diff --git a/lib/android.dart b/lib/android.dart
index 4283213b21..9a57e94264 100644
--- a/lib/android.dart
+++ b/lib/android.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/xml_templates.dart' as xml_template;
 import 'package:image/image.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/custom_exceptions.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/constants.dart' as constants;
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
 class AndroidIconTemplate {
   AndroidIconTemplate({required this.size, required this.directoryName});
@@ -298,22 +299,24 @@ List<String> transformAndroidManifestWithNewLauncherIcon(
   }).toList();
 }
 
-/// Retrieves the minSdk value from the Android build.gradle file or local.properties file
-int minSdk() {
+/// Retrieves the minSdk value from the
+/// - flutter.gradle: `'$FLUTTER_ROOT/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle'`
+/// - build.gradle: `'android/app/build.gradle'`
+/// - local.properties: `'android/local.properties'`
+///
+/// If found none returns 0
+int? minSdk() {
   final androidGradleFile = File(constants.androidGradleFile);
   final androidLocalPropertiesFile = File(constants.androidLocalPropertiesFile);
 
-  // look in build.gradle first
-  final minSdkValue = getMinSdkFromFile(androidGradleFile);
-
-  // look in local.properties. Didn't find minSdk, assume the worst
-  return minSdkValue != 0
-      ? minSdkValue
-      : getMinSdkFromFile(androidLocalPropertiesFile);
+  // looks for minSdk value in build.gradle, flutter.gradle & local.properties.
+  return getMinSdkFlutterGradle(androidLocalPropertiesFile) ??
+      getMinSdkFromFile(androidGradleFile) ??
+      getMinSdkFromFile(androidLocalPropertiesFile);
 }
 
 /// Retrieves the minSdk value from [File]
-int getMinSdkFromFile(File file) {
+int? getMinSdkFromFile(File file) {
   final List<String> lines = file.readAsLinesSync();
   for (String line in lines) {
     if (line.contains('minSdkVersion')) {
@@ -324,10 +327,53 @@ int getMinSdkFromFile(File file) {
       // remove anything from the line that is not a digit
       final String minSdk = line.replaceAll(RegExp(r'[^\d]'), '');
       // when minSdkVersion value not found
-      return int.tryParse(minSdk) ?? 0;
+      return int.tryParse(minSdk);
+    }
+  }
+  return null; // Didn't find minSdk, assume the worst
+}
+
+/// A helper function to [getMinSdkFlutterGradle]
+/// which retrives value of `flutter.sdk` from `local.properties` file
+String? getFlutterSdkPathFromLocalProperties(File file) {
+  final List<String> lines = file.readAsLinesSync();
+  for (String line in lines) {
+    if (!line.contains('flutter.sdk=')) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (line.contains('#') && line.indexOf('#') < line.indexOf('flutter.sdk=')) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    final flutterSdkPath = line.split('=').last.trim();
+    if (flutterSdkPath.isEmpty) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return flutterSdkPath;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/// Retrives value of `minSdkVersion` from `flutter.gradle`
+int? getMinSdkFlutterGradle(File localPropertiesFile) {
+  final flutterRoot = getFlutterSdkPathFromLocalProperties(localPropertiesFile);
+  if (flutterRoot == null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  final flutterGradleFile = File(path.join(flutterRoot, constants.androidFlutterGardlePath));
+
+  final List<String> lines = flutterGradleFile.readAsLinesSync();
+  for (String line in lines) {
+    if (!line.contains('static int minSdkVersion =')) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (line.contains('//') && line.indexOf('//') < line.indexOf('static int minSdkVersion =')) {
+      continue;
     }
+    final minSdk = line.split('=').last.trim();
+    return int.tryParse(minSdk);
   }
-  return 0; // Didn't find minSdk, assume the worst
+  return null;
 }
 
 /// Method for the retrieval of the Android icon path
diff --git a/lib/constants.dart b/lib/constants.dart
index 0133f802a1..307e4db48d 100644
--- a/lib/constants.dart
+++ b/lib/constants.dart
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ String androidColorsFile(String? flavor) => "android/app/src/${flavor ?? 'main'}
 const String androidManifestFile = 'android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml';
 const String androidGradleFile = 'android/app/build.gradle';
 const String androidLocalPropertiesFile = 'android/local.properties';
+
+/// Relative path to flutter.gradle from flutter sdk path
+const String androidFlutterGardlePath = 'packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle';
+
 const String androidFileName = 'ic_launcher.png';
 const String androidAdaptiveForegroundFileName = 'ic_launcher_foreground.png';
 const String androidAdaptiveBackgroundFileName = 'ic_launcher_background.png';
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ const String errorMissingPlatform = 'No platform specified within config to gene
 const String errorMissingRegularAndroid = 'Adaptive icon config found but no regular Android config. '
     'Below API 26 the regular Android config is required';
 const String errorMissingMinSdk = 'Cannot not find minSdk from android/app/build.gradle or android/local.properties'
-    'Specify minSdk in either android/app/build.gradle or android/local.properties';
+    ' Specify minSdk in your flutter_launcher_config.yaml with "min_sdk_android"';
 const String errorIncorrectIconName = 'The icon name must contain only lowercase a-z, 0-9, or underscore: '
     'E.g. "ic_my_new_icon"';
 
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 4db400061d..64c9a48fe4 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/pubspec_parser.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/web/web_icon_generator.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_launcher_icons/windows/windows_icon_generator.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
-import 'package:yaml/yaml.dart';
 
 const String fileOption = 'file';
 const String helpFlag = 'help';
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ Future<void> createIconsFromConfig(
   }
 
   if (isNeedingNewAndroidIcon(config) || hasAndroidAdaptiveConfig(config)) {
-    final int minSdk = android_launcher_icons.minSdk();
+    final int minSdk = config['min_sdk_android'] ?? android_launcher_icons.minSdk() ?? 0;
     if (minSdk == 0) {
       throw const InvalidConfigException(errorMissingMinSdk);
     }