Why is Splunk MINT using old versions of Android Studio and Gradle?

[abinet]

It is a bit concerning that we are required to use older tools and versions just to support Splunk MINT on Android (Documentation found under docs.splunk.com/Documentation/MintAndroidSDK/5.2.x/DevGuide/Requirementsandinstallation ). Is there any work being done to support Android Studio 2.2 and Gradle 2.2.2 ? Or is there a workaround to support these versions?

[croyal_splunk]

Support for Android Studio 2.2 is in Dev/QA and will be released with the next SDK version release, 5.2.1. When released, Android SDK Docs will be updated.

[Jooyoung]

When will the next SDK version be released??
I want to know the approximate month on which sdk5.2.1 will be released.

[croyal_splunk]

Target is 01/2017, but the official release date is not yet set.

[fabiocaldas]

I'm also facing same situation where I need to use Gradle with Android Studio 2.2