diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 343074047e..815a15e752 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
-ext.RELEASE_NUMBER = project.hasProperty('RELEASE_NUMBER') ? project.getProperty('RELEASE_NUMBER') : '0'
-ext.RELEASE_TYPE = project.hasProperty('RELEASE_TYPE') ? project.getProperty('RELEASE_TYPE') : 'DEV'
-ext.BUILD_BRANCH = project.hasProperty('BUILD_BRANCH') ? project.getProperty('BUILD_BRANCH') : ''
-
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 26
     defaultConfig {
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index d2e3a3a183..239d98f0bd 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ ext {
         'Qt5WebSockets',
         'Qt5Widgets',
         'Qt5XmlPatterns',
+        'Qt5Concurrent',
+        'Qt5Svg',
         // Android specific
         'Qt5AndroidExtras',
         'Qt5WebView',
@@ -502,6 +504,22 @@ task generateAssetsFileList() {
     }
 }
 
+task copyInterfaceAssets() {
+    doLast {
+        def resourcesDir = new File("${appDir}/../../interface/resources")
+        def scriptsDir = new File("${appDir}/../../scripts")
+        def assetsDir = new File(appDir, 'src/main/assets')
+        copy {
+            from resourcesDir
+            into new File(assetsDir, "resources")
+        }
+        copy {
+            from scriptsDir
+            into new File(assetsDir, "scripts")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /*
 // FIXME derive the path from the gradle environment
 def toolchain = [