diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
index 70d47d72e..ac94d5383 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ android {
         release {
             signingConfig signingConfigs.release
             debuggable false
-            minifyEnabled true
+            minifyEnabled false // PENDING
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
         debug {
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/ExpiringTextView.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/ExpiringTextView.java
index 722a4ae62..40d831d44 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/ExpiringTextView.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/ExpiringTextView.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import android.os.Handler;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
-class ExpiringTextView extends TextView {
+public class ExpiringTextView extends TextView {
     private ExpiringDelegate m_delegate = null;
     private Context m_context;
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml
index d09ebdb08..1680db8b0 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/app_name.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <resources>
-  <string name="app_version">4.4.115</string>
+  <string name="app_version" translatable="false">4.4.115</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
index bb999fce7..826fb9a8d 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
 <!-- Resources in this file do not require localization -->
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <!-- prefs keys -->
   <string name="key_color_tiles">key_color_tiles</string>
   <string name="key_show_arrow">key_show_arrow</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index d33ba3e68..22905342d 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<resources>
-    <!-- What is \u200C? English strings are used as keys, so they all
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
+  <!-- What is \u200C? English strings are used as keys, so they all
          need to be unique.  This glyph is non-printing and of
          zero-width, so it should do the trick:
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_non-joiner 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ca/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ca/strings.xml
index 48894f807..e44b022a4 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ca/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ca/strings.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.
 -->
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <string name="button_new_game">Afegeix una partida</string>
   <string name="list_item_config">Configuració de la partida…</string>
   <string name="list_item_delete">Suprimeix</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-cs/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-cs/strings.xml
index 6db7ec342..a443b82a0 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-cs/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-cs/strings.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.
 -->
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <string name="button_new_game">Přidat hru</string>
   <string name="list_item_config">Konfigurovat</string>
   <string name="list_item_delete">Vymazat</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-de/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-de/strings.xml
index 3a9103fd8..cc5d79620 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-de/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-de/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<resources><string name="button_new_game">Spiel hinzufügen</string>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
+    <string name="button_new_game">Spiel hinzufügen</string>
     <string name="button_new_group">Gruppe hinzufügen</string>
 
     <string name="str_game_name_fmt">%1$s (%2$s)</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-fr/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-fr/strings.xml
index 9edf0b9c3..64d9e47d1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-fr/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-fr/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+          >
     <!-- What is \u200C? English strings are used as keys, so they all
          need to be unique.  This glyph is non-printing and of
          zero-width, so it should do the trick:
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ja/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ja/strings.xml
index 9b108dae5..c9284ac80 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ja/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-ja/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<resources><string name="button_new_game">ゲームを追加</string>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
+    <string name="button_new_game">ゲームを追加</string>
     <string name="button_new_group">グループを追加</string>
 
     <string name="str_game_name_fmt">%1$s (%2$s)</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-nl/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-nl/strings.xml
index 4623be4b0..64ea9eed1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-nl/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-nl/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <string name="button_new_game">Nieuw spel</string>
   <string name="button_new_group">Nieuwe groep</string>
   <string name="str_game_name_fmt">%1$s (%2$s)</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-pt/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-pt/strings.xml
index 1044f185a..c48ba2fa0 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-pt/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-pt/strings.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
 <!-- -*- compile-command: "cd ../../; ant install"; -*- -->
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <!--
        ############################################################
        # :Screens:
diff --git a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-sk/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-sk/strings.xml
index 8d3e1fccf..fb9d02ab2 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/res_src/values-sk/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/res_src/values-sk/strings.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
-<resources>
+<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+           tools:ignore="MissingTranslation"
+           >
   <!-- Text of menuitem in main games-list screen's menu -->
   <string name="button_new_game">Pridať hru</string>
   <!-- Used to format game name plus some other information as the
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
index e8c69cd63..fe244b2b1 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease-clone.sh
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ cd BUILD
 git checkout ${TAG}${BRANCH}
 cd ./xwords4/android/
 ./scripts/arelease.sh --apk-list $OUT_FILE
-mkdir -p /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}
-cp *.apk /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}
+mkdir -p /tmp/releases
+cp app/build/outputs/apk/*.apk /tmp/releases
 
 if [ -n "$XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST" ]; then
 	cat $OUT_FILE | while read APK; do
-		echo "running: scp /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}/$APK $XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST ..."
-		scp /tmp/releases_${VARIANT}/$APK $XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST
+		echo "running: scp /tmp/releases/$APK $XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST ..."
+		scp /tmp/releases/$APK $XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST
 	done
 fi
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
index f25c59dcd..b9f464f37 100755
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh
@@ -5,38 +5,29 @@ set -u -e
 TAGNAME=""
 FILES=""
 LIST_FILE=''
-VARIANT="XWords4"
 XW_WWW_PATH=${XW_WWW_PATH:-""}
 XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST=${XW_RELEASE_SCP_DEST:-""}
 
 usage() {
     echo "Error: $*" >&2
-    echo "usage: $0 [--tag <name>] [--variant variant] [--apk-list path/to/out.txt] [<package-unsigned.apk>]" >&2
+    echo "usage: $0 [--tag <name>] [--apk-list path/to/out.txt] [<package-unsigned.apk>]" >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
 do_build() {
     WD=$(pwd)
-    cd $(dirname $0)/../${VARIANT}/
+    cd $(dirname $0)/../
     rm -rf bin/ gen/
-    ant clean release
+	./gradlew clean assembleXw4Rel
     cd $WD
 }
 
-if [ -f ./AndroidManifest.xml ]; then # we're in the right directory
-    VARIANT=$(basename $(pwd))
-fi
-
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
     case $1 in
         --tag)
             TAGNAME=$2
             git describe $TAGNAME || usage "$TAGNAME not a valid git tag"
             shift
-            ;;
-        --variant)
-            VARIANT=$2
-            shift
             ;;
 		--apk-list)
 			LIST_FILE=$2
@@ -67,29 +58,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$FILES" ]; then
     do_build
-    FILES=$(ls $(dirname $0)/../*/bin/*-unsigned.apk)
-    if [ -z "$FILES" ]; then
-        echo "unable to find any unsigned packages" >&2
-        usage
-    fi
 fi
 
-for PACK_UNSIGNED in $FILES; do
-
-    PACK_SIGNED=$(basename $PACK_UNSIGNED)
-    echo "base: $PACK_SIGNED" >&2
-    PACK_SIGNED=${PACK_SIGNED/-unsigned}
-    echo "signed: $PACK_SIGNED" >&2
-    jarsigner -verbose -digestalg SHA1 -keystore ~/.keystore $PACK_UNSIGNED mykey
-    rm -f $PACK_SIGNED
-    zipalign -v 4 $PACK_UNSIGNED $PACK_SIGNED
-    [ -n "$XW_WWW_PATH" ] && cp $PACK_SIGNED $XW_WWW_PATH
-    TARGET="${PACK_SIGNED%.apk}_$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)_$(git describe).apk"
-    cp $PACK_SIGNED "${TARGET}"
-    echo "created ${TARGET}" >&2
-	[ -n "$LIST_FILE" ] && echo ${TARGET} >> $LIST_FILE
-done
-
 if [ -n "$TAGNAME" ]; then
     git stash pop
     git checkout android_branch 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/common_targets.xml b/xwords4/android/scripts/common_targets.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 38e0cf3c4..000000000
--- a/xwords4/android/scripts/common_targets.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<project>
-
-    <target name="my-pre-clean">
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/rm-non-git.sh" output="/dev/null" 
-	          failonerror="true" >
-          <arg value="--except" />
-          <arg value="./local.properties" />
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/ndksetup.sh" output="/dev/null"
-	          failonerror="true" >
-          <arg value="--with-clang"/>
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="my-pre-build">
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/key-setup.sh" failonerror="true"
-              >
-          <arg value="${build.target}"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/ndksetup.sh" output="/dev/null"
-	          failonerror="true" >
-          <arg value="--with-clang"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/ndkbuild.sh" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="BUILD_TARGET=${build.target}" />
-            <arg value="-j3"/>
-            <arg value="INITIAL_CLIENT_VERS=${INITIAL_CLIENT_VERS}" />
-            <arg value="VARIANT=${VARIANT_NAME}" />
-            <arg value="V=1" />
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/mkimages.sh" 
-              failonerror="true" output="/dev/null" 
-              />
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/copy-strings.py" 
-              failonerror="true" output="/dev/null"
-              >
-            <arg value="-k"/>
-            <arg value="${SKIP_LANGS}"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/mk_xml.py" 
-              failonerror="true" 
-              >
-            <arg value="-o"/>
-            <arg value="src/org/eehouse/android/${VARIANT_NAME}/loc/LocIDsData.java"/>
-            <arg value="-t"/>
-            <arg value="${build.target}"/>
-            <arg value="-v"/>
-            <arg value="${VARIANT_NAME}"/>
-        </exec>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/genvers.sh" output="/dev/null"
-              failonerror="true">
-          <arg value="--variant" />
-          <arg value="${VARIANT_NAME}" />
-          <arg value="--client-vers" />
-          <arg value="${INITIAL_CLIENT_VERS}" />
-          <arg value="--vers-outfile" />
-          <arg value="./assets/gitvers.txt" />
-          <arg value="--widir-enabled" />
-          <arg value="${WIDIR_ENABLED}" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="my-copy-src">
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/mkvariant.sh" failonerror="true"
-              output="/dev/null">
-            <arg value="--variant-name"/>
-            <arg value="${VARIANT_NAME}"/>
-            <arg value="--app-name"/>
-            <arg value="${APP_NAME}"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./res"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./src"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./jni"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./assets"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./libs"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./img_src"/>
-            <arg value="--dest-dir"/>
-            <arg value="./res_src"/>
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <!-- For some reason project.properties is suddenly getting
-         removed by clean and not regenerated. So make sure it's
-         there. -->
-    <target name="my-check-props">
-        <exec executable="../scripts/setup_local_props.sh" />
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="my-pre-compile">
-        <copy file="./gen/org/eehouse/android/${VARIANT_NAME}/R.java" todir="archive"/>
-
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/fake_locales.py" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="-l" />
-            <arg value="ba_CK" />
-            <arg value="-o" />
-            <arg value="res_src/values-ba_CK/strings.xml" />
-        </exec>
-        <exec dir="." executable="../scripts/fake_locales.py" failonerror="true">
-            <arg value="-l" />
-            <arg value="ca_PS" />
-            <arg value="-o" />
-            <arg value="res_src/values-ca_PS/strings.xml" />
-        </exec>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="-post-build" >
-      <if condition="${build.is.packaging.debug}">
-        <then>
-          <exec executable="git" outputproperty="git-rev" >
-            <arg value="describe" />
-          </exec>  
-          <copy file="bin/XWords4-debug.apk" tofile="XWords4-debug-${git-rev}.apk"/>
-          <echo>Created XWords4-debug-${git-rev}.apk</echo>
-        </then>
-      </if>
-    </target>
-
-</project>