diff --git a/scripts/android-app-i18n.ts b/scripts/android-app-i18n.ts
index 0c65e6d6080b..31e3fff34f8b 100644
--- a/scripts/android-app-i18n.ts
+++ b/scripts/android-app-i18n.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import { NATIVE_I18N_LOCALES } from "./native-app-i18n.ts";
 
 const HERE = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const ROOT = path.resolve(HERE, "..");
-const ANDROID_ROOT = path.join(ROOT, "apps", "android", "app", "src", "main");
-const RESOURCE_ROOT = path.join(ANDROID_ROOT, "res");
-const SOURCE_ROOT = path.join(ANDROID_ROOT, "java");
+const ANDROID_MAIN_ROOT = path.join(ROOT, "apps", "android", "app", "src", "main");
+const RESOURCE_ROOT = path.join(ANDROID_MAIN_ROOT, "res");
+const SOURCE_ROOT = path.join(ANDROID_MAIN_ROOT, "java");
 const INVENTORY_PATH = path.join(ROOT, "apps", ".i18n", "native-source.json");
 const ARTIFACT_ROOT = path.join(ROOT, "apps", ".i18n", "native");
 const TOOL_DISPLAY_PATH = path.join(
@@ -205,15 +205,13 @@ async function readAndroidSource(
   return sources;
 }
 
-async function readAndroidResourceReferences(root = ANDROID_ROOT): Promise<string> {
+async function readAndroidResourceReferences(root = ANDROID_MAIN_ROOT): Promise<string> {
   const entries = await readdir(root, { withFileTypes: true });
   const sources: string[] = [];
   for (const entry of entries) {
     const fullPath = path.join(root, entry.name);
     if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-      if (fullPath.startsWith(`${RESOURCE_ROOT}${path.sep}values`)) {
-        continue;
-      }
+      // This walk is confined to app/src/main, so Gradle build output is never eligible.
       sources.push(await readAndroidResourceReferences(fullPath));
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/test/scripts/android-app-i18n.test.ts b/test/scripts/android-app-i18n.test.ts
index 277464b6bba4..0edae0bc55f6 100644
--- a/test/scripts/android-app-i18n.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/android-app-i18n.test.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ describe("Android app i18n resources", () => {
   it("counts Kotlin and XML resource references", () => {
     expect(
       findUnusedAndroidResourceKeys(
-        ["kotlin_only", "manifest_only", "unused"],
-        'R.string.kotlin_only android:label="@string/manifest_only"',
+        ["kotlin_only", "manifest_only", "values_only", "unused"],
+        'R.string.kotlin_only android:label="@string/manifest_only" <string name="alias">@string/values_only</string>',
       ),
     ).toEqual(["unused"]);
   });