It's been over 18 months since the previous (1.1.1-stable) release, and most of the project's software dependencies have fallen out of date:
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Gradle: using 8.3 (latest is 9.8.0)
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com.android.application: using version 7.4.1 (latest is 9.4.1)
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com.android.library: using version 7.4.1 (latest is 9.4.1)
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net.java.dev.jna:jna: using 5.16.0 (latest is 5.19.1)
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androidx.appcompat:appcompat: using 1.6.1 (latest is 1.8.0)
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com.google.android.material:material: using 1.8.0 (latest is 1.14.0)
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androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout: using 2.1.4 (latest is 2.2.2)
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androidx.test.ext:junit: using 1.1.5 (latest is 1.3.0)
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androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core: 3.5.1 (latest is 3.7.0)
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com.github.oshi:oshi-core: using 6.7.0 (latest is 7.7.0)
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org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl: using 2.24.3 (latest is 2.26.1)
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com.github.stephengold:jolt-jni-*: using 0.9.7 (latest is 6.1.1)
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actions/checkout: using 3 (latest is 7)
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actions/setup-java: using 3 (latest is 6)
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actions/upload-artifact: using 4 (latest is 7)
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actions/download-artifact: using 4 (latest is 8)
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Temurin JDK 17 and 19 (latest is 27)
Most of these should be little consequence. However, Gradle 8.3 doesn't support builds with Java 21 or higher, which seems like a serious limitation.
Prior to the next release, please update these dependencies as far as practical.
It's been over 18 months since the previous (1.1.1-stable) release, and most of the project's software dependencies have fallen out of date:
Gradle: using 8.3 (latest is 9.8.0)
com.android.application: using version 7.4.1 (latest is 9.4.1)
com.android.library: using version 7.4.1 (latest is 9.4.1)
net.java.dev.jna:jna: using 5.16.0 (latest is 5.19.1)
androidx.appcompat:appcompat: using 1.6.1 (latest is 1.8.0)
com.google.android.material:material: using 1.8.0 (latest is 1.14.0)
androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout: using 2.1.4 (latest is 2.2.2)
androidx.test.ext:junit: using 1.1.5 (latest is 1.3.0)
androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core: 3.5.1 (latest is 3.7.0)
com.github.oshi:oshi-core: using 6.7.0 (latest is 7.7.0)
org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl: using 2.24.3 (latest is 2.26.1)
com.github.stephengold:jolt-jni-*: using 0.9.7 (latest is 6.1.1)
actions/checkout: using 3 (latest is 7)
actions/setup-java: using 3 (latest is 6)
actions/upload-artifact: using 4 (latest is 7)
actions/download-artifact: using 4 (latest is 8)
Temurin JDK 17 and 19 (latest is 27)
Most of these should be little consequence. However, Gradle 8.3 doesn't support builds with Java 21 or higher, which seems like a serious limitation.
Prior to the next release, please update these dependencies as far as practical.