diff --git a/pkg/android/phoenix/version_increment.py b/pkg/android/phoenix/version_increment.py
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+++ b/pkg/android/phoenix/version_increment.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import time
+
+
+from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+dom1 = parse("AndroidManifest.xml")
+oldVersion = dom1.documentElement.getAttribute("android:versionCode")
+versionNumbers = oldVersion.split('.')
+
+versionNumbers[-1] = unicode(int(time.time()))
+dom1.documentElement.setAttribute("android:versionCode", u'.'.join(versionNumbers))
+
+with open("AndroidManifest.xml", 'wb') as f:
+    for line in dom1.toxml("utf-8"):
+        f.write(line)
+