diff --git a/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9a2b9d48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xwords4/android/scripts/arelease_clone.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+BUILDIR=/tmp/$(basename $0)_build_$$
+CURDIR=$(pwd)
+SRCDIR=${CURDIR}/../../../
+
+echo $BUILDIR
+echo $SRCDIR
+ls $SRCDIR
+
+mkdir -p $BUILDIR
+cd $BUILDIR
+git clone $SRCDIR BUILD
+cd BUILD
+git checkout android_branch 
+./xwords4/android/scripts/arelease.sh $*
+cp *.apk /tmp
+
+cd $CURDIR
+rm -rf $BUILDIR