diff --git a/.changeset/brave-plants-tap.md b/.changeset/brave-plants-tap.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c450b446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-plants-tap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@use-voltra/android-client': patch
+---
+
+Respect Android ABI selections and avoid bundling duplicate Hermes libraries.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 915ec0d8..229fb69a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -243,3 +243,92 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check Kotlin formatting
         run: pnpm run format:kotlin:check
+
+  android-tarball-build:
+    name: '[Android] Tarball + all-ABI native build'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
+
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Set up pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 11.5.0
+          run_install: false
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '24.14.0'
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      # build/** must exist so the packed tarball is complete.
+      - name: Build monorepo
+        run: pnpm run build:all
+
+      # Packaging integrity: pack android-client and install the *tarball* into
+      # the example app instead of the workspace symlink. `pnpm pack` rewrites
+      # the `workspace:` deps to real version ranges that match the sibling
+      # packages, so pnpm links those from the workspace while android-client
+      # itself is consumed exactly as it would ship to npm. A file missing from
+      # the tarball (the v2.1.0 CMakeLists.txt incident) then breaks prebuild or
+      # gradle configure below.
+      - name: Pack android-client tarball
+        working-directory: packages/android-client
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/tarballs"
+          pnpm pack --pack-destination "$RUNNER_TEMP/tarballs"
+          TARBALL=$(ls "$RUNNER_TEMP/tarballs"/*.tgz | head -n1)
+          echo "ANDROID_CLIENT_TARBALL=$TARBALL" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      # `pnpm pack` rewrites the tarball's `workspace:^` deps to real semver
+      # ranges, which pnpm would otherwise resolve from the npm registry —
+      # tripping minimumReleaseAge for freshly published versions and testing
+      # published siblings instead of this branch. Override every @use-voltra
+      # sibling back to the workspace so only android-client itself is consumed
+      # from the tarball (it must NOT be overridden, or the tarball install —
+      # the whole point of this job — would be replaced by a workspace link).
+      - name: Resolve sibling packages from the workspace
+        run: |
+          {
+            echo ""
+            echo "overrides:"
+            for f in packages/*/package.json; do
+              name=$(node -p "require('./$f').name")
+              if [ "$name" != "@use-voltra/android-client" ]; then
+                echo "  \"$name\": workspace:*"
+              fi
+            done
+          } >> pnpm-workspace.yaml
+
+      - name: Install android-client from tarball into example app
+        run: pnpm --filter voltra-example add "file:$ANDROID_CLIENT_TARBALL"
+
+      - name: Generate Android native project
+        working-directory: example
+        run: CI=1 pnpm exec expo prebuild --platform android
+
+      # All-ABI native build (issue #209): a targeted external-native-build task
+      # keeps CI fast while compiling libvoltra_js_renderer.so and linking
+      # ReactAndroid::jsi / hermes-engine::hermesvm / fbjni::fbjni for every ABI,
+      # so a per-ABI (e.g. armeabi-v7a) link regression fails CI.
+      - name: Build native library for all ABIs
+        working-directory: example/android
+        run: >-
+          ./gradlew :use-voltra_android-client:externalNativeBuildDebug
+          -PreactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
diff --git a/packages/android-client/android/build.gradle b/packages/android-client/android/build.gradle
index a2b61838..4e37e9c6 100644
--- a/packages/android-client/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/android-client/android/build.gradle
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ def safeExtGet = { prop, fallback ->
   rootProject.ext.has(prop) ? rootProject.ext.get(prop) : fallback
 }
 
+// Mirror the app's ABI selection (React Native template convention) so the
+// standalone Hermes runtime is only built for the architectures the app ships.
+def reactNativeArchitectures() {
+  def value = rootProject.getProperties().get("reactNativeArchitectures")
+  return value ? value.split(",") : ["armeabi-v7a", "x86", "x86_64", "arm64-v8a"]
+}
+
 // Read version from package.json for BuildConfig
 def packageJsonFile = new File(project.projectDir.parentFile, "package.json")
 def packageJson = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(packageJsonFile.text)
@@ -48,6 +55,10 @@ android {
         arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
       }
     }
+
+    ndk {
+      abiFilters(*reactNativeArchitectures())
+    }
   }
 
   externalNativeBuild {
@@ -71,6 +82,7 @@ android {
       "**/libfbjni.so",
       "**/libjsi.so",
       "**/libhermes.so",
+      "**/libhermesvm.so",
     ]
   }