diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 478205c5..422615a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,82 @@ on:
       - next
 
 jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build and Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
+      LANG: en_US.UTF-8
+      LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: "temurin"
+          java-version: "17"
+
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        name: Install pnpm
+        with:
+          version: 9
+          run_install: false
+
+      - name: Install Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: "pnpm"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Configure pnpm store
+        run: pnpm config set store-dir ~/.pnpm-store
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Build Project
+        run: pnpm build
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: pnpm test
+
+      - name: Set up Android SDK
+        uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3
+
+      - name: Decrypt and Extract signing.tar.enc
+        env:
+          SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 \
+            -d -in signing.tar.enc -out signing.tar \
+            -pass pass:"$SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD"
+          tar xvf signing.tar
+
+      - name: Configure Keystore
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.android
+          cp keystore.properties ~/.android/keystore.properties
+
+      - name: Cache Gradle packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper/
+          key: >
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
+
+      - name: Build Release
+        run: ./gradlew assembleRelease
+
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to Google Play
     needs: build
@@ -53,6 +129,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Project
         run: pnpm build
 
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: pnpm test
+
       - name: Set up Android SDK
         uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3