app/build.gradle

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 36
         versionCode 11
         versionName "1.0.4"
+        applicationVariants.all { variant ->
+            variant.resValue "string", "version_number", "-=" + variant.versionName + " =-"
+        }
     }
 
     buildTypes {

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
     <string name="app_name_short">Carb Up!</string>
     <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
     <string name="title_activity_main">Main</string>
+
+    <!-- Responsibility moved to build.gradle file, where the actual number exists.
     <string name="version_name">-= Version Mango =-</string>
     <string name="version_number">-= v1.0.2 =-</string>
+    -->
 
     <string name="author">Hyperling</string>