diff --git a/lib/services/livesync/livesync-service.ts b/lib/services/livesync/livesync-service.ts
index 9d319d7e49..4984f3fc6d 100644
--- a/lib/services/livesync/livesync-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/livesync/livesync-service.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ class LiveSyncService implements ILiveSyncService {
 		private $projectData: IProjectData,
 		private $projectDataService: IProjectDataService,
 		private $prompter: IPrompter,
-		private $injector: IInjector) { }
+		private $injector: IInjector,
+		private $options: IOptions) { }
 
 	private ensureAndroidFrameworkVersion(platformData: IPlatformData): IFuture<void> { // TODO: this can be moved inside command or canExecute function
 		return (() => {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class LiveSyncService implements ILiveSyncService {
 				appIdentifier: this.$projectData.projectId,
 				projectFilesPath: path.join(platformData.appDestinationDirectoryPath, constants.APP_FOLDER_NAME),
 				syncWorkingDirectory: path.join(this.$projectData.projectDir, constants.APP_FOLDER_NAME),
-				excludedProjectDirsAndFiles: constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS,
+				excludedProjectDirsAndFiles: this.$options.release ? constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS : [],
 				forceExecuteFullSync: this.forceExecuteFullSync
 			};
 			this.$liveSyncServiceBase.sync(liveSyncData).wait();
diff --git a/lib/services/platform-service.ts b/lib/services/platform-service.ts
index b8e17347ad..046a175190 100644
--- a/lib/services/platform-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/platform-service.ts
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@ export class PlatformService implements IPlatformService {
 			// verify .xml files are well-formed
 			this.$xmlValidator.validateXmlFiles(sourceFiles).wait();
 
-			// Remove .ts and .js.map files
-			constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS.forEach(pattern => sourceFiles = sourceFiles.filter(file => !minimatch(file, pattern, { nocase: true })));
+			// Remove .ts and .js.map files in release
+			if (this.$options.release) {
+				constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS.forEach(pattern => sourceFiles = sourceFiles.filter(file => !minimatch(file, pattern, { nocase: true })));
+			}
+
 			let copyFileFutures = sourceFiles.map(source => {
 				let destinationPath = path.join(appDestinationDirectoryPath, path.relative(appSourceDirectoryPath, source));
 				if (this.$fs.getFsStats(source).wait().isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/lib/services/test-execution-service.ts b/lib/services/test-execution-service.ts
index 416cc23716..316aad9fdc 100644
--- a/lib/services/test-execution-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/test-execution-service.ts
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class TestExecutionService implements ITestExecutionService {
 				projectFilesPath: projectFilesPath,
 				syncWorkingDirectory: path.join(this.$projectData.projectDir, constants.APP_FOLDER_NAME),
 				canExecuteFastSync: false, // Always restart the application when change is detected, so tests will be rerun.
-				excludedProjectDirsAndFiles: constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS
+				excludedProjectDirsAndFiles: this.$options.release ? constants.LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_FILE_PATTERNS : []
 			};
 
 			this.$liveSyncServiceBase.sync(liveSyncData).wait();