diff --git a/src/androidextras/android/android.pri b/src/androidextras/android/android.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58693126028dc357a8b6dff5d200f036df1a822a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/androidextras/android/android.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SOURCES += \
+           $$PWD/qandroidfunctions.cpp
+HEADERS += \
+           $$PWD/qandroidfunctions.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.cpp b/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..55bc50a8504cb9636c068aa9f3b65ed52894b24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qandroidfunctions.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/private/qjnihelpers_p.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+/*!
+    \namespace QtAndroid
+    \inmodule QtAndroidExtras
+    \since 5.3
+    \brief The QtAndroid namespace provides miscellaneous functions to aid Android development.
+    \inheaderfile QtAndroid
+*/
+
+/*!
+    \since 5.3
+    \fn QAndroidJniObject QtAndroid::androidActivity()
+
+    Returns a handle to this applications main Activity
+
+    \sa QAndroidJniObject
+*/
+QAndroidJniObject QtAndroid::androidActivity()
+{
+    return QtAndroidPrivate::activity();
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.h b/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ffd7c3bcdb970f200a7fcdfc70e4d085eeac7c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/androidextras/android/qandroidfunctions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QANDROIDFUNCTIONS_H
+#define QANDROIDFUNCTIONS_H
+
+#if 0
+#pragma qt_class(QtAndroid)
+#endif
+
+#include <QtAndroidExtras/qandroidextrasglobal.h>
+#include <QtAndroidExtras/qandroidjniobject.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+namespace QtAndroid
+{
+    Q_ANDROIDEXTRAS_EXPORT QAndroidJniObject androidActivity();
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // QANDROIDFUNCTIONS_H
diff --git a/src/androidextras/androidextras.pro b/src/androidextras/androidextras.pro
index 24d43710ec1ef25e74d1ab5055c692d8f2fc9638..78bd8eb8a83b9c80a9eaffce5e9d3c19704af4a7 100644
--- a/src/androidextras/androidextras.pro
+++ b/src/androidextras/androidextras.pro
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ QMAKE_DOCS = \
              $$PWD/doc/qtandroidextras.qdocconf
 QT -= gui
 QT += core-private
+
 load(qt_module)
 include(jni/jni.pri)
+include(android/android.pri)
diff --git a/src/androidextras/doc/qtandroidextras.qdocconf b/src/androidextras/doc/qtandroidextras.qdocconf
index c1f7806a16e7ffa9811783717a70a848547e4146..ab6b5d02af2d4cd0f14e3172240122aad760edac 100644
--- a/src/androidextras/doc/qtandroidextras.qdocconf
+++ b/src/androidextras/doc/qtandroidextras.qdocconf
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 include($QT_INSTALL_DOCS/global/qt-module-defaults.qdocconf)
 
+Cpp.ignoretokens += Q_ANDROIDEXTRAS_EXPORT
+
 project = QtAndroidExtras
 description = Qt Android Extras Reference Documentation
 url = http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-$QT_VER
@@ -19,10 +21,10 @@ qhp.QtAndroidExtras.filterAttributes = qtandroidextras $QT_VERSION qtrefdoc
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.customFilters.Qt.name = QtAndroidExtras $QT_VERSION
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.customFilters.Qt.filterAttributes = qtandroidextras $QT_VERSION
 
-qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects = classes
-qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.title = C++ Classes
+qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects = classes examples
+qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.title = C++ Classes and Namespaces
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.indexTitle = Qt Android Extras C++ Classes
-qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.selectors = class fake:headerfile
+qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.selectors = class function namespace fake:headerfile
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.classes.sortPages = true
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.examples.title = Examples
 qhp.QtAndroidExtras.subprojects.examples.indexTitle = Qt Android Extras Examples
diff --git a/src/androidextras/doc/src/qtandroidextras-index.qdoc b/src/androidextras/doc/src/qtandroidextras-index.qdoc
index 74ca2493b09855b45c6d8e4d621141622dd16f39..c9eaadb56855287c765111c3809b560b3d4b168d 100644
--- a/src/androidextras/doc/src/qtandroidextras-index.qdoc
+++ b/src/androidextras/doc/src/qtandroidextras-index.qdoc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
     Links to the API reference materials:
     \list
-    \li \l{Qt Android Extras C++ Classes}{C++ Classes}
+    \li \l{Qt Android Extras C++ Classes}{C++ Classes and Namespaces}
     \endlist
 
     \section1 Examples
diff --git a/tests/auto/auto.pro b/tests/auto/auto.pro
index 94b6dd82c6761c262751f37764b76afc92f2b063..bf54603d28af500a93d579af1258b6219a3d08a0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/auto.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/auto.pro
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ TEMPLATE = subdirs
 SUBDIRS += \
         cmake \
         qandroidjnienvironment \
-        qandroidjniobject
+        qandroidjniobject \
+        qandroidfunctions
diff --git a/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/qandroidfunctions.pro b/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/qandroidfunctions.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..813b2147353199ffaee09a21c8d48289fab01cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/qandroidfunctions.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG += testcase
+TARGET = tst_qandroidfunctions
+QT += testlib androidextras
+SOURCES += tst_qandroidfunctions.cpp
diff --git a/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/tst_qandroidfunctions.cpp b/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/tst_qandroidfunctions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f6bfd947b094032c51dc233199893f6332cbdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/qandroidfunctions/tst_qandroidfunctions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+**
+** This file is part of the test suite of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+** conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+** use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** GNU General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU
+** General Public License version 3.0 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.GPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU General Public License version 3.0 requirements will be
+** met: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+#include <QtAndroidExtras/QtAndroid>
+
+class tst_QAndroidFunctions : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+    void testAndroidActivity();
+};
+
+void tst_QAndroidFunctions::testAndroidActivity()
+{
+    QAndroidJniObject activity = QtAndroid::androidActivity();
+    QVERIFY(activity.isValid());
+    QVERIFY(activity.callMethod<jboolean>("isTaskRoot"));
+}
+
+QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(tst_QAndroidFunctions)
+
+#include "tst_qandroidfunctions.moc"