diff --git a/hyperroid/app/src/main/java/com/roguetemple/hyperroid/HyperRogue.java b/hyperroid/app/src/main/java/com/roguetemple/hyperroid/HyperRogue.java
index 6823e7fa..e3ac0bbe 100644
--- a/hyperroid/app/src/main/java/com/roguetemple/hyperroid/HyperRogue.java
+++ b/hyperroid/app/src/main/java/com/roguetemple/hyperroid/HyperRogue.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import android.widget.FrameLayout.LayoutParams;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
 public class HyperRogue extends Activity implements SensorEventListener {
 
     private static final int RESULT_SETTINGS = 1;
@@ -626,6 +628,18 @@ public class HyperRogue extends Activity implements SensorEventListener {
        pon.getTextBounds(s,0,s.length(),bounds);
        return bounds.width();
        }
+ 
+     public byte[] getAsset(String s) {
+        try {
+            InputStream is = getAssets().open(s);
+            int length = is.available();
+            byte[] data = new byte[length];
+            is.read(data);
+            return data;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+       }
 
   private SensorManager mSensorManager;
   private Sensor mSensor;
diff --git a/hyperroid/app/src/main/jni/hyper.cpp b/hyperroid/app/src/main/jni/hyper.cpp
index 5c490816..c4445a78 100644
--- a/hyperroid/app/src/main/jni/hyper.cpp
+++ b/hyperroid/app/src/main/jni/hyper.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void special_log(char c);
 #include <string>
 
 namespace hr {
+std::string get_asset(const std::string &str);
 void gdpush(int t);
 
 void shareScore(MOBPAR_FORMAL);
@@ -242,6 +243,20 @@ Java_com_roguetemple_hyperroid_HyperRogue_initGame(MOBPAR_FORMAL) {
 
 JNIEnv *tw_env; jobject tw_thiz;
 
+string get_asset(const string &str) {
+  jclass cls = tw_env->GetObjectClass(tw_thiz);
+  jmethodID mid = tw_env->GetMethodID(cls, "getAsset", "(Ljava/lang/String;)[B");
+  jobject jstr = tw_env->NewStringUTF(str.c_str());
+  jbyteArray arr = (jbyteArray) tw_env->CallObjectMethod(tw_thiz, mid, jstr);
+  tw_env->DeleteLocalRef(jstr);
+  tw_env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);
+  jsize len = tw_env->GetArrayLength(arr);
+  jbyte* data = tw_env->GetByteArrayElements(arr, NULL);
+  string s((char*) & (data[0]), len);
+  tw_env->DeleteLocalRef(arr);
+  return s;
+  }
+
 int textwidth(int siz, const string &str) {
   jclass cls = tw_env->GetObjectClass(tw_thiz);
   jmethodID mid = tw_env->GetMethodID(cls, "getTextWidth", "(Ljava/lang/String;I)I");
diff --git a/hyperroid/copy.sh b/hyperroid/copy.sh
index 62e8164d..70227da6 100755
--- a/hyperroid/copy.sh
+++ b/hyperroid/copy.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 mkdir -p app/src/main/assets/sounds
 cp ../sounds/* app/src/main/assets/sounds/
+cp ../honeycomb-rules-*.txt app/src/main/assets/
 mkdir -p app/src/main/res/raw/
 
 #for x in caves crossroads desert graveyard hell icyland jungle laboratory mirror rlyeh
diff --git a/reg3.cpp b/reg3.cpp
index 8172a6a2..1be741f9 100644
--- a/reg3.cpp
+++ b/reg3.cpp
@@ -941,12 +941,17 @@ EX namespace reg3 {
     vector<int> otherpos;
     
     void load_ruleset(string fname) {
+      string buf;
+      #if ISANDROID
+      buf = get_asset(fname);
+      #else
       FILE *f = fopen(fname.c_str(), "rb");
       if(!f) f = fopen((rsrcdir + fname).c_str(), "rb");
-      string buf;
       buf.resize(1000000);
       int qty = fread(&buf[0], 1, 1000000, f);
       buf.resize(qty);
+      fclose(f);
+      #endif
 
       shstream ins(decompress_string(buf));
       dynamicval<bool> q(fieldpattern::use_quotient_fp, true);      
@@ -955,7 +960,6 @@ EX namespace reg3 {
       hread(ins, root);
       hread(ins, children);
       hread(ins, other);
-      fclose(f);
       }
     
     /** \brief address = (fieldvalue, state) */