diff --git a/kivy/app.py b/kivy/app.py
index 9117b4df0..60168fc19 100644
--- a/kivy/app.py
+++ b/kivy/app.py
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ from kivy.resources import resource_find
 from kivy.utils import platform as core_platform
 from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
 from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty, StringProperty
+from kivy.setupconfig import USE_SDL2
 
 
 platform = core_platform
@@ -1023,7 +1024,7 @@ class App(EventDispatcher):
         setting_key = 282  # F1
 
         # android hack, if settings key is pygame K_MENU
-        if platform == 'android':
+        if platform == 'android' and not USE_SDL2:
             import pygame
             setting_key = pygame.K_MENU
 
diff --git a/kivy/core/window/__init__.py b/kivy/core/window/__init__.py
index a8ebe6970..99a8f073a 100755
--- a/kivy/core/window/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy/core/window/__init__.py
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ class WindowBase(EventDispatcher):
         return 0
 
     def _get_android_kheight(self):
+        if USE_SDL2:  # Placeholder until the SDL2 bootstrap supports this
+            return 0
         global android
         if not android:
             import android
diff --git a/kivy/core/window/window_sdl2.py b/kivy/core/window/window_sdl2.py
index d5f9876fe..674649e8e 100644
--- a/kivy/core/window/window_sdl2.py
+++ b/kivy/core/window/window_sdl2.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class WindowSDL(WindowBase):
                 # We have a conflict of using either the mouse or the finger.
                 # Right now, we have no mechanism that we could use to know
                 # which is the preferred one for the application.
-                if platform == "ios":
+                if platform in ('ios', 'android'):
                     SDL2MotionEventProvider.q.appendleft(event)
                 pass
 
diff --git a/kivy/metrics.py b/kivy/metrics.py
index 71a700394..a47246728 100644
--- a/kivy/metrics.py
+++ b/kivy/metrics.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ __all__ = ('Metrics', 'MetricsBase', 'pt', 'inch', 'cm', 'mm', 'dp', 'sp',
 from os import environ
 from kivy.utils import reify, platform
 from kivy.properties import dpi2px
+from kivy.setupconfig import USE_SDL2
 
 
 def pt(value):
@@ -158,8 +159,13 @@ class MetricsBase(object):
             return float(custom_dpi)
 
         if platform == 'android':
-            import android
-            return android.get_dpi()
+            if USE_SDL2:
+                import jnius
+                Hardware = jnius.autoclass('org.renpy.android.Hardware')
+                return Hardware.getDPI()
+            else:
+                import android
+                return android.get_dpi()
         elif platform == 'ios':
             import ios
             return ios.get_dpi()
@@ -217,8 +223,12 @@ class MetricsBase(object):
 
         if platform == 'android':
             from jnius import autoclass
-            PythonActivity = autoclass('org.renpy.android.PythonActivity')
-            config = PythonActivity.mActivity.getResources().getConfiguration()
+            if USE_SDL2:
+                PythonActivity = autoclass('org.kivy.android.PythonActivity')
+                config = PythonActivity.mActivity.getResources().getConfiguration()
+            else:
+                PythonActivity = autoclass('org.renpy.android.PythonActivity')
+                config = PythonActivity.mActivity.getResources().getConfiguration()
             return config.fontScale
 
         return 1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a220ff8e2..476d67b57 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -373,10 +373,11 @@ if platform not in ('ios', 'android') and (c_options['use_gstreamer']
             c_options['use_gstreamer'] = True
 
 
-# detect SDL2, only on desktop and iOS
+# detect SDL2, only on desktop and iOS, or android if explicitly enabled
 # works if we forced the options or in autodetection
 sdl2_flags = {}
-if platform not in ('android',) and c_options['use_sdl2'] in (None, True):
+if c_options['use_sdl2'] or (
+        platform not in ('android',) and c_options['use_sdl2'] is None):
 
     if c_options['use_osx_frameworks'] and platform == 'darwin':
         # check the existence of frameworks