diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 936ad47f..a52104e2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,26 +3,29 @@ image: openjdk:8-jdk
 variables:
   ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK: "28"
   ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS: "28.0.3"
-  SDK_TOOLS: "4333796" # from https://developer.android.com/studio/#command-tools
-  EMULATOR_VERSION: "22"
-  
-before_script:
-  - wget --quiet --output-document=android-sdk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-${SDK_TOOLS}.zip
-  - unzip -q android-sdk.zip -d android-sdk-linux
+  ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS:   "4333796"
+  EMULATOR_VERSION: "22" # Unable to install with newer emulator versions. Don`t know why.
 
-  - mkdir android-sdk-linux/licenses
-  - printf "8933bad161af4178b1185d1a37fbf41ea5269c55\nd56f5187479451eabf01fb78af6dfcb131a6481e" > android-sdk-linux/licenses/android-sdk-license
-  - printf "84831b9409646a918e30573bab4c9c91346d8abd" > android-sdk-linux/licenses/android-sdk-preview-license
-  - android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --update > update.log
-  - android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}" "extras;google;m2repository" "extras;android;m2repository" > installPlatform.log
+before_script:
+  - apt-get --quiet update --yes
+  - apt-get --quiet install --yes wget tar unzip lib32stdc++6 lib32z1
+  - wget --quiet --output-document=android-sdk.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sdk-tools-linux-${ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS}.zip
+  - unzip -d android-sdk-linux android-sdk.zip
 
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platforms;android-${ANDROID_COMPILE_SDK}" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "platform-tools" >/dev/null
+  - echo y | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager "build-tools;${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}" >/dev/null
   - export ANDROID_HOME=$PWD/android-sdk-linux
   - export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/
   - chmod +x ./gradlew
+  # temporarily disable checking for EPIPE error and use yes to accept all licenses
+  - set +o pipefail
+  - yes | android-sdk-linux/tools/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
+  - set -o pipefail
 
 stages:
   - test
-
+  
 instrumentedTests:
   stage: test
   script: