gradle, add but comment changes recommended by local model.

app/src/main/java/com/hyperling/apps/infinitetimer/MainActivity.java

@@ -596,15 +596,19 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         String tag = TAG + "playSound";
         if (DEBUG) Log.d(tag, "Starting");
 
-        /* Original code, did not work on Nexus 7 with CM 12.1-20151117 (Android 5.1.1) * /
-        Uri uri = Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/raw/chime_sound_7143");
-        //Ringtone ringtone = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(getApplicationContext(), ringtoneUri);
-        Ringtone ringtone = RingtoneManager.getRingtone(getApplicationContext(), uri);
-        ringtone.play();
-        /**/
-
         try {
-            mediaPlayer.start();
+            // Safely instantiate MediaPlayer locally to prevent NPE
+            Uri uri = android.media.RingtoneManager.getDefaultUri(android.media.RingtoneManager.TYPE_NOTIFICATION);
+            MediaPlayer localPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, uri);
+            
+            if (localPlayer != null) {
+                localPlayer.start();
+                localPlayer.release(); // Clean up resources immediately
+            } else {
+                // Fallback for edge cases where create() fails
+                android.media.Ringtone ringtone = android.media.RingtoneManager.getRingtone(this, uri);
+                if (ringtone != null) ringtone.play();
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             sharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean(keyStartStop, false).apply();
 

gradle.properties

@@ -21,8 +21,20 @@ android.uniquePackageNames=false
 android.useAndroidX=false
 android.usesSdkInManifest.disallowed=false
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
+### Changes recommended by qwen3.6:35b when DNS was failing to foojay.
+##org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m -Dorg.gradle.jvm.download.auto.install=false
+##org.gradle.java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk
+##
+### Toolchain & Vendor Workarounds for missing foojay.io DNS resolution
+##org.gradle.java.installations.paths=/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk
+##kotlin.compiler.ignoreJdkVendor=true
+### Suppress AGP deprecation warnings
+##android.sync.suppressAgpWarnings=UNSUPPORTED_PROJECT_OPTION_USE
+##android.generateSyncIssueWhenLibraryConstraintsAreEnabled=false
+##android.sync.suppressAgpWarnings=LIBRARY_CONSTRAINTS_SHOULD_BE_DISABLED
+##kotlin.compiler.execution.strategy=in-process
 
 # 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
+# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec-decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true