Gradle version updates, remove ads, and other changes for successful compilations.

build.gradle

@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://jitpack.io'
+        }
         google()
+        maven {
+            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
+            name 'Google'
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.11.1'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -15,7 +22,8 @@ buildscript {
 
 allprojects {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
+        google()
     }
 }