diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3c11a8e248..d33f331a3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,33 @@ name: Build
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+
+  build-android-armv7a:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: 
+     contents: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Build android-armv7a
+      run: |
+        scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
+    - name: Upload Android build
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: android-armv7a-build
+        path: android-armv7a-build.zip
+    - name: release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+          body: "initial release"
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          files: android-armv7a-build.zip
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false #  tokens just a placeholder! dont put token on the secrets.
+         
+
   build-linux-i386:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -21,15 +48,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         scripts/build-ubuntu-amd64.sh
 
-  build-android-armv7a:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Build android-armv7a
-      run: |
-        scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
-
   build-windows-i386:
     runs-on: windows-2019
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh b/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
index 4c7201ff9c..c6479a23bd 100755
--- a/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-android-armv7a.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r10e-linux-x86_64.zip
 unzip android-ndk-r10e-linux-x86_64.zip
 export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=$PWD/android-ndk-r10e/
 export NDK_HOME=$PWD/android-ndk-r10e/
-./waf configure -T debug --android=armeabi-v7a-hard,4.9,21 --togles --disable-warns &&
+./waf configure -T release --android=armeabi-v7a-hard,4.9,21 --togles --disable-warns &&
 ./waf build
+zip -r android-armv7a-build.zip build/