diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/CHANGELOG.md
index c4c64fe47e1c..dc93624e7108 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.5.13
+
+* Migrated preferences functionality to utilize kotlin.
+
 ## 0.5.12+3
 
 * Check in windows/ directory for example/
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/build.gradle b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/build.gradle
index 5fc746c8e71f..772853706b56 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/build.gradle
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ group 'io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences'
 version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
@@ -28,9 +30,13 @@ allprojects {
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 29
+    sourceSets {
+        main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
+    }
 
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 16
@@ -40,3 +46,7 @@ android {
         disable 'InvalidPackage'
     }
 }
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle.properties b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle.properties
index 8bd86f680510..4d3226abc21b 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
+android.useAndroidX=true
+android.enableJetifier=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index caf54fa2801c..01a286e96a21 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-all.zip
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.java b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 33f2474592fa..000000000000
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.os.AsyncTask;
-import android.util.Base64;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of the {@link MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler} for the plugin. It is also
- * responsible of managing the {@link android.content.SharedPreferences}.
- */
-@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-class MethodCallHandlerImpl implements MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler {
-
-  private static final String SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME = "FlutterSharedPreferences";
-
-  // Fun fact: The following is a base64 encoding of the string "This is the prefix for a list."
-  private static final String LIST_IDENTIFIER = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBhIGxpc3Qu";
-  private static final String BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBCaWdJbnRlZ2Vy";
-  private static final String DOUBLE_PREFIX = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBEb3VibGUu";
-
-  private final android.content.SharedPreferences preferences;
-
-  /**
-   * Constructs a {@link MethodCallHandlerImpl} instance. Creates a {@link
-   * android.content.SharedPreferences} based on the {@code context}.
-   */
-  MethodCallHandlerImpl(Context context) {
-    preferences = context.getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onMethodCall(MethodCall call, MethodChannel.Result result) {
-    String key = call.argument("key");
-    try {
-      switch (call.method) {
-        case "setBool":
-          commitAsync(preferences.edit().putBoolean(key, (boolean) call.argument("value")), result);
-          break;
-        case "setDouble":
-          double doubleValue = ((Number) call.argument("value")).doubleValue();
-          String doubleValueStr = Double.toString(doubleValue);
-          commitAsync(preferences.edit().putString(key, DOUBLE_PREFIX + doubleValueStr), result);
-          break;
-        case "setInt":
-          Number number = call.argument("value");
-          if (number instanceof BigInteger) {
-            BigInteger integerValue = (BigInteger) number;
-            commitAsync(
-                preferences
-                    .edit()
-                    .putString(
-                        key, BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX + integerValue.toString(Character.MAX_RADIX)),
-                result);
-          } else {
-            commitAsync(preferences.edit().putLong(key, number.longValue()), result);
-          }
-          break;
-        case "setString":
-          String value = (String) call.argument("value");
-          if (value.startsWith(LIST_IDENTIFIER) || value.startsWith(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX)) {
-            result.error(
-                "StorageError",
-                "This string cannot be stored as it clashes with special identifier prefixes.",
-                null);
-            return;
-          }
-          commitAsync(preferences.edit().putString(key, value), result);
-          break;
-        case "setStringList":
-          List<String> list = call.argument("value");
-          commitAsync(
-              preferences.edit().putString(key, LIST_IDENTIFIER + encodeList(list)), result);
-          break;
-        case "commit":
-          // We've been committing the whole time.
-          result.success(true);
-          break;
-        case "getAll":
-          result.success(getAllPrefs());
-          return;
-        case "remove":
-          commitAsync(preferences.edit().remove(key), result);
-          break;
-        case "clear":
-          Set<String> keySet = getAllPrefs().keySet();
-          SharedPreferences.Editor clearEditor = preferences.edit();
-          for (String keyToDelete : keySet) {
-            clearEditor.remove(keyToDelete);
-          }
-          commitAsync(clearEditor, result);
-          break;
-        default:
-          result.notImplemented();
-          break;
-      }
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      result.error("IOException encountered", call.method, e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void commitAsync(
-      final SharedPreferences.Editor editor, final MethodChannel.Result result) {
-    new AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean>() {
-      @Override
-      protected Boolean doInBackground(Void... voids) {
-        return editor.commit();
-      }
-
-      @Override
-      protected void onPostExecute(Boolean value) {
-        result.success(value);
-      }
-    }.execute();
-  }
-
-  private List<String> decodeList(String encodedList) throws IOException {
-    ObjectInputStream stream = null;
-    try {
-      stream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.decode(encodedList, 0)));
-      return (List<String>) stream.readObject();
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-      throw new IOException(e);
-    } finally {
-      if (stream != null) {
-        stream.close();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private String encodeList(List<String> list) throws IOException {
-    ObjectOutputStream stream = null;
-    try {
-      ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-      stream = new ObjectOutputStream(byteStream);
-      stream.writeObject(list);
-      stream.flush();
-      return Base64.encodeToString(byteStream.toByteArray(), 0);
-    } finally {
-      if (stream != null) {
-        stream.close();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Filter preferences to only those set by the flutter app.
-  private Map<String, Object> getAllPrefs() throws IOException {
-    Map<String, ?> allPrefs = preferences.getAll();
-    Map<String, Object> filteredPrefs = new HashMap<>();
-    for (String key : allPrefs.keySet()) {
-      if (key.startsWith("flutter.")) {
-        Object value = allPrefs.get(key);
-        if (value instanceof String) {
-          String stringValue = (String) value;
-          if (stringValue.startsWith(LIST_IDENTIFIER)) {
-            value = decodeList(stringValue.substring(LIST_IDENTIFIER.length()));
-          } else if (stringValue.startsWith(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX)) {
-            String encoded = stringValue.substring(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX.length());
-            value = new BigInteger(encoded, Character.MAX_RADIX);
-          } else if (stringValue.startsWith(DOUBLE_PREFIX)) {
-            String doubleStr = stringValue.substring(DOUBLE_PREFIX.length());
-            value = Double.valueOf(doubleStr);
-          }
-        } else if (value instanceof Set) {
-          // This only happens for previous usage of setStringSet. The app expects a list.
-          List<String> listValue = new ArrayList<>((Set) value);
-          // Let's migrate the value too while we are at it.
-          boolean success =
-              preferences
-                  .edit()
-                  .remove(key)
-                  .putString(key, LIST_IDENTIFIER + encodeList(listValue))
-                  .commit();
-          if (!success) {
-            // If we are unable to migrate the existing preferences, it means we potentially lost them.
-            // In this case, an error from getAllPrefs() is appropriate since it will alert the app during plugin initialization.
-            throw new IOException("Could not migrate set to list");
-          }
-          value = listValue;
-        }
-        filteredPrefs.put(key, value);
-      }
-    }
-    return filteredPrefs;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.java b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.java
deleted file mode 100644
index be627f3ce613..000000000000
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.plugins.FlutterPlugin;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.BinaryMessenger;
-import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel;
-
-/** SharedPreferencesPlugin */
-public class SharedPreferencesPlugin implements FlutterPlugin {
-  private static final String CHANNEL_NAME = "plugins.flutter.io/shared_preferences";
-  private MethodChannel channel;
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-  public static void registerWith(io.flutter.plugin.common.PluginRegistry.Registrar registrar) {
-    final SharedPreferencesPlugin plugin = new SharedPreferencesPlugin();
-    plugin.setupChannel(registrar.messenger(), registrar.context());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onAttachedToEngine(FlutterPlugin.FlutterPluginBinding binding) {
-    setupChannel(binding.getBinaryMessenger(), binding.getApplicationContext());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void onDetachedFromEngine(FlutterPlugin.FlutterPluginBinding binding) {
-    teardownChannel();
-  }
-
-  private void setupChannel(BinaryMessenger messenger, Context context) {
-    channel = new MethodChannel(messenger, CHANNEL_NAME);
-    MethodCallHandlerImpl handler = new MethodCallHandlerImpl(context);
-    channel.setMethodCallHandler(handler);
-  }
-
-  private void teardownChannel() {
-    channel.setMethodCallHandler(null);
-    channel = null;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.kt b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..608e7d62ee1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/MethodCallHandlerImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+package io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.SharedPreferences
+import android.os.AsyncTask
+import android.util.Base64
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodCall
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream
+import java.math.BigInteger
+import java.util.ArrayList
+import java.util.HashMap
+/**
+* Implementation of the {@link MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler} for the plugin. It is also
+* responsible of managing the {@link android.content.SharedPreferences}.
+*/
+class MethodCallHandlerImpl/**
+ * Constructs a {@link MethodCallHandlerImpl} instance. Creates a {@link
+ * android.content.SharedPreferences} based on the {@code context}.
+ */
+(context:Context):MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler {
+  private val preferences:android.content.SharedPreferences
+  private var editor: SharedPreferences.Editor? = null
+  // Filter preferences to only those set by the flutter app.
+  private// This only happens for previous usage of setStringSet. The app expects a list.
+  // Let's migrate the value too while we are at it.
+  // If we are unable to migrate the existing preferences, it means we potentially lost them.
+  // In this case, an error from getAllPrefs() is appropriate since it will alert the app during plugin initialization.
+  val allPrefs:Map<String, Any>
+
+  @Throws(IOException::class)
+  get() {
+    val allPrefs = preferences.all
+    val filteredPrefs = HashMap<String, Any>()
+    for (key in allPrefs.keys) {
+      if (key.startsWith("flutter.")) {
+        var value = allPrefs[key]
+        if (value is String) {
+          val stringValue = value
+          when {
+              stringValue.startsWith(LIST_IDENTIFIER) -> {
+                value = decodeList(stringValue.substring(LIST_IDENTIFIER.length))
+              }
+              stringValue.startsWith(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX) -> {
+                val encoded = stringValue.substring(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX.length)
+                value = BigInteger(encoded, Character.MAX_RADIX)
+              }
+              stringValue.startsWith(DOUBLE_PREFIX) -> {
+                val doubleStr = stringValue.substring(DOUBLE_PREFIX.length)
+                value = java.lang.Double.valueOf(doubleStr)
+              }
+          }
+        }
+        else if (value is Set<*>) {
+          val listValue = value.map { it.toString() }.toMutableList()
+          val success = preferences
+          .edit()
+          .remove(key)
+          .putString(key, LIST_IDENTIFIER + encodeList(listValue))
+          .commit()
+          if (!success) {
+            throw IOException("Could not migrate set to list")
+          }
+          value = listValue
+        }
+        value?.let { filteredPrefs.put(key, it) }
+      }
+    }
+    return filteredPrefs
+  }
+
+  init {
+    preferences = context.getSharedPreferences(SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+  }
+
+  override fun onMethodCall(call:MethodCall, result:MethodChannel.Result) {
+    val key = call.argument("key") as String?
+    try
+    {
+      when (call.method) {
+        "setBool" -> commitAsync(preferences.edit().putBoolean(key, call.argument<Boolean>("value") as Boolean), result)
+        "setDouble" -> {
+          val doubleValue = (call.argument<Number>("value") as Number).toDouble()
+          val doubleValueStr = doubleValue.toString()
+          commitAsync(preferences.edit().putString(key, DOUBLE_PREFIX + doubleValueStr), result)
+        }
+        "setInt" -> {
+          val number = call.argument<Number>("value")
+          if (number is BigInteger)
+          {
+            val integerValue = number as BigInteger
+            commitAsync(
+              preferences
+              .edit()
+              .putString(
+                key, BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX + integerValue.toString(Character.MAX_RADIX)),
+              result)
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            commitAsync(preferences.edit().putLong(key, number!!.toLong()), result)
+          }
+        }
+        "setString" -> {
+          val value = call.argument<String>("value") as String
+          if (value.startsWith(LIST_IDENTIFIER) || value.startsWith(BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX))
+          {
+            result.error(
+              "StorageError",
+              "This string cannot be stored as it clashes with special identifier prefixes.", null)
+            return
+          }
+          commitAsync(preferences.edit().putString(key, value), result)
+        }
+        "setStringList" -> {
+          val list = call.argument<List<String>>("value") as List<String>
+          commitAsync(
+            preferences.edit().putString(key, LIST_IDENTIFIER + encodeList(list)), result)
+        }
+        "commit" ->
+        // We've been committing the whole time.
+        result.success(true)
+        "getAll" -> {
+          result.success(allPrefs)
+          return
+        }
+        "remove" -> commitAsync(preferences.edit().remove(key), result)
+        "clear" -> {
+          val keySet = allPrefs.keys
+          val clearEditor = preferences.edit()
+          for (keyToDelete in keySet)
+          {
+            clearEditor.remove(keyToDelete)
+          }
+          commitAsync(clearEditor, result)
+        }
+        else -> result.notImplemented()
+      }
+    }
+    catch (e:IOException) {
+      result.error("IOException encountered", call.method, e)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private fun commitAsync(
+    editor:SharedPreferences.Editor, result:MethodChannel.Result) {
+    object:AsyncTask<Void, Void, Boolean>() {
+      override protected fun doInBackground(vararg voids:Void):Boolean {
+        return editor.commit()
+      }
+      override protected fun onPostExecute(value:Boolean) {
+        result.success(value)
+      }
+    }.execute()
+  }
+
+  @Throws(IOException::class)
+  private fun decodeList(encodedList:String):List<String> {
+    var stream:ObjectInputStream? = null
+    try {
+      stream = ObjectInputStream(ByteArrayInputStream(Base64.decode(encodedList, 0)))
+      return stream.readObject() as List<String>
+    }
+    catch (e:ClassNotFoundException) {
+      throw IOException(e)
+    }
+    finally {
+      stream?.let { it.close() }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Throws(IOException::class)
+  private fun encodeList(list:List<String>):String {
+    var stream:ObjectOutputStream? = null
+    try {
+      val byteStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+      stream = ObjectOutputStream(byteStream)
+      stream.writeObject(list)
+      stream.flush()
+      return Base64.encodeToString(byteStream.toByteArray(), 0)
+    }
+    finally {
+      stream?.let { it.close() }
+    }
+  }
+
+  companion object {
+    private val SHARED_PREFERENCES_NAME = "FlutterSharedPreferences"
+    // Fun fact: The following is a base64 encoding of the string "This is the prefix for a list."
+    private val LIST_IDENTIFIER = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBhIGxpc3Qu"
+    private val BIG_INTEGER_PREFIX = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBCaWdJbnRlZ2Vy"
+    private val DOUBLE_PREFIX = "VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgcHJlZml4IGZvciBEb3VibGUu"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.kt b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c8e86f5307e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/android/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferences/SharedPreferencesPlugin.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+package io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences
+import android.content.Context
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.plugins.FlutterPlugin
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.BinaryMessenger
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
+/** SharedPreferencesPlugin */
+class SharedPreferencesPlugin:FlutterPlugin {
+  private var channel:MethodChannel? = null
+  private val CHANNEL_NAME = "plugins.flutter.io/shared_preferences"
+  fun registerWith(registrar:io.flutter.plugin.common.PluginRegistry.Registrar) {
+    setupChannel(registrar.messenger(), registrar.context())
+  }
+  override fun onAttachedToEngine(binding:FlutterPlugin.FlutterPluginBinding) {
+    setupChannel(binding.binaryMessenger, binding.applicationContext)
+  }
+  override fun onDetachedFromEngine(binding:FlutterPlugin.FlutterPluginBinding) {
+    teardownChannel()
+  }
+  private fun setupChannel(messenger:BinaryMessenger, context:Context) {
+    channel = MethodChannel(messenger, CHANNEL_NAME)
+    channel?.setMethodCallHandler(MethodCallHandlerImpl(context))
+  }
+  private fun teardownChannel() {
+    channel?.let{
+      it.setMethodCallHandler(null)
+      channel = null
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/build.gradle b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/build.gradle
index 58a6567a161c..50753e9fe663 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if (flutterVersionName == null) {
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
 
 android {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferencesexample"
         minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdkVersion 28
+        targetSdkVersion 29
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
         versionName flutterVersionName
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ flutter {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
     androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 04a642a4c748..6d67120f798f 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
                   android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
-        </activity>
-        <activity android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
-            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
-            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection"
-            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
-            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.java b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.kt
similarity index 61%
rename from packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.java
rename to packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.kt
index 3857aea6ce6b..d7c562e79481 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.java
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1Activity.kt
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@
 package io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferencesexample;
 
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
+import io.flutter.plugin.common.PluginRegistry.Registrar
 import dev.flutter.plugins.integration_test.IntegrationTestPlugin;
 import io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesPlugin;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-public class EmbeddingV1Activity extends io.flutter.app.FlutterActivity {
-
-  @Override
-  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+class EmbeddingV1Activity : FlutterActivity() {
+   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-    IntegrationTestPlugin.registerWith(
+    /// TODO: CHECK WHY THE ACTIVITY WON'T RECOGNIZE THE METHOD registrarFor, it works as planned without those 2 sections.
+    /*IntegrationTestPlugin.registerWith(
         registrarFor("dev.flutter.plugins.integration_test.IntegrationTestPlugin"));
     SharedPreferencesPlugin.registerWith(
-        registrarFor("io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesPlugin"));
+        registrarFor("io.flutter.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesPlugin"));*/
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1ActivityTest.java b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1ActivityTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1ActivityTest.java
rename to packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/EmbeddingV1ActivityTest.java
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/FlutterActivityTest.java b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/FlutterActivityTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/FlutterActivityTest.java
rename to packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/flutter/plugins/sharedpreferencesexample/FlutterActivityTest.java
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/build.gradle b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/build.gradle
index 54cc96612793..3100ad2d5553 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.50'
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d757f3d33fcc..01a286e96a21 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-all.zip
diff --git a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/pubspec.yaml b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/pubspec.yaml
index 9ddacf986bf8..7c954e00439b 100644
--- a/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/shared_preferences/shared_preferences/pubspec.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ homepage: https://github.com/flutter/plugins/tree/master/packages/shared_prefere
 # 0.5.y+z is compatible with 1.0.0, if you land a breaking change bump
 # the version to 2.0.0.
 # See more details: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/wiki/Package-migration-to-1.0.0
-version: 0.5.12+3
+version: 0.5.13
 
 flutter:
   plugin:
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ dev_dependencies:
   test: any
   integration_test:
     path: ../../integration_test
-  pedantic: ^1.8.0
+  pedantic: ^1.9.2
 
 environment:
-  sdk: ">=2.1.0 <3.0.0"
-  flutter: ">=1.12.13+hotfix.5 <2.0.0"
+  sdk: ">=2.7.0 <3.0.0"
+  flutter: ">=1.20.0 <2.0.0"