Upgrade Gradle to 8.8 and related dependencies

Author: DirajHS

starter/app/build.gradle

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 
 android {
     namespace 'com.udacity.project4'
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.udacity.project4"
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ android {
         returnDefaultValues = true
     }
 
-//    dataBinding {
-//        enabled = true
-//        enabledForTests = true
-//    }
     buildFeatures {
         dataBinding true
+        buildConfig true
     }
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +65,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Koin
     implementation "io.insert-koin:koin-android:$koinVersion"
+    androidTestImplementation("io.insert-koin:koin-test:3.1.6")
 
     // Dependencies for local unit tests
     testImplementation "junit:junit:$junitVersion"

starter/app/src/androidTest/java/com/udacity/project4/RemindersActivityTest.kt

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ import org.koin.androidx.viewmodel.dsl.viewModel
 import org.koin.core.context.startKoin
 import org.koin.core.context.stopKoin
 import org.koin.dsl.module
-import org.koin.test.AutoCloseKoinTest
+import org.koin.test.KoinTest
 import org.koin.test.get
 
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
 @LargeTest
 //END TO END test to black box test the app
 class RemindersActivityTest :
-    AutoCloseKoinTest() {// Extended Koin Test - embed autoclose @after method to close Koin after every test
+    KoinTest {// Extended Koin Test - embed autoclose @after method to close Koin after every test
 
     private lateinit var repository: ReminderDataSource
     private lateinit var appContext: Application
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class RemindersActivityTest :
                     get() as ReminderDataSource
                 )
             }
-            single { RemindersLocalRepository(get()) as ReminderDataSource }
+            single { RemindersLocalRepository(get()) }
             single { LocalDB.createRemindersDao(appContext) }
         }
         //declare a new koin module

starter/app/src/androidTest/java/com/udacity/project4/util/DataBindingIdlingResource.kt

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fun DataBindingIdlingResource.monitorActivity(
 /**
  * Sets the fragment from a [FragmentScenario] to be used from [DataBindingIdlingResource].
  */
-fun DataBindingIdlingResource.monitorFragment(fragmentScenario: FragmentScenario<out Fragment>) {
+fun <T : Fragment> DataBindingIdlingResource.monitorFragment(fragmentScenario: FragmentScenario<T>) {
     fragmentScenario.onFragment {
         this.activity = it.requireActivity()
     }

starter/build.gradle

@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        gradleVersion = '7.4.2'
-        kotlinVersion = '1.8.0'
-        navigationVersion = '2.5.3'
+        gradleVersion = '8.4.1'
+        kotlinVersion = '1.9.23'
+        navigationVersion = '2.7.7'
 
         // Sdk and tools
         // Support library and architecture components support minSdk 14 and above.
         minSdkVersion = 24
         targetSdkVersion = 33
 
         // App dependencies
-        appCompatVersion = '1.6.1'
+        appCompatVersion = '1.7.0'
         archLifecycleVersion = '2.2.0'
-        archLifecycleKtxVersion = '2.6.1'
-        materialVersion = '1.8.0'
+        archLifecycleKtxVersion = '2.8.1'
+        materialVersion = '1.12.0'
         mockitoVersion = '5.2.0'
         constraintVersion = '2.1.4'
         dexMakerVersion = '2.28.3'
         coroutinesVersion = '1.6.4'
-        roomVersion = '2.5.1'
+        roomVersion = '2.6.1'
         koinVersion = '3.4.0'
         truthVersion = '1.1.3'
         junitVersion = '4.13.2'
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ buildscript {
         androidXTestRulesVersion = '1.5.0'
         espressoVersion = '3.5.1'
         swipeRefreshVersion = '1.1.0'
-        fragmentTestingVersion = '1.5.6'
-        playServicesLocationVersion = '21.0.1'
+        fragmentTestingVersion = '1.7.1'
+        playServicesLocationVersion = '21.3.0'
         playServicesMapsVersion = '18.1.0'
         firebaseUiAuthVersion = '8.0.2'
-        firebaseAuthKtxVersion = '21.2.0'
+        firebaseAuthKtxVersion = '23.0.0'
     }
 
     repositories {

starter/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip