add gradle build GitHub workflow

Author: thestinger

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: Build application
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build