diff --git a/xwords4/android/andutils.c b/xwords4/android/andutils.c
index 44be57ff4..712cd7682 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/andutils.c
+++ b/xwords4/android/andutils.c
@@ -168,14 +168,16 @@ getBool( JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, const char* name, XP_Bool* result )
 }
 
 jintArray
-makeIntArray( JNIEnv *env, int val )
+makeIntArray( JNIEnv *env, int siz, const jint* vals )
 {
-    jintArray array = (*env)->NewIntArray( env, 1 );
+    jintArray array = (*env)->NewIntArray( env, siz );
     XP_ASSERT( !!array );
-    jint* elems = (*env)->GetIntArrayElements( env, array, NULL );
-    XP_ASSERT( !!elems );
-    *elems = val;
-    (*env)->ReleaseIntArrayElements( env, array, elems, 0 );
+    if ( !!vals ) {
+        jint* elems = (*env)->GetIntArrayElements( env, array, NULL );
+        XP_ASSERT( !!elems );
+        XP_MEMCPY( elems, vals, siz * sizeof(*elems) );
+        (*env)->ReleaseIntArrayElements( env, array, elems, 0 );
+    }
     return array;
 }
 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/andutils.h b/xwords4/android/andutils.h
index 540e0a58a..99dff89ab 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/andutils.h
+++ b/xwords4/android/andutils.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bool getString( JNIEnv* env, jobject jlp, const char* name, XP_UCHAR* buf,
 bool getObject( JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, const char* name, const char* sig, 
                 jobject* ret );
 
-jintArray makeIntArray( JNIEnv *env, int val );
+jintArray makeIntArray( JNIEnv *env, int size, const jint* vals );
 int getIntFromArray( JNIEnv* env, jintArray arr, bool del );
 
 /* Note: jmethodID can be cached.  Should not look up more than once. */