diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
index 05c7dda9e..872102993 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 set -e -u
 
+VARIANT=Xw4
+
 usage () {
-    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [--tag tagname | --branch branchname] "
+    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [--tag tagname | --branch branchname] \\"
+    echo "    [--variant VARIANT] # default value: $VARIANT \\"
     echo "   # (uses current branch as default)"
+    echo "   # e.g. $0 --tag android_beta_141 --variant Xw4d"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +25,10 @@ while [ 0 -lt $# ] ; do
             BRANCH=$2
             shift
             ;;
+        --variant)
+            VARIANT=$2
+            shift
+            ;;
         *)
             usage
             ;;
@@ -51,9 +59,9 @@ git clone $SRCDIR BUILD
 cd BUILD
 git checkout ${TAG}${BRANCH}
 cd ./xwords4/android/
-./scripts/arelease.sh --apk-list $OUT_FILE
+./scripts/arelease.sh --apk-list $OUT_FILE --variant $VARIANT
 mkdir -p /tmp/releases
-cp app/build/outputs/apk/xw4/release/*.apk /tmp/releases
+cp app/build/outputs/apk/*/release/*.apk /tmp/releases
 
 if [ -n "$XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST" ]; then
 	cat $OUT_FILE | while read APK; do
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
index 1493bb26a..cc4f4adf4 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -u -e
 
+VARIANT=Xw4
 TAGNAME=""
 FILES=""
 LIST_FILE=''
@@ -10,12 +11,14 @@ XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST=${XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST:-""}
 
 usage() {
     echo "Error: $*" >&2
-    echo "usage: $0 [--tag <name>] [--apk-list path/to/out.txt] [<package-unsigned.apk>]" >&2
+    echo "usage: $0 [--tag <name>] [--apk-list path/to/out.txt] \\"
+    echo "    [--variant VARIANT] # default value: $VARIANT \\"
+    echo "    [<package-unsigned.apk>]" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
 do_build() {
-    (cd $(dirname $0)/../ && ./gradlew clean assembleXw4Rel)
+    (cd $(dirname $0)/../ && ./gradlew clean as${VARIANT}Rel)
 }
 
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
 			> $LIST_FILE
 			shift
 			;;
+		--variant)
+			VARIANT=$2
+			shift
+			;;
 		--help)
 			usage
 			;;
@@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$FILES" ]; then
     do_build
-	for f in $(dirname $0)/../app/build/outputs/apk/xw4/release/*-unsigned-*.apk; do
+	for f in $(ls $(dirname $0)/../app/build/outputs/apk/*/release/*-release-unsigned-*.apk); do
 		$(dirname $0)/sign-align.sh --apk $f
 	done
 fi