feat: upgrade example app (#82)

Author: gladiuscode

example/android/app/src/main/java/com/orientationdirectorexample/MainApplication.kt

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ import android.app.Application
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
 import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
+import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.loadReactNative
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
-import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.load
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost.getDefaultReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactNativeHost
-import com.facebook.react.soloader.OpenSourceMergedSoMapping
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader
 
 class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
@@ -35,10 +33,6 @@ class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
   override fun onCreate() {
     super.onCreate()
-    SoLoader.init(this, OpenSourceMergedSoMapping)
-    if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
-      // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we load the native entry point for this app.
-      load()
-    }
+    loadReactNative(this)
   }
 }

example/android/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
         compileSdkVersion = 35
         targetSdkVersion = 35
         ndkVersion = "27.1.12297006"
-        kotlinVersion = "2.0.21"
+        kotlinVersion = "2.1.20"
     }
     repositories {
         google()

example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 	</dict>
 	<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
 	<string></string>
+	<key>RCTNewArchEnabled</key>
+	<true/>
 	<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
 	<string>LaunchScreen</string>
 	<key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>