diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
index b02e4cf7cca..50c8deea299 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "build --disk_cache=$EXPANDED_BAZEL_CACHE_PATH" >> $HOME/.bazelrc
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Binary files check
+        # The expression if: ${{ !cancelled() }} runs a job or step regardless of its success or failure while responding to cancellations,
+        # serving as a cancellation-compliant alternative to if: ${{ always() }} in concurrent workflows.
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        run: |
+          bash /home/runner/work/oppia-android/oppia-android/scripts/binary_files_check.sh
+
       - name: Regex Patterns Validation Check
         # The expression if: ${{ !cancelled() }} runs a job or step regardless of its success or failure while responding to cancellations,
         # serving as a cancellation-compliant alternative to if: ${{ always() }} in concurrent workflows.
@@ -209,15 +216,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bazel run //scripts:string_resource_validation_check -- $(pwd)
 
-      - name: Binary files check
-        # The expression if: ${{ !cancelled() }} runs a job or step regardless of its success or failure while responding to cancellations,
-        # serving as a cancellation-compliant alternative to if: ${{ always() }} in concurrent workflows.
-        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-        run: |
-          bash /home/runner/work/oppia-android/oppia-android/scripts/pre-commit.sh
-          echo "No binary files found in commit"
-          echo "BINARY FILES CHECK PASSED"
-
   # Note that caching is intentionally not enabled for this check since licenses should always be
   # verified without any potential influence from earlier builds (i.e. always from a clean build to
   # ensure the results exactly match the current state of the repository).
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/activity/route/Activity.txt b/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/activity/route/Activity.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/walkthrough/DummyWalkthrough.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/walkthrough/DummyWalkthrough.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0194a017c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/walkthrough/DummyWalkthrough.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package org.oppia.android.app.walkthrough
+
+class DummyWalkthrough
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/cute-otter.png b/app/src/main/res/drawable/cute-otter.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f680c5e7351
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/res/drawable/cute-otter.png differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/dev flavor apk.png b/app/src/main/res/drawable/dev flavor apk.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1921b5eccb6
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/res/drawable/dev flavor apk.png differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter2.png b/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter2.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af29912d814
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter2.png differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter_cartoon.jpeg b/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter_cartoon.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb41dffc278
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/src/main/res/drawable/otter_cartoon.jpeg differ
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_otter.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_otter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d829e291cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_otter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:orientation="vertical"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent">
+
+</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/src/test/assets/api_mocks/mock.json b/data/src/test/assets/api_mocks/mock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/scripts/assets/assets_proto.proto b/scripts/assets/assets_proto.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/scripts/assets/assets_textproto.textproto b/scripts/assets/assets_textproto.textproto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/scripts/assets/bread.mp4 b/scripts/assets/bread.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1b24be867d
Binary files /dev/null and b/scripts/assets/bread.mp4 differ
diff --git a/scripts/assets/mockversion.png b/scripts/assets/mockversion.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ce5f1a1d70
Binary files /dev/null and b/scripts/assets/mockversion.png differ
diff --git a/scripts/assets/newtext.textproto b/scripts/assets/newtext.textproto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0eb04d8790d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/assets/newtext.textproto
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/forcenetworktype/testing/ForceNetworkTypeTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/markchapterscompleted/testing/MarkChaptersCompletedTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/markstoriescompleted/testing/MarkStoriesCompletedTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/marktopicscompleted/testing/MarkTopicsCompletedTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/vieweventlogs/testing/ViewEventLogsTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/devoptions/testing/DeveloperOptionsTestActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/home/recentlyplayed/RecentlyPlayedActivity"
+exempted_activity: "app/src/main/java/org/oppia/android/app/player/state/testing/StateFragmentTestActivity"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/assets/proto.mp4 b/scripts/assets/proto.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/scripts/binary_files_check.sh b/scripts/binary_files_check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..246ec446ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/binary_files_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+source scripts/formatting.sh
+
+check_binary_files() {
+  base_commit=$(git merge-base origin/develop HEAD)
+  binary_files=$(git diff --numstat "$base_commit"...HEAD | awk '$1 == "-" && $2 == "-" { print $3 }')
+  binary_files_count=$(echo "$binary_files" | grep -c . || true)
+
+  if [[ "$binary_files_count" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Detected $binary_files_count binary file(s):"
+    echo "$binary_files"
+    echo_error "\nBINARY FILES CHECK FAILED\n"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    echo "No binary files detected in the commit"
+    echo_success "\nBINARY FILES CHECK PASSED\n"
+  fi
+}
+
+check_binary_files
diff --git a/scripts/formatting.sh b/scripts/formatting.sh
index 0fd2c2dac94..be1f320584b 100644
--- a/scripts/formatting.sh
+++ b/scripts/formatting.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#Defines color codes for output formatting
+# Defines color codes for output formatting
 
 # Red color for error messages
 RED='\033[0;31m'
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ RED='\033[0;31m'
 # Green color for success messages
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 
-# Yellow color for warnings messages
+# Yellow color for warning messages
 YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
 
-# No color, used to reset the color after each message
+# No color, resets color after message
 NC='\033[0m'
 
 # Function to print an error message in red
 function echo_error() {
-    echo -e "${RED}$1${NC}"
+    printf "${RED}%b${NC}\n" "$1"
 }
 
 # Function to print a success message in green
 function echo_success() {
-    echo -e "${GREEN}$1${NC}"
+    printf "${GREEN}%b${NC}\n" "$1"
 }
 
 # Function to print a warning message in yellow
 function echo_warning() {
-    echo -e "${YELLOW}$1${NC}"
+    printf "${YELLOW}%b${NC}\n" "$1"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/pre-commit.sh b/scripts/pre-commit.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 26061ef5c09..cf49ab9abd7
--- a/scripts/pre-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre-commit.sh
@@ -1,35 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Pre-commit hook to check for binary files.
-
-# Find the common ancestor between develop and the current branch
-base_commit=$(git merge-base 'origin/develop' HEAD)
-
-# Get the list of staged changes (files ready to be committed)
-staged_files=$(git diff --cached --name-only)
-
-# Get the list of changed files compared to the base commit
-changed_files=$(git diff --name-only "$base_commit" HEAD)
-
-# Combine both lists of files, ensuring no duplicates
-all_files=$(echo -e "$staged_files\n$changed_files" | sort -u)
-
-function checkForBinaries() {
-  binaryFilesCount=0
-
-  # Iterate over all files (both staged and changed)
-  for file in $all_files; do
-    if [ -f "$file" ] && file --mime "$file" | grep -q 'binary'; then
-      ((binaryFilesCount++))
-      printf "\n\033[33m%s\033[0m" "$file"
-    fi
-  done
-
-  if [[ "${binaryFilesCount}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-    printf "\n\nPlease remove the %d detected binary file(s)." "$binaryFilesCount"
-    printf "\nBINARY FILES CHECK FAILED"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-checkForBinaries
+bash scripts/binary_files_check.sh
diff --git a/wiki/Dummy.md b/wiki/Dummy.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/wiki/Dummy.txt b/wiki/Dummy.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/wiki/DummyWiki.kt b/wiki/DummyWiki.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/wiki/res/values/DummyLayout.xml b/wiki/res/values/DummyLayout.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6b3daec935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wiki/res/values/DummyLayout.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources></resources>
\ No newline at end of file