diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 191b2f04..69bb75bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "get-version": "node -p process.env.npm_package_version",
     "set-version": "scripts/set-version.sh",
-    "get-core-version": "scripts/download-core.sh --version",
-    "get-sync-version": "scripts/download-core.sh --versionSync",
+    "get-core-version": "env-cmd ./dependencies.list node -p process.env.REALM_CORE_VERSION",
+    "get-sync-version": "env-cmd ./dependencies.list node -p process.env.REALM_SYNC_VERSION",
     "lint": "eslint",
     "test": "scripts/test.sh",
     "install": "node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build",
@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@
     "test-runner:jest": "cd tests/test-runners/jest && npm install && npm test",
     "test-runners": "npm run test-runner:ava && npm run test-runner:mocha && npm run test-runner:jest",
     "isMac": "node -p \"if (process.platform == 'darwin') { process.exit(0); } else { process.exit(-1); }\"",
-    "testMac": "npm run isMac -s && echo this is mac || echo . "
+    "testMac": "npm run isMac -s && echo this is mac || echo . ",
+    "isWin": "node -p \"if (process.platform == 'win32') { process.exit(0); } else { process.exit(-1); }\"",
+    "prealias:win:apply" : "git config alias.apply-win-symlink-aliases \"!f() { $(scripts/git-win-symlink-aliases); }; f\"",
+    "alias:win:apply" : "git apply-win-symlink-aliases",
+    "postalias:win:apply" : "git config --unset alias.apply-win-symlink-aliases",
+    "alias:win:revert" : "git config alias.rm-symlink \"\" && git config alias.rm-symlinks \"\" && git config alias.checkout-symlinks \"\"",
+    "win-fix-symlinks" : "npm run isWin -s && npm run alias:win:apply || echo . ",
+    "win-revert-symlinks" : "npm run isWin -s && npm run alias:win:revert || echo .",
+    "prereact-tests-android": "npm run isWin -s && npm run win-fix-symlinks && git checkout-symlinks && git rm-symlinks || echo . ",
+    "react-tests-android": "node scripts/react-tests-android.js || npm run postreact-tests-android",
+    "postreact-tests-android": "git checkout-symlinks || echo . && npm run win-revert-symlinks"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "extract-zip": "^1.6.0",
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-eslint": "^6.0.4",
+    "env-cmd": "^5.0.0",
     "eslint": "^3.2.2",
     "eslint-plugin-jasmine": "^2.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.7.0",
@@ -84,7 +95,9 @@
     "license-checker": "^8.0.3",
     "mockery": "^2.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
-    "semver": "^5.1.0"
+    "semver": "^5.1.0",
+    "shelljs": "^0.7.7",
+    "shx": "^0.2.2"
   },
   "rnpm": {
     "ios": {
diff --git a/react-native/android/build.gradle b/react-native/android/build.gradle
index 597e7158..0deeff74 100644
--- a/react-native/android/build.gradle
+++ b/react-native/android/build.gradle
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 // We download various C++ open-source dependencies into downloads.
 // We then copy both the downloaded code and our custom makefiles and headers into third-party-ndk.
 // After that we build native code from src/main/jni with module path pointing at third-party-ndk.
+def npmExecutable = 'npm';
 
-ext.coreVersion = "npm --silent run get-core-version".execute().text.trim()
-ext.syncVersion = "npm --silent run get-sync-version".execute().text.trim()
-def currentVersion = "npm --silent run get-version".execute().text.trim()
+if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
+        npmExecutable = 'npm.cmd'
+}
+ext.coreVersion = "$npmExecutable --silent run get-core-version".execute().text.trim()
+ext.syncVersion = "$npmExecutable --silent run get-sync-version".execute().text.trim()
+println "Realm Core Version: $ext.coreVersion"
+println "Realm Sync Version: $ext.syncVersion"
+
+def currentVersion = "$npmExecutable --silent run get-version".execute().text.trim()
 def downloadsDir = new File("$projectDir/downloads")
 def jscDownloadDir = new File("$projectDir/src/main/jni/jsc")
 def coreDownloadDir = new File("$projectDir/src/main/jni")
diff --git a/scripts/git-win-symlink-aliases b/scripts/git-win-symlink-aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f9e3388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git-win-symlink-aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5917249/git-symlinks-in-windows
+git config alias.rm-symlink '!__git_rm_symlink(){
+    git checkout -- "$1"
+    link=$(echo "$1")
+    POS=$'\''/'\''
+    DOS=$'\''\\\\'\''
+    doslink=${link//$POS/$DOS}
+    dest=$(dirname "$link")/$(cat "$link")
+    dosdest=${dest//$POS/$DOS}
+    if [ -f "$dest" ]; then
+        rm -f "$link"
+        cmd //C mklink //H "$doslink" "$dosdest"
+    elif [ -d "$dest" ]; then
+        rm -f "$link"
+        cmd //C mklink //J "$doslink" "$dosdest"
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: Something went wrong when processing $1 . . ."
+        echo "       $dest may not actually exist as a valid target."
+    fi
+}; __git_rm_symlink "$1"'
+
+git config alias.rm-symlinks '!__git_rm_symlinks(){
+    for symlink in $(git ls-files -s | egrep "^120000" | cut -f2); do
+        git rm-symlink "$symlink"
+        git update-index --assume-unchanged "$symlink"
+    done
+}; __git_rm_symlinks'
+
+git config alias.checkout-symlinks '!__git_checkout_symlinks(){
+    POS=$'\''/'\''
+    DOS=$'\''\\\\'\''
+    for symlink in $(git ls-files -s | egrep "^120000" | cut -f2); do
+        git update-index --no-assume-unchanged "$symlink"
+        dossymlink=${symlink//$POS/$DOS}
+        cmd //C rmdir //Q "$dossymlink" 2>/dev/null
+        git  checkout -- "$symlink"
+        echo "Restored git symlink $symlink <<===>> $(cat $symlink)"
+    done
+}; __git_checkout_symlinks'
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diff --git a/scripts/react-tests-android.js b/scripts/react-tests-android.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..549aa0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/react-tests-android.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+var shell = require("shelljs");
+
+shell.set("-e");
+
+shell.pushd("./tests/react-test-app");
+
+shell.exec("npm install");
+
+if (process.platform !== "win32") { 
+    shell.env["PATH"] = "/opt/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools:$PATH"
+}
+
+if (shell.env["REALM_BUILD_ANDROID"]) {
+    shell.echo("Realm is already installed");
+} else {
+    shell.env["REALM_BUILD_ANDROID"] = 1;
+    shell.exec("npm install realm realm-tests");
+}
+
+shell.cp("../../src/object-store/tests/query.json", "node_modules/realm-tests/query-tests.json");
+
+shell.echo("Uninstalling old apk");
+shell.exec("adb uninstall io.realm.react.testapp");
+
+shell.set("+e");
+shell.echo("Reversing port for physical device");
+shell.exec("adb reverse tcp:8081 tcp:8081");
+
+shell.echo("Reversing port for Realm Object Server");
+shell.exec("adb reverse tcp:9080 tcp:9080");
+
+shell.set("-e");
+
+shell.echo("Building Release APK");
+shell.pushd("android");
+shell.exec("gradlew assembleRelease");
+
+shell.echo("Installing APK");
+shell.exec("adb install app/build/outputs/apk/app-release.apk");
+
+shell.echo("Starting the Main Activity");
+shell.exec("adb shell am start -n io.realm.react.testapp/.MainActivity");
+
+shell.popd();
+
+shell.exec("adb shell \"logcat -c && logcat | grep -m 1 __REALM_REACT_ANDROID_TESTS_COMPLETED__\"");
+
+shell.exec("adb pull /sdcard/tests.xml");
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