diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/build_with_lint.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/build_with_lint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# invoke the build process with javac lint features enabled
+
+ant "-Djava.compilerargs=-Xlint:unchecked -Xlint:deprecation" clean debug