Upgrade AGP to 7.4.2, Gradle to 7.5, migrate jcenter to mavenCentral by hypnozee; upd SharedModules

build.gradle

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildscript {
         //jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.0+'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
         classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:' + kotlinVersion
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong

gradle.properties

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 # Jetifier with Robolectric transform fix:
 # Add android.jetifier.blacklist=bcprov or android.enableJetifier=false to gradle.properties. or upgrade to 7.1.x of AGP (Android Gradle Plugin).
-android.jetifier.blacklist=bcprov
-#android.jetifier.ignorelist=bcprov
+#android.jetifier.blacklist=bcprov
+android.jetifier.ignorelist=bcprov
 # Get ready for minification (NoSuchMethodError on kivi???)
 #android.enableR8.fullMode=true
 # Minification ram usage fix
 #org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2000m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3000m
 android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=34
 android.disableAutomaticComponentCreation=true

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-6.9.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip

smarttubetv/build.gradle

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ buildscript {
 
         // Check that you have the Google Services Gradle plugin v4.3.2 or later
         // (if not, add it).
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.15'
 
         // Add the Crashlytics Gradle plugin.
         // https://firebase.google.com/docs/crashlytics/get-started?platform=android
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ android {
     compileSdkVersion project.properties.compileSdkVersion
     buildToolsVersion project.properties.buildToolsVersion
     testOptions.unitTests.includeAndroidResources = true
+    ndkVersion "21.0.6113669" // reduce size of the *.so files (stripping debug symbols)
     
     defaultConfig {
         // values linked with applicationId: searchable.searchSuggestAuthority, searchable.searchSuggestIntentData, VideoContract.CONTENT_AUTHORITY
         applicationId "app.smarttube"
         minSdkVersion project.properties.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion project.properties.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 2283
-        versionName "30.93"
+        versionCode 2285
+        versionName "30.95"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         buildConfigField "long", "TIMESTAMP", System.currentTimeMillis() + "L"
 
@@ -68,17 +69,22 @@ android {
         // Trying to fix VerifyError/ClassNotFoundException
         multiDexKeepProguard file("multidex-keep.pro")
 
-        // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37382057/android-apk-how-to-exclude-a-so-file-from-a-3rd-party-dependency-using-gradle
-        // armeabi-v7a backward compatible with arm64-v8a, x86 -> x86_64 etc
-        splits {
-            abi {
-                enable true
-                reset()
-                // Note, Android could soon start warning users when they run 32-bit apps
-                //include 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a' //select ABIs to build APKs for
-                include 'armeabi-v7a', 'x86', 'arm64-v8a' // v7a main build, x86 for WSL, v8a for Pixel Tablet (no 32 bit support)
-                universalApk true //generate an additional APK that contains all the ABIs
-            }
+        // The content of Universal apk
+        ndk {
+            abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
+        }
+    }
+
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37382057/android-apk-how-to-exclude-a-so-file-from-a-3rd-party-dependency-using-gradle
+    // armeabi-v7a backward compatible with arm64-v8a, x86 -> x86_64 etc
+    splits {
+        abi {
+            enable true
+            reset()
+            // Note, Android could soon start warning users when they run 32-bit apps
+            //include 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a' //select ABIs to build APKs for
+            include 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a', 'x86' // v7a main build, x86 for WSL, v8a for Pixel Tablet (no 32 bit support)
+            universalApk true //generate an additional APK that contains all the ABIs
         }
     }
 
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ android {
     // naming example: SmartYouTubeTV_Xwalk_v6.8.12_r.apk
     // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18332474/how-to-set-versionname-in-apk-filename-using-gradle
     applicationVariants.all { variant ->
-        variant.outputs.each { output ->
+        variant.outputs.all { output ->
             def project = "SmartTube"
             def flavor = variant.productFlavors[-1].name.substring(2) // remove st prefix
             def buildType = variant.buildType.name.take(1)
@@ -156,8 +162,8 @@ android {
         // exclude '**/SearchOrbView.class'
 
         // Remove unneeded arches from universal apk here because 'splits' cannot do this
-        exclude "lib/x86_64/**"
-        exclude "lib/armeabi/**"
+        // exclude "lib/x86_64/**"
+        // exclude "lib/armeabi/**"
     }
 
     lintOptions {