From 7ad91c1a56b9df5061463a83625929f181d88fb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzysztof Borowy <6444719+krizzu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:04:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] missing build step

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 583f6e6c..631cd59e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,47 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
 jobs:
+  build-android:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: "false"
+      - name: Setup project
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-project
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+      - name: Build Android native library
+        run: bash ./scripts/build-native-lib.sh android
+      - name: Upload Android artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: android-artifacts
+          path: packages/async-storage/android/local_repo
+
+  build-apple:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: "false"
+      - name: Setup project
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-project
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+      - name: Build Apple native library
+        run: bash ./scripts/build-native-lib.sh apple
+      - name: Upload Apple artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: apple-artifacts
+          path: packages/async-storage/apple-frameworks
+
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-android, build-apple]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -17,6 +56,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-project
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn
+      - name: Download Android artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: android-artifacts
+          path: packages/async-storage/android/local_repo
+      - name: Download Apple artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: apple-artifacts
+          path: packages/async-storage/apple-frameworks
       - name: Version or release packages
         uses: changesets/action@v1
         with:

From 86b38e43fcb0fce8a93d15071687e63056f9fd3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzysztof Borowy <6444719+krizzu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:05:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(changeset): added a build step to actualy build
 native libs

---
 .changeset/soft-elephants-sparkle.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/soft-elephants-sparkle.md

diff --git a/.changeset/soft-elephants-sparkle.md b/.changeset/soft-elephants-sparkle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e73adbc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/soft-elephants-sparkle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": patch
+---
+
+missing build step from CI added