diff --git a/core/.gitignore b/core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..796b96d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/build
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f793e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 28
+    buildToolsVersion "29.0.0"
+
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion 15
+        targetSdkVersion 28
+        versionCode 1
+        versionName "1.0"
+
+        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        consumerProguardFiles 'consumer-rules.pro'
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.0.2'
+
+    implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.11'
+    kapt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.11'
+
+    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.1'
+    implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.2.9'
+
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
+}
diff --git a/core/consumer-rules.pro b/core/consumer-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/core/proguard-rules.pro b/core/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b424510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
+# debugging stack traces.
+#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
+# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
+# hide the original source file name.
+#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
diff --git a/core/src/androidTest/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleInstrumentedTest.kt b/core/src/androidTest/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleInstrumentedTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9115a4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/androidTest/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleInstrumentedTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core
+
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+import org.junit.Assert.*
+
+/**
+ * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
+ *
+ * See [testing documentation](http://d.android.com/tools/testing).
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
+    @Test
+    fun useAppContext() {
+        // Context of the app under test.
+        val appContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext
+        assertEquals("code.name.monkey.core.test", appContext.packageName)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ff27a188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="code.name.monkey.core" />
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/DataManager.kt b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/DataManager.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5885dd7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/DataManager.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core
+
+import io.reactivex.Observable
+
+interface DataManager { 
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/Presenter.kt b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/Presenter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffa11d4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/Presenter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core
+
+interface Presenter<T> {
+    fun attachView(view: T)
+
+    fun detachView()
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/PresenterImpl.kt b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/PresenterImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..155692d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/PresenterImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core
+
+class PresenterImpl<T> {
+    var view: T? = null
+
+    fun attachView(view: T) {
+        this.view = view
+    }
+
+    fun detachView() {
+        this.view = null
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/dagger/songs/SongsPresenter.kt b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/dagger/songs/SongsPresenter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d915f5737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/code/name/monkey/core/dagger/songs/SongsPresenter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core.dagger.songs
+
+import code.name.monkey.core.DataManager
+import code.name.monkey.core.Presenter
+import javax.inject.Inject
+
+interface SongsPresenter : Presenter<SongView> {
+    fun loadSongs()
+
+    class SongsPresenterImpl @Inject constructor(private val dataManager: DataManager)
+}
+
+interface SongView {
+    fun songs()
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f8e4f608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name">core</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleUnitTest.kt b/core/src/test/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleUnitTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3fc5be4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/code/name/monkey/core/ExampleUnitTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package code.name.monkey.core
+
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import org.junit.Assert.*
+
+/**
+ * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
+ *
+ * See [testing documentation](http://d.android.com/tools/testing).
+ */
+class ExampleUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    fun addition_isCorrect() {
+        assertEquals(4, 2 + 2)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 914418483..d170d34cd 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include ':app', ':appthemehelper'
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+include ':app', ':appthemehelper', ':core'
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