feature/android-toolchain-migration

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Purpose

Upgrade the Android toolchain to a modern, supported stack (Gradle/AGP/JDK/SDK), remove legacy build/publish configuration, and keep SDK compatibility at minSdk 19.

Summary

• Migrated build system to Gradle 8.13 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.2.
• Updated Android SDK levels to compileSdk 36 / targetSdk 36 while keeping minSdk 19.
• Modernized Gradle setup:
  • moved to plugins {} in root/module build files,
  • switched to tasks.register('clean', ...),
  • added pluginManagement and dependencyResolutionManagement in settings.gradle.
• Updated daemon/toolchain setup (including gradle-daemon-jvm.properties and foojay resolver convention).
• Refreshed full Gradle wrapper set (gradle-wrapper.properties, gradle-wrapper.jar, gradlew, gradlew.bat).
• Removed legacy/deprecated config:
  • jcenter(),
  • old buildscript plugin declarations,
  • legacy uploadArchives,
  • legacy AWS Device Farm integration in sample app.
• Migrated publishing to maven-publish and Sonatype publish tasks.
• Updated CI and publish workflows to JDK 17 + Android SDK 36.
• Added stronger CI coverage: lint + build/test + connected smoke test for hello-sift.
• Updated dependencies (Gson, JUnit, Mockito, WireMock, AndroidX Test, etc.).
• Migrated generated model usage to getters/setters and aligned SDK code/tests accordingly.
• Updated docs (README) and release notes (CHANGELOG) with compatibility and breaking-change notes.

Testing

• Local:
  • ./gradlew clean test :sift:assembleRelease :hello-sift:assembleDebug
  • ./gradlew :sift:lint :hello-sift:lintDebug
• CI:
  • lint + unit tests + assembly
  • connected smoke test: :hello-sift:connectedDebugAndroidTest
• Publish path:
  • ./gradlew :sift:publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository (via workflow)

Checklist

• The change was thoroughly tested manually
• The change was covered with unit tests
• The change was tested with the integration example
• Necessary changes were made in the integration example (if applicable)
• New functionality is reflected in README (if applicable)