build(deps): update appcompat, compose-bom, xmlutil serialization, and Gradle wrapper

Author: dkhawk

.github/workflows/lint-report.yml

@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew :library:lintDebug :demo:lintStandardDebug
 
       - name: Upload SARIF for library
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 # v4.37.6
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
         with:
           sarif_file: library/build/reports/lint-results.sarif
           category: library
 
       - name: Upload SARIF for demo
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@5595ccaf912efad79be6eef63a5619ff05969be3 # v4.37.6
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@ff2f1c621b7f889edc0d3c761ac2e6a3f8cdb0dd # v4.37.7
         with:
           sarif_file: demo/build/reports/lint-results.sarif
           category: demo

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ targetSdk = "37"
 
 # --- Core Android & Kotlin ---
 # Foundational versions for Android app development and Kotlin language features.
-appcompat = "1.7.1"
+appcompat = "1.8.0"
 core-ktx = "1.19.0"
 kotlin = "2.4.10"
 kotlinx-coroutines = "1.11.0"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ startup-runtime = "1.2.0"
 # Versions for Jetpack Compose, Android's modern UI toolkit.
 # The Compose BOM (Bill of Materials) coordinates versions of all Compose libraries.
 activity-compose = "1.13.0"
-compose-bom = "2026.06.01"
+compose-bom = "2026.08.00"
 
 # --- Google Services (Maps) ---
 # Versions for Google Play Services libraries essential for map functionality.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dokka-gradle-plugin = "2.2.0"
 gradle = "9.3.1"
 gradleMavenPublishPlugin = "0.37.0"
 secrets-gradle-plugin = "2.0.1"
-serialization = "1.0.1"
+serialization = "1.0.2"
 
 
 [libraries]

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.6.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.7.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500