diff --git a/playback/player/android/.gitignore b/playback/player/android/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f6823bcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playback/player/android/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.gradle
+build/
diff --git a/playback/player/android/app/.gitignore b/playback/player/android/app/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6831039e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playback/player/android/app/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.externalNativeBuild/
+assets/
+gst-build-*/
+src/main/java/org/freedesktop/gstreamer/GStreamer.java
+src/main/java/org/freedesktop/gstreamer/androidmedia/