Update Gradle version

Author: simonrob

.gitignore

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 /.idea/codeStyles
 /.idea/libraries
 /.idea/caches
+/.idea/deploymentTargetSelector.xml
+/.idea/other.xml
 .DS_Store
 /build
 /captures

MediaPhone/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ android {
 	testNamespace namespace + '.test'
 	compileSdk 34
 
-	def getVersionCode = { -> return 58 }
+	def getVersionCode = { -> return 59 }
 
 	defaultConfig {
 		manifestPlaceholders.providerId = 'mediaphone'
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ android {
 		targetSdkVersion 34
 		minSdkVersion 14
 		versionCode getVersionCode()
-		versionName '1.7.5'
+		versionName '1.7.6'
 		// versionNameSuffix = '-beta-1'
 		resourceConfigurations += ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'nl', 'pt', 'pl', 'ru']
 	}
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ android {
 			matchingFallbacks = ['debug']
 		}
 	}
+	buildFeatures {
+		// https://developer.android.com/r/tools/upgrade-assistant/build-config-default
+		buildConfig true
+	}
 
 	// automatically regenerate fastlane metadata for new releases
 	tasks.register('generateMetadata', Exec) {
@@ -64,23 +68,14 @@ android {
 dependencies {
 	implementation project(':MediaUtilities')
 
+	//noinspection GradleDependency - upgrading to 1.12.0 and beyond requires API 19; we want to keep a lower minimum
 	implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.11.0' // for overall UI appearance
 	implementation 'androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.3.7' // for auto-selection of export resolution
 	//noinspection GradleDependency - upgrading to 1.13.0 and beyond requires API 19; we want to keep a lower minimum
 	implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.12.0' // for FileProvider
 	implementation 'androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.1' // for Storage Access Framework
 
-	androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1'
-	androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
+	androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.6.1'
+	androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.2.1'
 	androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.uiautomator:uiautomator:2.3.0'
-
-	// fix dependency conflicts with kotlin-stdlib - see: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-54136/
-	constraints {
-		implementation('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.8.0') {
-			because('kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 is now a part of kotlin-stdlib')
-		}
-		implementation('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.8.0') {
-			because('kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 is now a part of kotlin-stdlib')
-		}
-	}
 }

MediaUtilities

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
 	dependencies {
 		// distributionSha256Sum in gradle-wrapper.properties is also required for F-Droid (see distributionUrl version number)
 		// see: https://gradle.org/release-checksums/
-		classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.4.1'
+		classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
 	}
 }
 

build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+App modernisation and minor refinements

fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/59.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 
-# https://developer.android.com/r/tools/upgrade-assistant/build-config-default
-android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
-
 # https://r8.googlesource.com/r8/+/refs/heads/master/compatibility-faq.md#r8-full-mode (note: initially caused audio export issue)
 android.enableR8.fullMode=true

gradle.properties

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-all.zip
-distributionSha256Sum=85719317abd2112f021d4f41f09ec370534ba288432065f4b477b6a3b652910d
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=194717442575a6f96e1c1befa2c30e9a4fc90f701d7aee33eb879b79e7ff05c0