diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/xw4d/res/values/.gitignore b/xwords4/android/app/src/xw4d/res/values/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be5186f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/xw4d/res/values/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+strings.xml