diff --git a/android/build_boinc.sh b/android/build_boinc.sh
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+#/bin/sh
+#script to compile BOINC for Android
+
+#++++++++++++++++++++++++CONFIGURATION++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+#===locations
+#Android toolchain
+export ANDROIDTC="/tmp/tc"
+
+#sources
+export BOINC=".." #BOINC source code
+export OPENSSL_DIR=$BOINC/../boinc_depends_android_eclipse/openssl
+export CURL_DIR=$BOINC/../boinc_depends_android_eclipse/curl
+
+#===script behavior
+export PKG_CONFIG_DEBUG_SPEW=1
+
+CONFIGURE="yes"
+MAKECLEAN="yes"
+
+COMPILEBOINC="yes"
+#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+export TCBINARIES="$ANDROIDTC/bin" #cross compiler location
+export TCINCLUDES="$ANDROIDTC/arm-linux-androideabi" #libraries to include in build
+export TCSYSROOT="$ANDROIDTC/sysroot" #SYSROOT of Android device
+export STDCPPTC="$TCINCLUDES/lib/libstdc++.a" #stdc++ library
+
+export PATH="$PATH:$TCBINARIES:$TCINCLUDES/bin" #add location of compiler binaries to PATH
+export CC=arm-linux-androideabi-gcc #C compiler
+export CXX=arm-linux-androideabi-g++ #C++ compiler
+export LD=arm-linux-androideabi-ld #LD tool
+export CFLAGS="--sysroot=$TCSYSROOT -DANDROID -DDECLARE_TIMEZONE -Wall -I$TCINCLUDES/include -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer"
+export CXXFLAGS="--sysroot=$TCSYSROOT -DANDROID -Wall  -I$TCINCLUDES/include -funroll-loops -fexceptions -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$TCSYSROOT/usr/lib -L$TCINCLUDES/lib -llog" #log is Logcat
+export GDB_CFLAGS="--sysroot=$TCSYSROOT -Wall -g -I$TCINCLUDES/include"
+export PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=$TCSYSROOT
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$CURL_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$OPENSSL_DIR/lib/pkgconfig
+
+
+if [ -n "$COMPILEBOINC" ]; then
+echo "==================building BOINC from $BOINC=========================="
+cd $BOINC
+if [ -n "$MAKECLEAN" ]; then
+make clean
+fi
+if [ -n "$CONFIGURE" ]; then
+./_autosetup
+./configure --host=arm-linux --with-boinc-platform="arm-android-linux-gnu" --with-ssl=$TCINCLUDES --disable-server --disable-manager --disable-shared --enable-static
+sed -e "s%^CLIENTLIBS *= *.*$%CLIENTLIBS = -lm $STDCPPTC%g" client/Makefile > client/Makefile.out
+mv client/Makefile.out client/Makefile
+fi
+make
+make stage
+
+echo "Stripping Binaries"
+cd stage/usr/local/bin
+arm-linux-androideabi-strip *
+cd ../../../..
+
+echo "=============================BOINC done============================="
+
+fi
diff --git a/android/copy_assets.sh b/android/copy_assets.sh
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+#/bin/sh
+#script to compile BOINC for Android
+
+#++++++++++++++++++++++++CONFIGURATION++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+export BOINC=".." #BOINC source code
+export OPENSSL_DIR=$BOINC/../boinc_depends_android_eclipse/openssl
+export CURL_DIR=$BOINC/../boinc_depends_android_eclipse/curl
+
+#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+echo "===================copy binary to assets direcotry of APK at $TARGETAPK========================="
+
+mkdir "BOINC/assets"
+cp "$BOINC/stage/usr/local/bin/boinc" "BOINC/assets/boinc"
+cp "$CURL_DIR/ca-bundle.crt" "BOINC/assets/ca-bundle.crt"
+
+echo "============================script done=========================="