diff --git a/android/build.xml b/android/build.xml
index 78a87dba5..23585f3de 100644
--- a/android/build.xml
+++ b/android/build.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@
 
   <!-- Generate the R.java file for this project's resources. -->
   <target name="resource-src" depends="dirs">
+
+    <copy file="strings.xml.template" tofile="res/values/strings.xml" overwrite="true">
+      <filterset>
+        <filter token="VERSION" value="${version}"/>
+      </filterset>
+    </copy>
+
     <echo>Generating R.java...</echo>
     <exec executable="${aapt}" failonerror="true">
       <arg value="compile"/>
diff --git a/android/res/values/strings.xml b/android/res/values/strings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3310e2a17..000000000
--- a/android/res/values/strings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
- Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
- -->
-<resources>
-  <string name="app_name">Barcode Reader</string>
-  <string name="button_no">No</string>
-  <string name="button_ok">OK</string>
-  <string name="button_yes">Yes</string>
-  <string name="menu_about">About...</string>
-  <string name="msg_about">ZXing Barcode Reader v0.6\nhttp://code.google.com/p/zxing</string>
-  <string name="msg_no_barcode_detected">Sorry, no barcode was found.</string>
-  <string name="title_about">About</string>
-  <string name="title_barcode_detected">Barcode Detected</string>
-  <string name="title_no_barcode_detected">No Barcode Detected</string>
-  <string name="title_error">Error</string>
-  <string name="title_open_url">Open Web Page?</string>
-  <string name="title_add_contact">Add Contact?</string>
-  <string name="title_compose_email">Compose E-mail?</string>
-  <string name="title_lookup_barcode">Look Up Barcode Online?</string>
-  <string name="title_dial">Dial Number?</string>
-  <string name="title_view_maps">View In Google Maps?</string>    
-</resources>