diff --git a/mobile/android/app/lint.xml b/mobile/android/app/lint.xml
index de7ffdcbb206..7279de59cdb7 100644
--- a/mobile/android/app/lint.xml
+++ b/mobile/android/app/lint.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@
              preprocessed_resources res/raw folder. Lint reports it as unused. We should get
              rid of the file eventually. See bug 1268948. -->
         <ignore path="**/raw/.mkdir.done" />
+        <ignore path="src/australis/res/values/skin_strings.xml"/>
+        <ignore path="src/photon/res/values/skin_strings.xml"/>
     </issue>
     <issue id="Usability" severity="error" />
     <issue id="UseCheckPermission" severity="error" />
diff --git a/mobile/android/app/src/australis/res/values/skin_strings.xml b/mobile/android/app/src/australis/res/values/skin_strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed6f923a461f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/australis/res/values/skin_strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<resources>
+  <string name="skin">australis</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/mobile/android/app/src/photon/res/values/skin_strings.xml b/mobile/android/app/src/photon/res/values/skin_strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2cc996317c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/app/src/photon/res/values/skin_strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<resources>
+  <string name="skin">photon</string>
+</resources>