+        RequestQueue queue = Volley.newRequestQueue(getBaseContext());
+        RequestFuture<String> future = RequestFuture.newFuture();
+        /* 10.0.2.2 is the IP address of localhost seen from emulator's perspective */
+        String url = "http://10.0.2.2:3000/auth";
+        StringRequest request = new StringRequest(url, future, future);
+        queue.add(request);
+        try {
+            /* return response from server with timeout set to 3 seconds */
+            return future.get(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | TimeoutException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/Tutorial/build.gradle b/Tutorial/build.gradle
index 62311a9e..c20bca14 100644
--- a/Tutorial/build.gradle
+++ b/Tutorial/build.gradle
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ buildscript {
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
-        /* add following repo for sub-dependency on all your modules */
-        maven { url "https://raw.github.com/paddybyers/Java-WebSocket/mvn-repo/" }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 229f8a37..8ed465eb 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ var rest = new Ably.Rest({ key: ApiKey });
 const express = require('express'),
       app = express();
 
-app.get('/', function (req, res) {
-  res.send('Hello, I am a very simple server');
-});
+/* Server static content from the root path to keep things simple */
+app.use('/', express.static(__dirname));
 
 /* Issue token requests to clients sending a request
    to the /auth endpoint */