Upgraded Gradle to 8.1.3 * Added the namespace property in the build.gradle file because, in the newer Gradle version, it is necessary to specify the namespace in the build.gradle file instead of declaring it in the manifest file.

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fun generateVersionName() = "${Config.versionMajor}.${Config.versionMinor}.${Con
 val apkPrefix get() = System.getenv("TAG") ?: "kiwix"
 
 android {
-
+  namespace = "org.kiwix.kiwixmobile"
   defaultConfig {
     base.archivesName.set(apkPrefix)
     resValue("string", "app_name", "Kiwix")

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-  package="org.kiwix.kiwixmobile">
+  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
   <uses-permission
     android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"

buildSrc/build.gradle.kts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2")
+  implementation("com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.3")
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.7.0")
   implementation("org.jacoco:org.jacoco.core:0.8.8")
   implementation("org.jlleitschuh.gradle:ktlint-gradle:10.3.0")

buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ object Versions {
 
   const val android_arch_lifecycle_extensions: String = "1.1.1"
 
-  const val com_android_tools_build_gradle: String = "7.4.2"
+  const val com_android_tools_build_gradle: String = "8.1.3"
 
   const val de_fayard_buildsrcversions_gradle_plugin: String = "0.7.0"
 

buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/plugin/AllProjectConfigurer.kt

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class AllProjectConfigurer {
 
   fun configureBaseExtension(target: Project) {
     target.configureExtension<BaseExtension> {
+      namespace = ""
       setCompileSdkVersion(Config.compileSdk)
       defaultConfig {
         minSdk = Config.minSdk
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ class AllProjectConfigurer {
   }
 
   fun configureCommonExtension(target: Project) {
-    target.configureExtension<CommonExtension<*, *, *, *>> {
+    target.configureExtension<CommonExtension<*, *, *, *, *>> {
       lint {
         abortOnError = true
         checkAllWarnings = true

core/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-  package="org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core"
   android:installLocation="auto">
 
   <uses-permission

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Mon Dec 19 16:13:45 IST 2022
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME