diff --git a/src/Mod.csproj b/src/Mod.csproj
index 403b32d9..d8031c76 100644
--- a/src/Mod.csproj
+++ b/src/Mod.csproj
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;HAVE_LINQ PORTABLE40</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
     <LangVersion>7.2</LangVersion>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
     <LangVersion>7.2</LangVersion>
+    <CodeAnalysisRuleSet />
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Harmony\Attributes.cs" />
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Mono\Security\Cryptography\CryptoConvert.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mono\Security\Cryptography\CryptoService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mono\Type.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="GameConsole.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Bson\BsonBinaryType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Bson\BsonBinaryWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Bson\BsonObjectId.cs" />
@@ -426,7 +429,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Utilities\TypeExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Utilities\ValidationUtils.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Newtonsoft.Json\WriteState.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="GameConsole.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Options\ModOptionsCheckbox.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Options\ModOptionsSlider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
@@ -797,7 +799,8 @@
       <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\mscorlib.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e">
-      <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+      <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Xml, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e">
       <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System.Xml</HintPath>
@@ -811,7 +814,8 @@
       <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System.Net.Http.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization, Version=2.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e">
-      <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+      <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\System.Runtime.Serialization</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Xamarin.Android.Arch.Core.Common, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
@@ -858,15 +862,14 @@
       <HintPath>..\Mods\assemblies\xTile.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Dynamic.snk" />
-    <None Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Newtonsoft.Json.ruleset" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Newtonsoft.Json.csproj" />
     <Content Include="SMAPI\icon.ico" />
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Dynamic.snk" />
+    <None Include="Newtonsoft.Json\Newtonsoft.Json.ruleset" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/src/Mod.sln b/src/Mod.sln
index 0bacb992..5cc1e98f 100644
--- a/src/Mod.sln
+++ b/src/Mod.sln
@@ -5,16 +5,44 @@ VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.28307.572
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Mod", "Mod.csproj", "{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "ModLoader", "..\ModLoader\ModLoader.csproj", "{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}"
+EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "JarBinding", "..\JarBinding\JarBinding.csproj", "{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		DebugLegacy|Any CPU = DebugLegacy|Any CPU
 		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+		ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU = ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
 		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{23B6885E-0282-435B-A854-D49ABF1391D6}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Debug|Any CPU.Deploy.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.Deploy.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.Release|Any CPU.Deploy.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{02768074-8BCB-4445-A9C8-AFDA367EC8D6}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.Deploy.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.DebugLegacy|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{A8FBE3C3-BDE1-42C5-A4B9-F34CE5A68F46}.ReleaseLegacy|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/src/ModEntry.cs b/src/ModEntry.cs
index fbe105cb..16686e37 100644
--- a/src/ModEntry.cs
+++ b/src/ModEntry.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace SMDroid
 {
     public class ModEntry : ModHooks
     {
-
         private SCore core;
         /// <summary>Whether the next content manager requested by the game will be for <see cref="Game1.content"/>.</summary>
         private bool NextContentManagerIsMain;
@@ -40,6 +39,10 @@ namespace SMDroid
             // NOTE: this method is called before the SGame constructor runs. Don't depend on anything being initialised at this point.
             if (this.ContentCore == null)
             {
+                //if (Constants.PackageName == "com.zane.smdroid")
+                //{
+                //    rootDirectory = Constants.AssetsPath;
+                //}
                 this.ContentCore = new ContentCoordinator(serviceProvider, rootDirectory, Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture, SGame.ConstructorHack.Monitor, SGame.ConstructorHack.Reflection, SGame.ConstructorHack.JsonHelper, SGame.OnLoadingFirstAsset ?? SGame.ConstructorHack?.OnLoadingFirstAsset);
                 this.NextContentManagerIsMain = true;
                 __result = this.ContentCore.CreateGameContentManager("Game1._temporaryContent");
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Constants.cs b/src/SMAPI/Constants.cs
index 6f98bf3d..d10a162e 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Constants.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Android.App;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Enums;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Framework;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading;
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI
         /// <summary>The path to the game folder.</summary>
         public static string ExecutionPath { get; } = Path.Combine(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.Path , "SMDroid");
 
+
+        /// <summary>The path to the Assets folder.</summary>
+        public static string AssetsPath { get; } = Path.Combine(ExecutionPath, "Game/assets/Content");
+
         /// <summary>The directory path containing Stardew Valley's app data.</summary>
         public static string DataPath { get; } = Path.Combine(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.Path, "SMDroid");
 
@@ -58,6 +63,9 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI
         /// <summary>The absolute path to the folder containing SMAPI's internal files.</summary>
         internal static readonly string InternalFilesPath = Path.Combine(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.Path, "SMDroid/smapi-internal");
 
+        /// <summary>The absolute path to the folder containing SMAPI's internal files.</summary>
+        internal static readonly string GameAssembliesPath = Path.Combine(Android.OS.Environment.ExternalStorageDirectory.Path, "SMDroid/Game/assemblies");
+
         /// <summary>The file path for the SMAPI configuration file.</summary>
         internal static string ApiConfigPath => Path.Combine(Constants.InternalFilesPath, "StardewModdingAPI.config.json");
 
@@ -97,6 +105,9 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI
         /// <summary>The game's assembly name.</summary>
         internal static string GameAssemblyName = "StardewValley";
 
+        /// <summary>The game's package name.</summary>
+        internal static string PackageName { get; } = Application.Context.PackageName;
+
 
         /*********
         ** Internal methods
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ContentManagers/GameContentManager.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ContentManagers/GameContentManager.cs
index 3518c9f8..8b3cd3cc 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ContentManagers/GameContentManager.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ContentManagers/GameContentManager.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Content;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Exceptions;
 using StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Reflection;
@@ -75,7 +77,9 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers
 
             // get from cache
             if (this.IsLoaded(assetName))
+            {
                 return base.Load<T>(assetName, language);
+            }
 
             // get managed asset
             if (this.Coordinator.TryParseManagedAssetKey(assetName, out string contentManagerID, out string relativePath))
@@ -119,6 +123,65 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ContentManagers
         }
 
 
+        public T ModedLoad<T>(string assetName, LanguageCode language)
+        {
+            if (language != LanguageCode.en)
+            {
+                string key = assetName + "." + this.LanguageCodeString(language);
+                Dictionary<string, bool> _localizedAsset = this.Reflector.GetField<Dictionary<string, bool>>(this, "_localizedAsset").GetValue();
+                if (!_localizedAsset.TryGetValue(key, out bool flag) | flag)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        _localizedAsset[key] = true;
+                        return this.ModedLoad<T>(key);
+                    }
+                    catch (ContentLoadException)
+                    {
+                        _localizedAsset[key] = false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return this.ModedLoad<T>(assetName);
+        }
+
+        public T ModedLoad<T>(string assetName)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(assetName))
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("assetName");
+            }
+            T local = default(T);
+            string key = assetName.Replace('\\', '/');
+            Dictionary<string, object> loadedAssets = this.Reflector.GetField<Dictionary<string, object>>(this, "loadedAssets").GetValue();
+            if (loadedAssets.TryGetValue(key, out object obj2) && (obj2 is T))
+            {
+                return (T)obj2;
+            }
+            local = this.ReadAsset<T>(assetName, null);
+            loadedAssets[key] = local;
+            return local;
+        }
+
+        protected override Stream OpenStream(string assetName)
+        {
+            Stream stream;
+            try
+            {
+                stream = new FileStream(Path.Combine(Constants.ExecutionPath, "Game/assets", this.RootDirectory, assetName) + ".xnb", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+                MemoryStream destination = new MemoryStream();
+                stream.CopyTo(destination);
+                destination.Seek(0L, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+                stream.Close();
+                stream = destination;
+            }
+            catch (Exception exception3)
+            {
+                throw new ContentLoadException("Opening stream error.", exception3);
+            }
+            return stream;
+        }
+
         /*********
         ** Private methods
         *********/
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModLoading/AssemblyLoader.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModLoading/AssemblyLoader.cs
index 8d8b581d..266e25f7 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModLoading/AssemblyLoader.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/ModLoading/AssemblyLoader.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading
             this.AssemblyDefinitionResolver = this.TrackForDisposal(new AssemblyDefinitionResolver());
             this.AssemblyDefinitionResolver.AddSearchDirectory(Constants.ExecutionPath);
             this.AssemblyDefinitionResolver.AddSearchDirectory(Constants.InternalFilesPath);
+            this.AssemblyDefinitionResolver.AddSearchDirectory(Constants.GameAssembliesPath);
 
             // generate type => assembly lookup for types which should be rewritten
             this.TypeAssemblies = new Dictionary<string, Assembly>();
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
index 88d3cf0e..45252734 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SCore.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ using System.Security;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
+using Android.App;
+using Android.Content.PM;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 #if SMAPI_FOR_WINDOWS
 using System.Windows.Forms;
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework
 
             // init logging
             this.Monitor.Log($"SMAPI {Constants.ApiVersion} with Stardew Valley {Constants.GameVersion} on {EnvironmentUtility.GetFriendlyPlatformName(Constants.Platform)}", LogLevel.Info);
-            this.Monitor.Log($"SMDroid 1.4.0 for Stardew Valley Android release {MainActivity.instance.GetBuild()}", LogLevel.Info);
+            this.Monitor.Log($"SMDroid 1.4.0 for Stardew Valley Android release {Application.Context.PackageManager.GetPackageInfo(Application.Context.PackageName, (PackageInfoFlags)0).VersionCode}", LogLevel.Info);
             this.Monitor.Log($"Mods go here: {modsPath}", LogLevel.Info);
             if (modsPath != Constants.DefaultModsPath)
                 this.Monitor.Log("(Using custom --mods-path argument.)", LogLevel.Trace);
diff --git a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SGame.cs b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SGame.cs
index 4ac947d0..ce465353 100644
--- a/src/SMAPI/Framework/SGame.cs
+++ b/src/SMAPI/Framework/SGame.cs
@@ -1949,10 +1949,7 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework
                         string s = Game1.content.LoadString(@"Strings\StringsFromCSFiles:DayTimeMoneyBox.cs.10378");
                         SpriteText.drawStringWithScrollBackground(Game1.spriteBatch, s, 0x60, 0x20, "", 1f, -1, 0.088f);
                     }
-                    events.Rendered.RaiseEmpty();
-#if !SMAPI_3_0_STRICT
-                    events.Legacy_OnPostRenderEvent.Raise();
-#endif
+
                     _spriteBatchEnd.Invoke();
                     drawOverlays.Invoke(Game1.spriteBatch);
                     renderScreenBuffer.Invoke(BlendState.Opaque);
@@ -1997,6 +1994,12 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework
                         DrawUnscaledActiveClickableMenuForPinchZoom.Invoke();
                         DrawNativeScaledActiveClickableMenuForPinchZoom.Invoke();
                     }
+                    SpriteBatchBegin.Invoke(Game1.options.zoomLevel);
+                    events.Rendered.RaiseEmpty();
+#if !SMAPI_3_0_STRICT
+                    events.Legacy_OnPostRenderEvent.Raise();
+#endif
+                    _spriteBatchEnd.Invoke();
                     if ((_drawHUD.GetValue() && (Game1.hudMessages.Count > 0)) && (!Game1.eventUp || Game1.isFestival()))
                     {
                         Game1.SetSpriteBatchBeginNextID("A-F");