upgrade gradle 7.4.2 -> 8.0.1 (#259)

* upgraded gradle 7.4.2 -> 8.0.1

* updated github workflow

* removed RenderScript

* excluded 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8' to prevent 'duplicate class' errors

* updated memory limits

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     # setup
     - name: Checkout project sources
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Setup Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        distribution: temurin
+        java-version: 17
     - name: Setup Gradle
       uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
 

build.gradle

@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ buildscript {
 		google()
 	}
 	dependencies {
-		classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
+		classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.1'
 	}
 }
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
+configurations.all {
+	// fixes 'duplicate class error', when using these combine: androidx.core:1.10.1, androidx.preference:1.2.0 and androidx.room:2.5.1
+	// see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75274720/a-failure-occurred-while-executing-appcheckdebugduplicateclasses/75315276#75315276
+	exclude group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', module: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
+}
+
 dependencies {
-	implementation "androidx.core:core:1.9.0"
+	implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.10.1'
 	implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.2.0'
-	implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:2.5.1"
-	annotationProcessor "androidx.room:room-compiler:2.5.1"
+	implementation 'androidx.room:room-runtime:2.5.1'
+	annotationProcessor 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.5.1'
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -213,7 +219,6 @@ android {
 			java.srcDirs = ['src']
 			resources.srcDirs = ['src']
 			aidl.srcDirs = ['src']
-			renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
 			res.srcDirs = ['res']
 			assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
 		}
@@ -255,7 +260,6 @@ android {
 
 			debuggable false
 			jniDebuggable false
-			renderscriptDebuggable false
 			minifyEnabled true
 			shrinkResources true
 			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
@@ -263,6 +267,10 @@ android {
 //			signingConfig android.signingConfigs.release
 		}
 	}
+	buildFeatures {
+		renderScript false
+		aidl true
+	}
 
 	applicationVariants.all { variant ->
 		tasks["merge${variant.name.capitalize()}Assets"].dependsOn(validateDictionaries)

gradle.properties

@@ -1 +1,18 @@
-android.useAndroidX=true
+## For more details on how to configure your build environment visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
+#
+# Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
+# The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
+# Default value: -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
+# org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+#
+# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
+# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
+# org.gradle.parallel=true
+#Wed May 17 11:42:52 EEST 2023
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
+android.nonFinalResIds=true
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
+android.useAndroidX=true
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options\="-Xmx1536M"

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-all.zip