diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/constants/MapboxConstants.java b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/constants/MapboxConstants.java
index 30bc470f0..3cd542bb1 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/constants/MapboxConstants.java
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/constants/MapboxConstants.java
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ public class MapboxConstants {
     // Default Locale for data processing (ex: String.toLowerCase(MAPBOX_LOCALE, "foo"))
     public static final Locale MAPBOX_LOCALE = Locale.US;
 
+    // Key used to store access token in AndroidManifest.xml
+    public static final String KEY_META_DATA_MANIFEST = "com.mapbox.AccessToken";
+
 }
diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/utils/ApiAccess.java b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/utils/ApiAccess.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec77f7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/utils/ApiAccess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.utils;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.R;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.constants.MapboxConstants;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class ApiAccess {
+
+    public static String getToken(@NonNull Context context) {
+        String accessToken = getReleaseToken(context);
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(accessToken)) {
+            accessToken = getDevelopmentToken(context);
+        }
+        return accessToken;
+    }
+
+    private static String getReleaseToken(@NonNull Context context){
+        try {
+            PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
+            ApplicationInfo appInfo = packageManager.getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
+            return appInfo.metaData.getString(MapboxConstants.KEY_META_DATA_MANIFEST);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String getDevelopmentToken(@NonNull Context context) {
+        try {
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.token)));
+            return reader.readLine();
+        }catch (IOException e){
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e0de39162..dfd43694f 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             android:value="9724157045ff7d083492c6d9ae03e60e8609d461" />
 
         <meta-data
-            android:name="com.mapbox.accessToken"
+            android:name="com.mapbox.AccessToken"
             android:value="" />
 
     </application>
diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/InfoWindowAdapterActivity.java b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/InfoWindowAdapterActivity.java
index 6c77bf951..08311c968 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/InfoWindowAdapterActivity.java
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/InfoWindowAdapterActivity.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.Marker;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.MarkerOptions;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.utils.ApiAccess;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView;
 
 public class InfoWindowAdapterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class InfoWindowAdapterActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         }
 
         mMapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.secondMapView);
-        mMapView.setAccessToken(Util.getAccessToken(this));
+        mMapView.setAccessToken(ApiAccess.getToken(this));
         mMapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         mMapView.setStyleUrl(MapView.StyleUrls.MAPBOX_STREETS);
         mMapView.setInfoWindowAdapter(new MapView.InfoWindowAdapter() {
diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/MainActivity.java b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/MainActivity.java
index 36107abea..99a8a0073 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/MainActivity.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.MarkerOptions;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.PolygonOptions;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.PolylineOptions;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.utils.ApiAccess;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.views.MapView;
 
 import io.fabric.sdk.android.Fabric;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         }
 
         mMapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mainMapView);
-        mMapView.setAccessToken(Util.getAccessToken(this));
+        mMapView.setAccessToken(ApiAccess.getToken(this));
         mMapView.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         mMapView.setOnFpsChangedListener(new MyOnFpsChangedListener());
diff --git a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/Util.java b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/Util.java
index deb26a5dd..d28424621 100644
--- a/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/Util.java
+++ b/android/java/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/testapp/Util.java
@@ -63,36 +63,4 @@ public class Util {
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }
-
-    // TODO move this to SDK
-    public static String getAccessToken(Context context) {
-        String accessToken = getReleaseAccessToken(context);
-        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(accessToken)) {
-            accessToken = getDevelopmentAccessToken(context);
-        }
-        // TODO add validation + throw exception
-        return accessToken;
-    }
-
-    // TODO move this to SDK
-    private static String getReleaseAccessToken(Context context){
-        try {
-            PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
-            ApplicationInfo appInfo = packageManager.getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
-            return appInfo.metaData.getString("com.mapbox.accessToken");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "Failed to load AccessToken:  " + e.getMessage());
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // TODO move this to SDK
-    private static String getDevelopmentAccessToken(Context context) {
-        try {
-            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(context.getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.token)));
-            return reader.readLine();
-        }catch (IOException e){
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
 }