Adjust Android build.gradle to to run project with Gradle 8

[norman-kapschefsky]

To build the android project with gradle 8+, the added configs are required.

Tested in project with ...

• gradle 8.2
• gradle 7.6

[henninghall]

Hi, thanks for the PR. What issues do you experience and on what react native version?

[norman-kapschefsky]

Hi, thanks for the PR. What issues do you experience and on what react native version?

Hi, thanks for your question. I import the android part as a submodule to my Android project. When switching from Gradle wrapper 7.x to 8.x, my Android project isn't building anymore, because the android/build.gradle isn't configured properly for it. This PR adds the required changes to make it work.

[henninghall]

@norman-kapschefsky I understand. I hesitate a bit to merge since I suspect it might be a risk i would introduce a breaking change to older react native versions. Your conditionals could very well solve them though.

I think we have to consider this submodule case an edge case unless a few other people is running into this issue as well. I might work on better automated testing for old react native versions in the future, and if better coverage could be achieved there, I might be confident enough to merge this PR.

Until then, I suggest you to use patch-package or similar to solve your issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Some sources to discussions about incompatibility

• [Android] Upcoming changes for libraries in React Native 0.73 react-native-community/discussions-and-proposals#671
• fix: RN 73 compatibility #726