diff --git a/src/Calculator.Droid/Calculator.Droid.csproj b/src/Calculator.Droid/Calculator.Droid.csproj
index 3a3a9693..982c288c 100644
--- a/src/Calculator.Droid/Calculator.Droid.csproj
+++ b/src/Calculator.Droid/Calculator.Droid.csproj
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <AndroidUseSharedRuntime>True</AndroidUseSharedRuntime>
     <AndroidLinkMode>None</AndroidLinkMode>
+    <AndroidSupportedAbis />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
     <AndroidManagedSymbols>true</AndroidManagedSymbols>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <AndroidUseSharedRuntime>False</AndroidUseSharedRuntime>
     <AndroidLinkMode>SdkOnly</AndroidLinkMode>
+    <AndroidCreatePackagePerAbi>true</AndroidCreatePackagePerAbi>
+    <EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
+    <AndroidEnableSGenConcurrent>true</AndroidEnableSGenConcurrent>
+    <AndroidSupportedAbis>armeabi-v7a;x86;arm64-v8a</AndroidSupportedAbis>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="Mono.Android" />
@@ -72,6 +77,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <AndroidAsset Include="Assets\Fonts\winjs-symbols.ttf" />
     <AndroidAsset Include="Assets\CalcMDL2.ttf" />
+    <AndroidEnvironment Include="Environment.conf" />
     <None Include="Resources\AboutResources.txt" />
     <None Include="Assets\AboutAssets.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -108,4 +114,4 @@
 		<Target Name="AfterBuild">
 		</Target>
  -->
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Calculator.Droid/Environment.conf b/src/Calculator.Droid/Environment.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7481171a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Calculator.Droid/Environment.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# See this for more details: http://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/advanced_topics/garbage_collection/
+MONO_GC_PARAMS=bridge-implementation=tarjan,nursery-size=32m,soft-heap-limit=256m