gradle, take all the upgrade suggestions.

app/build.gradle

@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
     })
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.android.support/appcompat-v7
-    implementation group: 'com.android.support', name: 'appcompat-v7', version: '28.0.0'
+    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0"
 }

build.gradle

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.11.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.4.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-task clean(type: Delete) {
+tasks.register('clean', Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }

gradle.properties

@@ -16,3 +16,14 @@
 # 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
+android.builtInKotlin=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.resvalues=true
+android.dependency.useConstraints=true
+android.enableAppCompileTimeRClass=false
+android.newDsl=false
+android.r8.optimizedResourceShrinking=false
+android.r8.strictFullModeForKeepRules=false
+android.sdk.defaultTargetSdkToCompileSdkIfUnset=false
+android.uniquePackageNames=false
+android.useAndroidX=false
+android.usesSdkInManifest.disallowed=false

gradle/gradle-daemon-jvm.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#This file is generated by updateDaemonJvm
+toolchainUrl.FREE_BSD.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/491f83666ae7f4d6ebb28fee72ebb035/redirect
+toolchainUrl.FREE_BSD.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/0d1a1acdc708062093673f65aa9aba4b/redirect
+toolchainUrl.LINUX.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/491f83666ae7f4d6ebb28fee72ebb035/redirect
+toolchainUrl.LINUX.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/0d1a1acdc708062093673f65aa9aba4b/redirect
+toolchainUrl.MAC_OS.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/7083b89563e7ce20943037b8cd2b8cc2/redirect
+toolchainUrl.MAC_OS.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/060bbb778a1f55ea705fdebd2ccfeab9/redirect
+toolchainUrl.UNIX.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/491f83666ae7f4d6ebb28fee72ebb035/redirect
+toolchainUrl.UNIX.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/0d1a1acdc708062093673f65aa9aba4b/redirect
+toolchainUrl.WINDOWS.AARCH64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/d09679dc60fe5aa05ef7d03efdefac20/redirect
+toolchainUrl.WINDOWS.X86_64=https\://api.foojay.io/disco/v3.0/ids/ed4e3bf2f5e7c5d9aabc4cbd8acd555e/redirect
+toolchainVendor=JETBRAINS
+toolchainVersion=21

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Fri Jul 11 14:14:34 MST 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.0-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

settings.gradle

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention' version '1.0.0'
+}
 include ':app'