diff --git a/.taskcluster.yml b/.taskcluster.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51b74009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.taskcluster.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+version: 0
+allowPullRequests: public
+tasks:
+####################################################################################################
+# Task: Pull requests
+####################################################################################################
+  - provisionerId: '{{ taskcluster.docker.provisionerId }}'
+    workerType: '{{ taskcluster.docker.workerType }}'
+    extra:
+      github:
+        env: true
+        events:
+          - pull_request.opened
+          - pull_request.edited
+          - pull_request.synchronize
+          - pull_request.reopened
+          - push
+    scopes:
+      - "queue:create-task:aws-provisioner-v1/github-worker"
+      - "queue:scheduler-id:taskcluster-github"
+    payload:
+      maxRunTime: 3600
+      deadline: "{{ '2 hours' | $fromNow }}"
+      image: 'mozillamobile/mentat:1.1'
+      command:
+        - /bin/bash
+        - '--login'
+        - '-cx'
+        - >-
+          export TERM=dumb
+          && git fetch {{ event.head.repo.url }} {{ event.head.repo.branch }}
+          && git config advice.detachedHead false
+          && git checkout {{event.head.sha}}
+          && python automation/taskcluster/decision_task_pull_request.py
+      features:
+        taskclusterProxy: true
+    metadata:
+      name: Mentat Android SDK - Pull Request
+      description: Building and testing the Mentat Android SDK - triggered by a pull request.
+      owner: '{{ event.head.user.email }}'
+      source: '{{ event.head.repo.url }}'
+####################################################################################################
+# Task: Release
+####################################################################################################
+  - provisionerId: '{{ taskcluster.docker.provisionerId }}'
+    workerType: '{{ taskcluster.docker.workerType }}'
+    extra:
+      github:
+        events:
+          - release
+    scopes:
+      - "secrets:get:project/mentat/publish"
+    payload:
+      maxRunTime: 3600
+      deadline: "{{ '2 hours' | $fromNow }}"
+      image: 'mozillamobile/mentat:1.1'
+      command:
+        - /bin/bash
+        - '--login'
+        - '-cx'
+        - >-
+          export TERM=dumb
+          && git fetch origin --tags
+          && git config advice.detachedHead false
+          && git checkout {{ event.version }}
+          && python automation/taskcluster/release/fetch-bintray-api-key.py
+          && cd sdks/android/Mentat
+          && ./gradlew --no-daemon clean library:assembleRelease
+          && ./gradlew bintrayUpload --debug
+      features:
+        taskclusterProxy: true
+    metadata:
+      name: Mentat Android SDK - Release ({{ event.version }})
+      description: Building and publishing release versions.
+      owner: '{{ event.head.user.email }}'
+      source: '{{ event.head.repo.url }}'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5357bf88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# 0.10 (2018-07-26)
+
+* sdks/android compiled against:
+  * Kotlin standard library 1.2.41
+
+* **API changes**:
+  * `store_open{_encrypted}` now accepts an error parameter; corresponding constructors changed to be factory functions.
+
+* [Commits](https://github.com/mozilla/mentat/compare/v0.9.0...v0.10.0)
+
+# 0.9 (2018-07-25)
+
+* sdks/android compiled against:
+  * Kotlin standard library 1.2.41
+
+* **API changes**:
+  * Mentat partitions now enforce their integrity, denying entids that aren't already known.
+
+* **sdks/android**: First version published to nalexander's personal bintray repository.
+* Various bugfixes and refactorings (see commits below for details)
+* [Commits](https://github.com/mozilla/mentat/compare/v0.8.1...v0.9.0)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f408a849..165a083e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [
   "Thom Chiovoloni <tchiovoloni@mozilla.com>",
 ]
 name = "mentat"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.10.0"
 build = "build/version.rs"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/automation/docker/Dockerfile b/automation/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94e01bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+FROM mozillamobile/android-components:1.4
+
+MAINTAINER Nick Alexander "nalexander@mozilla.com"
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-- Configuration -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ENV ANDROID_NDK_VERSION "r17b"
+ENV PROJECT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/mozilla/mentat.git"
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-- System ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RUN apt-get update -qq
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-- Android NDK (Android SDK comes from base `android-components` image) ----------------------------------------------
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RUN mkdir -p /build
+WORKDIR /build
+
+# ENV ANDROID_HOME /build/android-sdk
+# ENV ANDROID_SDK_HOME /build/android-sdk
+ENV ANDROID_NDK_HOME /build/android-ndk
+# ENV PATH ${PATH}:${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}/tools:${ANDROID_SDK_HOME}/tools/bin:${ANDROID_SDK_HOME}/platform-tools:/opt/tools:${ANDROID_SDK_HOME}/build-tools/${ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS}
+
+RUN curl -L https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.zip > ndk.zip \
+	&& unzip ndk.zip -d /build \
+	&& rm ndk.zip \
+  && mv /build/android-ndk-${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION} ${ANDROID_NDK_HOME}
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-- Rust (cribbed from https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/docker-rust/blob/ced83778ec6fea7f63091a484946f95eac0ee611/1.27.1/stretch/Dockerfile)
+#-- Rust after the Android NDK since Rust rolls forward more frequently.
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ENV RUSTUP_HOME=/usr/local/rustup \
+    CARGO_HOME=/usr/local/cargo \
+    PATH=/usr/local/cargo/bin:$PATH \
+    RUST_VERSION=1.27.1
+
+RUN set -eux; \
+    rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'; rustupSha256='4d382e77fd6760282912d2d9beec5e260ec919efd3cb9bdb64fe1207e84b9d91'; \
+    url="https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup/archive/1.12.0/${rustArch}/rustup-init"; \
+    wget "$url"; \
+    echo "${rustupSha256} *rustup-init" | sha256sum -c -; \
+    chmod +x rustup-init; \
+    ./rustup-init -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain $RUST_VERSION; \
+    rm rustup-init; \
+    chmod -R a+w $RUSTUP_HOME $CARGO_HOME; \
+    rustup --version; \
+    cargo --version; \
+    rustc --version; \
+    rustup target add i686-linux-android; \
+    rustup target add arm-linux-androideabi; \
+    rustup target add aarch64-linux-android
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#-- Project -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RUN git clone $PROJECT_REPOSITORY
+
+WORKDIR /build/mentat
+
+# Temporary.
+RUN git fetch origin build-android-sdk && git checkout origin/build-android-sdk &&    git show-ref HEAD
+
+# Populate dependencies.
+RUN ./sdks/android/Mentat/gradlew --no-daemon -p sdks/android/Mentat tasks
+
+# Cache toolchains.
+RUN ./sdks/android/Mentat/gradlew --no-daemon -p sdks/android/Mentat generateToolchains
+
+# Build Rust.
+RUN ./sdks/android/Mentat/gradlew --no-daemon -p sdks/android/Mentat cargoBuild
+
+# Actually build.  In the future, we might also test and lint (to cache additional dependencies).
+RUN ./sdks/android/Mentat/gradlew --no-daemon -p sdks/android/Mentat assemble
+
+# Drop built Rust artifacts.
+RUN cargo clean
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -- Cleanup ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+RUN apt-get clean
diff --git a/automation/taskcluster/decision_task_pull_request.py b/automation/taskcluster/decision_task_pull_request.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69e4e98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/taskcluster/decision_task_pull_request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import datetime
+import json
+import os
+import taskcluster
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+"""
+Decision task for pull requests
+"""
+
+TASK_ID = os.environ.get('TASK_ID')
+REPO_URL = os.environ.get('GITHUB_HEAD_REPO_URL')
+BRANCH = os.environ.get('GITHUB_HEAD_BRANCH')
+COMMIT = os.environ.get('GITHUB_HEAD_SHA')
+
+def fetch_module_names():
+    process = subprocess.Popen(["./gradlew", "--no-daemon", "printModules"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                               cwd=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "sdks", "android", "Mentat"))
+    (output, err) = process.communicate()
+    exit_code = process.wait()
+
+    if exit_code is not 0:
+        print "Gradle command returned error:", exit_code
+
+    return re.findall('module: (.*)', output, re.M)
+
+
+def schedule_task(queue, taskId, task):
+    print "TASK", taskId
+    print json.dumps(task, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
+
+    result = queue.createTask(taskId, task)
+    print "RESULT", taskId
+    print json.dumps(result, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))
+
+
+def create_task(name, description, command):
+    created = datetime.datetime.now()
+    expires = taskcluster.fromNow('1 year')
+    deadline = taskcluster.fromNow('1 day')
+
+    return {
+        "workerType": 'github-worker',
+        "taskGroupId": TASK_ID,
+        "expires": taskcluster.stringDate(expires),
+        "retries": 5,
+        "created": taskcluster.stringDate(created),
+        "tags": {},
+        "priority": "lowest",
+        "schedulerId": "taskcluster-github",
+        "deadline": taskcluster.stringDate(deadline),
+        "dependencies": [ TASK_ID ],
+        "routes": [],
+        "scopes": [],
+        "requires": "all-completed",
+        "payload": {
+            "features": {},
+            "maxRunTime": 7200,
+            "image": "mozillamobile/mentat:1.1",
+            "command": [
+                "/bin/bash",
+                "--login",
+                "-cx",
+                "export TERM=dumb && git fetch %s %s && git config advice.detachedHead false && git checkout %s && cd sdks/android/Mentat && ./gradlew --no-daemon clean %s" % (REPO_URL, BRANCH, COMMIT, command)
+            ],
+            "artifacts": {},
+            "deadline": taskcluster.stringDate(deadline)
+        },
+        "provisionerId": "aws-provisioner-v1",
+        "metadata": {
+            "name": name,
+            "description": description,
+            "owner": "nalexander@mozilla.com",
+            "source": "https://github.com/mozilla/mentat"
+        }
+    }
+
+
+def create_module_task(module):
+    return create_task(
+        name='Mentat Android SDK - Module ' + module,
+        description='Building and testing module ' + module,
+        command=" ".join(map(lambda x: module + ":" + x, ['assemble', 'test', 'lint'])))
+
+
+# def create_detekt_task():
+#     return create_task(
+#         name='Android Components - detekt',
+#         description='Running detekt over all modules',
+#         command='detektCheck')
+
+
+# def create_ktlint_task():
+#     return create_task(
+#         name='Android Components - ktlint',
+#         description='Running ktlint over all modules',
+#         command='ktlint')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    queue = taskcluster.Queue({ 'baseUrl': 'http://taskcluster/queue/v1' })
+
+    modules = fetch_module_names()
+
+    if len(modules) == 0:
+        print "Could not get module names from gradle"
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    for module in modules:
+        task = create_module_task(module)
+        task_id = taskcluster.slugId()
+        schedule_task(queue, task_id, task)
+
+    # schedule_task(queue, taskcluster.slugId(), create_detekt_task())
+    # schedule_task(queue, taskcluster.slugId(), create_ktlint_task())
diff --git a/automation/taskcluster/release/fetch-bintray-api-key.py b/automation/taskcluster/release/fetch-bintray-api-key.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53bec81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/taskcluster/release/fetch-bintray-api-key.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import os
+import taskcluster
+
+SECRET_NAME = 'project/mentat/publish'
+TASKCLUSTER_BASE_URL = 'http://taskcluster/secrets/v1'
+
+def fetch_publish_secrets(secret_name):
+    """Fetch and return secrets from taskcluster's secret service"""
+    secrets = taskcluster.Secrets({'baseUrl': TASKCLUSTER_BASE_URL})
+    return secrets.get(secret_name)
+
+def main():
+    """Fetch the bintray user and api key from taskcluster's secret service
+    and save it to local.properties in the project root directory.
+    """
+    data = fetch_publish_secrets(SECRET_NAME)
+
+    properties_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../../sdks/android/Mentat/local.properties')
+    with open(properties_file_path, 'w') as properties_file:
+        properties_file.write("bintray.user=%s\n" % data['secret']['bintray_user'])
+        properties_file.write("bintray.apikey=%s\n" % data['secret']['bintray_apikey'])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/ffi/src/lib.rs b/ffi/src/lib.rs
index 98c45d8d..5d2c532e 100644
--- a/ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -208,21 +208,19 @@ impl<'a, 'c> InProgressTransactResult<'a, 'c> {
 /// A destructor `store_destroy` is provided for releasing the memory for this
 /// pointer type.
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn store_open(uri: *const c_char) -> *mut Store {
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn store_open(uri: *const c_char, error: *mut ExternError) -> *mut Store {
     assert_not_null!(uri);
     let uri = c_char_to_string(uri);
-    let store = Store::open(&uri).expect("expected a store");
-    Box::into_raw(Box::new(store))
+    translate_result(Store::open(&uri), error)
 }
 
 /// Variant of store_open that opens an encrypted database.
 #[cfg(feature = "sqlcipher")]
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn store_open_encrypted(uri: *const c_char, key: *const c_char) -> *mut Store {
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn store_open_encrypted(uri: *const c_char, key: *const c_char, error: *mut ExternError) -> *mut Store {
     let uri = c_char_to_string(uri);
     let key = c_char_to_string(key);
-    let store = Store::open_with_key(&uri, &key).expect("expected a store");
-    Box::into_raw(Box::new(store))
+    translate_result(Store::open_with_key(&uri, &key), error)
 }
 
 // TODO: open empty
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/build.gradle b/sdks/android/Mentat/build.gradle
index ee3ebc49..22784c91 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/build.gradle
@@ -4,27 +4,32 @@ buildscript {
     ext.kotlin_version = '1.2.41'
 
     ext.library = [
-            version: '0.3.1'
+        version: '0.10.0'
     ]
 
     ext.build = [
-            compileSdkVersion: 27,
-            targetSdkVersion: 27,
-            minSdkVersion: 19
+        compileSdkVersion: 27,
+        targetSdkVersion: 27,
+        minSdkVersion: 21, // So that we can publish for aarch64.
     ]
 
     repositories {
         jcenter()
         google()
+        maven {
+            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+        }
     }
+
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.3'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // Publish.
         classpath 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.7.3'
         classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1'
 
+        classpath 'gradle.plugin.org.mozilla.rust-android-gradle:plugin:0.0.4'
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -32,11 +37,19 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
         google()
+        jcenter()
     }
 }
 
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }
+
+task printModules {
+    doLast {
+        subprojects.each { p ->
+            println "module: " + p.path
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle.properties b/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle.properties
index 89e15d97..30c2374f 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle.properties
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle.properties
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
+org.gradle.configureondemand=false
 
 # When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
@@ -17,10 +18,11 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 libGroupId=org.mozilla.mentat
-libRepositoryName=Mentat
+libRepositoryName=mentat
 libProjectName=mentat
 libProjectDescription=A persistent, relational store inspired by Datomic and DataScript.
 libUrl=https://github.com/mozilla/mentat
 libVcsUrl=https://github.com/mozilla/mentat.git
 
-libLicense=MPL-2.0
+libLicense 'Apache-2.0'
+libLicenseUrl 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 73bb13d5..610ad4c5 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/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-4.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.5-all.zip
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/build.gradle b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/build.gradle
index b8a82ec1..c0f3d9c7 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'org.mozilla.rust-android-gradle.rust-android'
+
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 // Simply applying this plugin gets bintray to publish a pom file.
@@ -31,71 +33,56 @@ android {
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
+
+    // Help folks debugging by including symbols in our native libraries.  Yes, this makes the
+    // resulting AAR very large.  The Android ecosystem seems to be in flux around who is in charge
+    // of stripping native binaries, but for now let's provide symbols and see how consumers react.
+    packagingOptions {
+        doNotStrip "**/*.so"
+    }
+}
+
+cargo {
+    module = '../../../../ffi'
+    targetDirectory = '../../../../target'
+    targetInclude = 'libmentat_ffi.so'
+
+    targets = [
+        'x86',
+        'arm',
+        'arm64',
+    ]
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    androidTestImplementation('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
-        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
-    })
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:27.1.1'
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2'
     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:rules:1.0.2'
-    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1'
-    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
-    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.1'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
-    implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna:4.5.1'
+    implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna:4.5.2@aar'
 }
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-// Publishing to jcenter/bintray.
-def libGroupId = properties.libGroupId
-def libRepoName = properties.libRepositoryName
-def libProjectName = properties.libProjectName
-def libProjectDescription = properties.libProjectDescription
-def libUrl = properties.libUrl
-def libVcsUrl = properties.libVcsUrl
-def libLicense = properties.libLicense
-
-Properties localProperties = null
-if (project.rootProject.file('local.properties').canRead()) {
-    localProperties = new Properties()
-    localProperties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
-}
-
-version = rootProject.ext.library['version']
-
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-    from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-    classifier = 'sources'
-}
-
-artifacts {
-    archives sourcesJar
-}
-
-
-group = libGroupId
-archivesBaseName = libProjectName
-
-bintray {
-    user = localProperties != null ? localProperties.getProperty("bintray.user") : ""
-    key = localProperties != null ? localProperties.getProperty("bintray.apikey") : ""
-
-    configurations = ['archives']
-    pkg {
-        repo = libRepoName
-        name = libProjectName
-        userOrg = "grisha" // Temporary org name until package is on jcenter. Issue #725.
-        desc = libProjectDescription
-        websiteUrl = libUrl
-        vcsUrl = libVcsUrl
-        licenses = [libLicense]
-        publish = true
-        publicDownloadNumbers = true
+afterEvaluate {
+    // The `cargoBuild` tasks isn't available until after evaluation.
+    android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
+        def productFlavor = ""
+        variant.productFlavors.each {
+            productFlavor += "${it.name.capitalize()}"
+        }
+        def buildType = "${variant.buildType.name.capitalize()}"
+        tasks["generate${productFlavor}${buildType}Assets"].dependsOn(tasks["cargoBuild"])
     }
 }
+
+archivesBaseName = 'mentat'
+
+apply from: '../publish.gradle'
+ext.configurePublish(
+        'org.mozilla.mentat',
+        'mentat',
+        'A persistent, embedded knowledge base.')
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/mentat/FFIIntegrationTest.java b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/mentat/FFIIntegrationTest.java
index ac199eb6..0b5be28d 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/mentat/FFIIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/mentat/FFIIntegrationTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void openInMemoryStoreSucceeds() throws Exception {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         assertNotNull(mentat);
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
     public void openStoreInLocationSucceeds() throws Exception {
         Context context = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
         String path = context.getDatabasePath("test.db").getAbsolutePath();
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat(path);
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open(path);
         assertNotNull(mentat);
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     public Mentat openAndInitializeCitiesStore() {
         if (this.mentat == null) {
-            this.mentat = new Mentat();
+            this.mentat = Mentat.open();
             this.transactCitiesSchema(mentat);
             this.transactSeattleData(mentat);
         }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void transactingVocabularySucceeds() {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport schemaReport = this.transactCitiesSchema(mentat);
         assertNotNull(schemaReport);
         assertTrue(schemaReport.getTxId() > 0);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void transactingEntitiesSucceeds() {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         this.transactCitiesSchema(mentat);
         TxReport dataReport = this.transactSeattleData(mentat);
         assertNotNull(dataReport);
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingLongValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :in ?long :where [?e :foo/long ?long]]";
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingRefValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         long stringEntid = mentat.entIdForAttribute(":foo/string");
         final Long bEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("b");
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingRefKwValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         String refKeyword = ":foo/string";
         final Long bEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("b");
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingKwValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :in ?kw :where [?e :foo/keyword ?kw]]";
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingDateValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException, ParseException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingUuidValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :in ?uuid :where [?e :foo/uuid ?uuid]]";
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingBooleanValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :in ?bool :where [?e :foo/boolean ?bool]]";
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void bindingDoubleValueSucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :in ?double :where [?e :foo/double ?double]]";
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToLong() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/long ?v]]";
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToRef() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?e . :where [?e :foo/long 25]]";
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToKeyword() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/keyword ?v]]";
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToBoolean() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/boolean ?v]]";
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToDouble() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/double ?v]]";
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToDate() throws InterruptedException, ParseException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/instant ?v]]";
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToString() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/string ?v]]";
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void typedValueConvertsToUUID() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         String query = "[:find ?v . :in ?e :where [?e :foo/uuid ?v]]";
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void valueForAttributeOfEntitySucceeds() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         final Long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
         TypedValue value = mentat.valueForAttributeOfEntity(":foo/long", aEntid);
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void entidForAttributeSucceeds() {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long entid = mentat.entIdForAttribute(":foo/long");
         assertEquals(65540, entid);
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testInProgressTransact() {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         assertNotNull(report);
 
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testInProgressRollback() {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         TxReport report = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat).dataReport;
         assertNotNull(report);
         long aEntid = report.getEntidForTempId("a");
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testInProgressEntityBuilder() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
         final long longEntid = reports.schemaReport.getEntidForTempId("l");
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEntityBuilderForEntid() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
         final long longEntid = reports.schemaReport.getEntidForTempId("l");
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEntityBuilderForTempid() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         final long longEntid = reports.schemaReport.getEntidForTempId("l");
 
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testInProgressBuilderTransact() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long aEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("a");
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEntityBuilderTransact() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long aEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("a");
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEntityBuilderRetract() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
         final long longEntid = reports.schemaReport.getEntidForTempId("l");
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ public class FFIIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testInProgressBuilderRetract() throws InterruptedException {
-        Mentat mentat = new Mentat();
+        Mentat mentat = Mentat.open();
         DBSetupResult reports = this.populateWithTypesSchema(mentat);
         long bEntid = reports.dataReport.getEntidForTempId("b");
         final long longEntid = reports.schemaReport.getEntidForTempId("l");
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 51e1ff81..a83569b2 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="org.mozilla.mentat">
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
-</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
+</manifest>
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/JNA.java b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/JNA.java
index b8ba5d42..44ac12c2 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/JNA.java
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/JNA.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface JNA extends Library {
     class InProgressBuilder extends PointerType {}
     class EntityBuilder extends PointerType {}
 
-    Store store_open(String dbPath);
+    Store store_open(String dbPath, RustError.ByReference err);
 
     void destroy(Pointer obj);
     void uuid_destroy(Pointer obj);
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/Mentat.java b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/Mentat.java
index 94f4f285..f51ecc7f 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/Mentat.java
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/java/org/mozilla/mentat/Mentat.java
@@ -21,32 +21,39 @@ import com.sun.jna.Pointer;
  * The raw pointer it holds is a pointer to a Store.
  */
 public class Mentat extends RustObject<JNA.Store> {
-
     static {
         System.loadLibrary("mentat_ffi");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Open a connection to a Store in a given location.<br/>
-     * If the store does not already exist, one will be created.
-     * @param dbPath    The URI as a String of the store to open.
-     */
-    public Mentat(String dbPath) {
-        this(JNA.INSTANCE.store_open(dbPath));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Open a connection to an in-memory Store.
-     */
-    public Mentat() {
-        this(JNA.INSTANCE.store_open(""));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Create a new Mentat with the provided pointer to a Mentat Store
      * @param rawPointer    A pointer to a Mentat Store.
      */
-    public Mentat(JNA.Store rawPointer) { super(rawPointer); }
+    private Mentat(JNA.Store rawPointer) { super(rawPointer); }
+
+    /**
+     * Open a connection to an in-memory Mentat Store.
+     */
+    public static Mentat open() {
+        return open("");
+    }
+
+   /**
+    * Open a connection to a Store in a given location.
+    * <br/>
+    * If the store does not already exist, one will be created.
+    * @param dbPath    The URI as a String of the store to open.
+    */
+    public static Mentat open(String dbPath) {
+        RustError.ByReference err = new RustError.ByReference();
+        JNA.Store store = JNA.INSTANCE.store_open(dbPath, err);
+        if (!err.isSuccess()) {
+            err.logAndConsumeError("Mentat");
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to open store: " + dbPath);
+        }
+
+        return new Mentat(store);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Add an attribute to the cache. The {@link CacheDirection} determines how that attribute can be
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libjnidispatch.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libjnidispatch.so
deleted file mode 100644
index d2b1a8f2..00000000
Binary files a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libjnidispatch.so and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libmentat_ffi.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libmentat_ffi.so
deleted file mode 120000
index 192961bd..00000000
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/arm64/libmentat_ffi.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../../../target/aarch64-linux-android/release/libmentat_ffi.so
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/libjnidispatch.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/libjnidispatch.so
deleted file mode 100644
index bc167135..00000000
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diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/libmentat_ffi.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/libmentat_ffi.so
deleted file mode 120000
index f248755f..00000000
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi/libmentat_ffi.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../../../target/armv7-linux-androideabi/release/libmentat_ffi.so
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libjnidispatch.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libjnidispatch.so
deleted file mode 100644
index a87d0865..00000000
Binary files a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libjnidispatch.so and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libmentat_ffi.so b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libmentat_ffi.so
deleted file mode 120000
index 2d4f93c2..00000000
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libmentat_ffi.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../../../target/i686-linux-android/release/libmentat_ffi.so
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b035ae..00000000
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/library/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<resources>
-    <string name="app_name">Mentat</string>
-</resources>
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/publish.gradle b/sdks/android/Mentat/publish.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43504583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/publish.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+def libRepoName = properties.libRepositoryName
+def libUrl = properties.libUrl
+def libVcsUrl = properties.libVcsUrl
+def libLicense = properties.libLicense
+def libLicenseUrl = properties.libLicenseUrl
+
+ext.configurePublish = { groupIdArg, artifactIdArg, descriptionArg ->
+    apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
+
+    group = groupIdArg
+
+    install {
+        repositories.mavenInstaller {
+            pom {
+                project {
+                    packaging 'aar'
+                    groupId groupIdArg
+                    artifactId artifactIdArg
+
+                    name libRepoName
+                    description descriptionArg
+                    url libUrl
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name libLicense
+                            url libLicenseUrl
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id 'nalexander'
+                            name 'Nick Alexander'
+                            email 'nalexander@mozilla.com'
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    scm {
+                        connection libVcsUrl
+                        developerConnection libVcsUrl
+                        url libUrl
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
+
+    version = rootProject.ext.library['version']
+
+    task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+        from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+        classifier = 'sources'
+    }
+
+    task javadoc(type: Javadoc) {
+        source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+        classpath += project.files(android.getBootClasspath().join(File.pathSeparator))
+    }
+
+    task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+        classifier = 'javadoc'
+        from javadoc.destinationDir
+    }
+
+    artifacts {
+        //archives javadocJar
+        archives sourcesJar
+    }
+
+    Properties localProperties = null;
+    if (project.rootProject.file('local.properties').canRead()) {
+        localProperties = new Properties()
+        localProperties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
+    }
+
+    bintray {
+        user = localProperties != null ? localProperties.getProperty("bintray.user") : ""
+        key = localProperties != null ? localProperties.getProperty("bintray.apikey") : ""
+
+        configurations = ['archives']
+        pkg {
+            repo = libRepoName
+            name = artifactIdArg
+            desc = descriptionArg
+            websiteUrl = libUrl
+            vcsUrl = libVcsUrl
+            licenses = [libLicense]
+            publish = true
+            publicDownloadNumbers = true
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/build.gradle b/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/build.gradle
index 49fa1822..3c7808a2 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':library')
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
     implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.1"
+    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
+    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.1'
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/src/main/java/org/mozilla/samples/basic/MainActivity.kt b/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/src/main/java/org/mozilla/samples/basic/MainActivity.kt
index 81c75a42..e7627b4d 100644
--- a/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/src/main/java/org/mozilla/samples/basic/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/sdks/android/Mentat/samples/basic/src/main/java/org/mozilla/samples/basic/MainActivity.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
 
-        Mentat(this.getDatabasePath("test.db").absolutePath).use {
+        this.getDatabasePath("test.db").absoluteFile.parentFile.mkdirs();
+
+        Mentat.open(this.getDatabasePath("test.db").absolutePath).use {
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/Mentat.swift b/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/Mentat.swift
index 2bd569e6..712bcf4b 100644
--- a/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/Mentat.swift
+++ b/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/Mentat.swift
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ open class Mentat: RustObject {
      - Parameter storeURI: The URI as a String of the store to open.
         If no store URI is provided, an in-memory store will be opened.
     */
-    public convenience init(storeURI: String = "") {
-        self.init(raw: store_open(storeURI))
+    public class func open(storeURI: String = "") throws -> Mentat {
+        return Mentat(raw: try RustError.unwrap({err in store_open(storeURI, err) }))
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/store.h b/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/store.h
index 4163358b..729875f6 100644
--- a/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/store.h
+++ b/sdks/swift/Mentat/Mentat/store.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, ValueType) {
 };
 
 // Store
-struct Store*_Nonnull store_open(const char*_Nonnull uri);
+struct Store*_Nonnull store_open(const char*_Nonnull uri, struct RustError* _Nonnull error);
 
 // Destructors.
 void destroy(void* _Nullable obj);
diff --git a/src/store.rs b/src/store.rs
index de86f6da..314e0a48 100644
--- a/src/store.rs
+++ b/src/store.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ use mentat_db::{
 #[cfg(feature = "syncable")]
 use mentat_tolstoy::Syncer;
 
-use uuid::Uuid;
-
 use conn::{
     CacheAction,
     CacheDirection,
@@ -51,7 +49,11 @@ use conn::{
     InProgressRead,
     Pullable,
     Queryable,
-    Syncable
+};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "syncable")]
+use conn::{
+    Syncable,
 };
 
 use errors::*;
@@ -238,6 +240,9 @@ impl Pullable for Store {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "syncable")]
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "syncable")]
 impl Syncable for Store {
     fn sync(&mut self, server_uri: &String, user_uuid: &String) -> Result<()> {
@@ -266,6 +271,8 @@ mod tests {
         Duration,
     };
 
+    use uuid::Uuid;
+
     use mentat_db::cache::{
         SQLiteAttributeCache,
     };