diff --git a/android/.gitignore b/android/.gitignore
index 3bf0b33..6021997 100644
--- a/android/.gitignore
+++ b/android/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ local.properties
 build.properties
 TAGS
 gen
-bin
\ No newline at end of file
+bin
+res/values/version.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/build.xml b/android/build.xml
index 43bf79b..84cfa26 100644
--- a/android/build.xml
+++ b/android/build.xml
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@
     <!-- extension targets. Uncomment the ones where you want to do custom work
          in between standard targets -->
 
-<!--
     <target name="-pre-build" depends="">
+      <echo message="Generating version information"/>
+      <exec executable="../scripts/version.sh"
+            dir="." />
     </target> 
--->
 
 <!--
     <target name="-pre-compile">