diff --git a/platform/android/java/app/assets/.gitignore b/platform/android/java/app/assets/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6b7ef32c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/android/java/app/assets/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle b/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
index 934c4bf4414..f103f22db20 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         // The default ignore pattern for the 'assets' directory includes hidden files and directories which are used by Godot projects.
         aaptOptions {
-            ignoreAssetsPattern "!.svn:!.git:!.ds_store:!*.scc:<dir>_*:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~"
+            ignoreAssetsPattern "!.svn:!.git:!.gitignore:!.ds_store:!*.scc:<dir>_*:!CVS:!thumbs.db:!picasa.ini:!*~"
         }
 
         ndk {
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ android {
         exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
 
-        // Should be uncommented for development purpose within Android Studio
-        // doNotStrip '**/*.so'
+        // 'doNotStrip' is enabled for development within Android Studio
+        if (shouldNotStrip()) {
+            doNotStrip '**/*.so'
+        }
     }
 
     signingConfigs {
diff --git a/platform/android/java/app/config.gradle b/platform/android/java/app/config.gradle
index 585e517631a..c0ae4007d27 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/app/config.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/app/config.gradle
@@ -209,10 +209,19 @@ ext.getReleaseKeyAlias = { ->
     return keyAlias
 }
 
+ext.isAndroidStudio = { ->
+    def sysProps = System.getProperties()
+    return sysProps != null && sysProps['idea.platform.prefix'] != null
+}
+
 ext.shouldZipAlign = { ->
     String zipAlignFlag = project.hasProperty("perform_zipalign") ? project.property("perform_zipalign") : ""
     if (zipAlignFlag == null || zipAlignFlag.isEmpty()) {
-        zipAlignFlag = "false"
+        if (isAndroidStudio()) {
+            zipAlignFlag = "true"
+        } else {
+            zipAlignFlag = "false"
+        }
     }
     return Boolean.parseBoolean(zipAlignFlag)
 }
@@ -220,7 +229,15 @@ ext.shouldZipAlign = { ->
 ext.shouldSign = { ->
     String signFlag = project.hasProperty("perform_signing") ? project.property("perform_signing") : ""
     if (signFlag == null || signFlag.isEmpty()) {
-        signFlag = "false"
+        if (isAndroidStudio()) {
+            signFlag = "true"
+        } else {
+            signFlag = "false"
+        }
     }
     return Boolean.parseBoolean(signFlag)
 }
+
+ext.shouldNotStrip = { ->
+    return isAndroidStudio()
+}
diff --git a/platform/android/java/lib/build.gradle b/platform/android/java/lib/build.gradle
index 6fc9a11a08c..663ba73d406 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/lib/build.gradle
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ android {
         exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
 
-        // Should be uncommented for development purpose within Android Studio
-        // doNotStrip '**/*.so'
+        // 'doNotStrip' is enabled for development within Android Studio
+        if (shouldNotStrip()) {
+            doNotStrip '**/*.so'
+        }
     }
 
     sourceSets {
diff --git a/platform/android/java/nativeSrcsConfigs/build.gradle b/platform/android/java/nativeSrcsConfigs/build.gradle
index 66077060ea0..158bb2b98ef 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/nativeSrcsConfigs/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/nativeSrcsConfigs/build.gradle
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ android {
     packagingOptions {
         exclude 'META-INF/LICENSE'
         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
-
-        // Should be uncommented for development purpose within Android Studio
-        // doNotStrip '**/*.so'
     }
 
     sourceSets {