Upgrade the example to Gradle 4.2 and Android plugin 2.3.3

example/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 23
-    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
+    buildToolsVersion "26.0.0"
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.dropbox.textsort"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ android {
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            runProguard false
+            minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
@@ -32,17 +32,22 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 task ndkBuild(type: Exec) {
-    String MainDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir") + '/app/'
-    File ndkDir = project.getPlugins().getPlugin('android').ndkFolder
-    if (ndkDir == null) {
-        def gradle_project_root = project.rootProject.rootDir
-        throw new GradleException("NDK is not configured. Make sure there is a local.properties " +
-                "file with an ndk.dir entry in the directory ${gradle_project_root}.")
-    }
+    File ndkDir = project.android.ndkDirectory
     def ndkBuildExecutable = new File(ndkDir, 'ndk-build')
-    if (!ndkBuildExecutable.exists()) {
-        throw new GradleException("Could not find ndk-build. The configured NDK directory ${ndkDir} may not be correct.")
+
+    doFirst {
+        if (ndkDir == null) {
+            def gradle_project_root = project.rootProject.rootDir
+            throw new GradleException("NDK is not configured. Make sure there is a local.properties " +
+                    "file with an ndk.dir entry in the directory ${gradle_project_root}.")
+        }
+
+        if (!ndkBuildExecutable.exists()) {
+            throw new GradleException("Could not find ndk-build. The configured NDK directory ${ndkDir} may not be correct.")
+        }
     }
+
+    String MainDirectory = System.getProperty("user.dir") + '/app/'
     environment("NDK_PROJECT_PATH", MainDirectory)
     environment("GYP_CONFIGURATION", "Release")
     commandLine ndkBuildExecutable

example/android/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.12.+'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files

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

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Wed Apr 10 15:27:10 PDT 2013
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.12-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.2-all.zip

example/android/gradlew

@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
 ##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
-warn ( ) {
+warn () {
     echo "$*"
 }
 
-die ( ) {
+die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,31 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
-if $cygwin ; then
-    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-fi
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 if $cygwin ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
     ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"

example/android/gradlew.bat

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line