Index: gradle.properties
==================================================================
--- gradle.properties
+++ gradle.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
-android.useDeprecatedNdk true

Index: sqlite3/build.gradle
==================================================================
--- sqlite3/build.gradle
+++ sqlite3/build.gradle
@@ -2,22 +2,17 @@
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 25
     buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
 
-    publishNonDefault true
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 25
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
-    }
-
-    configurations {
-        debug
-        release
+        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled false
@@ -25,27 +20,28 @@
         }
         debug {
             minifyEnabled false
             debuggable true
             jniDebuggable true
-            externalNativeBuild {
-                ndkBuild {
-                    arguments "NDK_DEBUG:=1"
-                    abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "armeabi", "x86"
-                }
+            ndk {
+                // Building with NDK_DEBUG=1 for mips crashes the compiler in ndk 14.
+                abiFilters 'armeabi', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86', 'x86_64', 'mips64' // 'mips'
             }
+
         }
     }
 
     //sourceSets.main.jni.srcDirs = [] //disable automatic ndk-build call
-
     externalNativeBuild {
         ndkBuild {
             path 'src/main/jni/Android.mk'
         }
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support:support-annotations:24.0.0'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.5'
+    androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:rules:0.5'
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }

ADDED   sqlite3/src/androidTest/java/org/sqlite/database/SeeTest1.java
Index: sqlite3/src/androidTest/java/org/sqlite/database/SeeTest1.java
==================================================================
--- sqlite3/src/androidTest/java/org/sqlite/database/SeeTest1.java
+++ sqlite3/src/androidTest/java/org/sqlite/database/SeeTest1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package org.sqlite.database;
+
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.sqlite.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
+import org.sqlite.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+
+class MyHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
+
+    public static final String DATABASE_NAME = "mydb.db";
+
+    public MyHelper(Context ctx){
+        super(ctx, ctx.getDatabasePath(DATABASE_NAME).getAbsolutePath(), null, 1);
+    }
+    public void onConfigure(SQLiteDatabase db){
+        db.execSQL("PRAGMA key = 'secret'");
+
+        db.enableWriteAheadLogging();
+
+        final Cursor pragmaCursor = db.rawQuery("PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL", null);
+        pragmaCursor.moveToFirst();
+        pragmaCursor.close();
+    }
+    public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db){
+        db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE t1(x)");
+    }
+    public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int iOld, int iNew){
+    }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Created by dan on 5/3/17.
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class SeeTest1 {
+        private Context mContext;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws Exception {
+
+        System.loadLibrary("sqliteX");
+
+        mContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
+
+        // delete any existing database
+        File databaseFile = mContext.getDatabasePath(MyHelper.DATABASE_NAME);
+        databaseFile.mkdirs();
+        if (databaseFile.exists()) {
+            databaseFile.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAndroidDefaultWalMode() throws Exception {
+        // create database
+        final MyHelper helper = new MyHelper(mContext);
+        helper.getWritableDatabase();
+
+        // verify that WAL journal mode is set
+        final Cursor pragmaCursor = helper.getWritableDatabase().rawQuery("PRAGMA journal_mode", null);
+        pragmaCursor.moveToFirst();
+        Assert.assertEquals(pragmaCursor.getString(pragmaCursor.getColumnIndex("journal_mode")), "wal");
+        pragmaCursor.close();
+
+        // start long running transaction
+        AsyncTask.execute(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                helper.getWritableDatabase().beginTransactionNonExclusive();
+
+                // simulate long insert
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(5000);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+
+                helper.getWritableDatabase().setTransactionSuccessful();
+                helper.getWritableDatabase().endTransaction();
+            }
+        });
+
+        // wait a short time until the long transaction starts
+        Thread.sleep(300);
+
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        //try to read something from the database while the slow transaction is running
+        helper.getWritableDatabase().execSQL("SELECT * FROM t1");
+
+        //verify that the operation didn't wait until the 3000ms long operation finished
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime > 3000) {
+            throw new Exception("WAL mode isn't working corectly - read operation was blocked");
+        }
+    }
+}