diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/on_release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/on_release.yml
index 1d7a84cce..3845b26cf 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/on_release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/on_release.yml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: set android version number
         run: |
           cd android/app
-          version_code=$(grep versionCode "build.gradle" | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
-          new_version_code=$((version_code + 1))
+          # We assign the version code simply based on the date
+          new_version_code=$(( ( $(date +%s) - $(date -d "2025-07-01" +%s) ) / 86400 ))
           versionname="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           versionname="${versionname:1}"
           sed -i "s/versionCode $version_code/versionCode $new_version_code/" "build.gradle"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d390fad6..822fe5136 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
     "android:build": "./scripts/buildAndroid.sh",
     "android:upload": "scp ./android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk hetzner:apk/mapcomplete-latest.apk && scp ./android/app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk hetzner:app/mapcomplete-latest.apk",
     "android:uninstall": "adb shell pm uninstall org.mapcomplete",
+    "android:google": "npm run clean:deep && npm run prep:layeroverview && npm run generate:layeroverview -- --print-needed-assets --exclude-label=nsfw && cd android && ./gradlew bundleRelease",
     "postinstall": "./scripts/fixPannellum.sh"
   },
   "keywords": [