diff --git a/doc/get_started/java-devbox-setup.md b/doc/get_started/java-devbox-setup.md
index 3cbb71e6136..3a29b673eea 100644
--- a/doc/get_started/java-devbox-setup.md
+++ b/doc/get_started/java-devbox-setup.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This document describes how to prepare your development environment to use the *
- [Azure IoT device SDK for Java](#installiot)
- [Build from source](#installiotsource)
- [Include using Maven](#installiotmaven)
+ - [Build for Android device](#installiotandroid)
- [Application Samples](#samplecode)
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@ In your main pom.xml file, add the Azure IoT Device SDK as a dependency using yo
```
+
+## Building for Android Device
+- Download and install [Android Studio][android-studio]
+- Load and build **sample** located at java\device\samples\android-sample
+- Sample has dependence on remote library `iothub-java-device-client`. It is currently set to use `iothub-java-device-client:1.0.7`. If you want to point it to the later version update `java\device\samples\android-sample\app\build.gradle` to point to the version you want to use. For list of available versions search [Maven Repository] [maven-repository]
+
## Sample applications
@@ -150,5 +157,12 @@ This repository contains various .Net sample applications that illustrate how to
To learn how to run a simple *Getting started* Java application that sends messages to an IoT hub, see [Getting started - running a Java sample][lnk-getstarted].
+For testing the **Android sample** on Android device follow [certify IoT device running Android] [certify-iot-device-android] documentation
+
[readme]: ../../java/device/readme.md
[lnk-getstarted]: java-run-sample.md
+[android-studio]: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
+[certify-iot-device-android]:https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdks/blob/master/doc/iotcertification/iot_certification_android_java/iot_certification_android_java.md
+[maven-repository]:http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Ciothub-java-device-client
+
+