Update Android Gradle Plugin, Kotlin, Firebase, and other dependencies

This commit updates the following:

- Android Gradle Plugin from 8.0.0 to 8.13.0
- Kotlin from 1.8.21 to 2.2.20
- `compileSdkVersion` from 33 to 36
- `minSdkVersion` from 16 to 23
- `targetSdkVersion` from 33 to 36
- `androidx.core:core-ktx` from 1.10.0 to 1.17.0
- `androidx.appcompat:appcompat` from 1.6.1 to 1.7.1
- `com.google.firebase:firebase-bom` from 31.5.0 to 34.3.0
- `com.google.gms:google-services` from 4.3.15 to 4.4.3
- `com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle` from 2.9.5 to 3.0.6
- `com.squareup.leakcanary` from 2.10 to 2.14
- `androidx.test:core` from 1.5.0 to 1.7.0
- `androidx.test.ext:junit` from 1.1.5 to 1.3.0
- `androidx.test:rules` from 1.5.0 to 1.7.0
- `androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core` from 3.5.1 to 3.7.0
- Gradle Wrapper from 8.1.1 to 8.14.3

Additionally, it updates the Kotlin JVM target syntax and the clean task configuration.

Author: softartdev

app/build.gradle

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
@@ -8,12 +10,12 @@ def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
 keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))
 
 android {
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdkVersion 36
     defaultConfig {
         namespace 'com.softartdev.conwaysgameoflife'
         applicationId "com.softartdev.conwaysgameoflife"
-        minSdkVersion 16
-        targetSdk 33
+        minSdkVersion 23
+        targetSdkVersion 36
         versionCode 211
         versionName '2.1.1'
         resourceConfigurations += ['en']
@@ -50,29 +52,27 @@ android {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = '1.8'
-    }
+    kotlin.compilerOptions.jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_1_8
     testBuildType = project.hasProperty("testBuildType") ? project.property("testBuildType") : "debug"
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.0'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.17.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
     implementation 'com.jakewharton.timber:timber:5.0.1'
-    implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:31.5.0')
+    implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:34.3.0')
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics'
-    def leak_canary_version = '2.10'
+    def leak_canary_version = '2.14'
     debugImplementation "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-process:$leak_canary_version"
     debugImplementation "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android:$leak_canary_version"
     implementation "com.squareup.leakcanary:plumber-android:$leak_canary_version"
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:core:1.5.0'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:rules:1.5.0'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:core:1.7.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.3.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:rules:1.7.0'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.7.0'
     androidTestImplementation "com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android-instrumentation:$leak_canary_version"
 }

build.gradle

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.21'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '2.2.20'
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
-        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.9.5'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.3'
+        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:3.0.6'
     }
 }
 
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-task clean(type: Delete) {
-    delete rootProject.buildDir
+tasks.register('clean', Delete) {
+    delete rootProject.layout.buildDirectory
 }

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Fri Apr 28 01:34:31 GET 2023
+#Fri Sep 19 01:27:33 GET 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists