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 2ef326001..cb123d833 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/common_rsrc.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 
   <string name="key_relay_host">key_relay_host</string>
   <string name="key_relay_port">key_relay_port2</string>
+  <string name="key_relay_via_http">key_relay_via_http</string>
   <string name="key_update_url">key_update_url</string>
+  <string name="key_relay_url">key_relay_url</string>
   <string name="key_update_prerel">key_update_prerel</string>
   <string name="key_proxy_port">key_proxy_port</string>
   <string name="key_sms_port">key_sms_port</string>
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@
 
   <string name="dict_url">http://eehouse.org/and_wordlists</string>
   <string name="default_update_url">http://eehouse.org/xw4/info.py</string>
+  <string name="default_relay_url">http://eehouse.org/xw4/relay.py</string>
 
   <!--string name="dict_url">http://10.0.2.2/~eehouse/and_dicts</string-->
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4ba195973..d0cea03c3 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2474,6 +2474,8 @@
   <string name="advanced">For debugging</string>
   <string name="advanced_summary">You should never need these...</string>
   <string name="relay_host">Relay host</string>
+  <string name="relay_via_http">Use Web APIs</string>
+  <string name="relay_via_http_summary">(instead of custom protocol to ports below)</string>
   <string name="dict_host">Wordlist download URL</string>
   <string name="logging_on">Enable logging</string>
   <string name="logging_on_summary">(release builds only)</string>
@@ -2513,6 +2515,7 @@
   <string name="game_summary_field_gameid">gameid</string>
   <string name="game_summary_field_npackets">Pending packet count</string>
   <string name="expl_update_url">Update checks URL</string>
+  <string name="expl_relay_url">URL for relay web API</string>
 
   <string name="got_langdict_title">Fetch default wordlist for language</string>
   <string name="got_langdict_summary">Don\'t try a second time</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/xml/xwprefs.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/xml/xwprefs.xml
index 6b30a70fb..1ede6a0b9 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/xml/xwprefs.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/xml/xwprefs.xml
@@ -415,11 +415,29 @@
     <PreferenceScreen android:title="@string/pref_group_relay_title"
                       android:summary="@string/pref_group_relay_summary"
                       >
+      <CheckBoxPreference android:key="@string/key_enable_relay_toself"
+                          android:title="@string/enable_relay_toself_title"
+                          android:summary="@string/enable_relay_toself_summary"
+                          android:defaultValue="false"
+                          />
       <org.eehouse.android.xw4.XWEditTextPreference 
           android:key="@string/key_relay_host"
           android:title="@string/relay_host"
           android:defaultValue="@string/default_host"
           />
+
+      <CheckBoxPreference android:key="@string/key_relay_via_http"
+                          android:title="@string/relay_via_http"
+                          android:summary="@string/relay_via_http_summary"
+                          android:defaultValue="false"
+                          />
+
+    <org.eehouse.android.xw4.XWEditTextPreference
+        android:key="@string/key_relay_url"
+        android:title="@string/expl_relay_url"
+        android:defaultValue="@string/default_relay_url"
+        />
+
       <org.eehouse.android.xw4.XWEditTextPreference
           android:key="@string/key_relay_port"
           android:title="@string/relay_port"
@@ -432,11 +450,6 @@
           android:defaultValue="10998"
           android:numeric="decimal"
           />
-      <CheckBoxPreference android:key="@string/key_enable_relay_toself"
-                          android:title="@string/enable_relay_toself_title"
-                          android:summary="@string/enable_relay_toself_summary"
-                          android:defaultValue="false"
-                          />
     </PreferenceScreen>
 
     <PreferenceScreen android:title="@string/pref_group_l10n_title"