Updated dependencies and README

Signed-off-by: Diraj H S <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -10,54 +10,18 @@ The app is consists of two screens: A Main screen with a list of all the detecte
 
 This kind of app is one of the most usual in the real world, what you will learn by doing this are some of the most fundamental skills you need to know to work as a professional Android developer, as fetching data from the internet, saving data to a database, and display the data in a clear, clear, compelling UI.
 
+## Requirements
+
+1. Android Studio (Jellyfish or above)
+2. JDK 21 with `JAVA_HOME` environment variable set. If you don't have JDK 21 installed or `JAVA_HOME` is not set, consider using a tool like `sdkman` to simplify the process. Refer to the sdkman documentation for installation instructions: [sdkman installation](https://sdkman.io/install)
+
 ### Screenshots
 
 ![Screenshot 1](starter/screenshots/screen_1.png)
 ![Screenshot 2](starter/screenshots/screen_2.png)
 ![Screenshot 3](starter/screenshots/screen_3.png)
 ![Screenshot 4](starter/screenshots/screen_4.png)
 
-### Dependencies
-
-```
-implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
-implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
-implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.2.0'
-implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
-
-implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0"
-
-implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:1.0.0"
-implementation "android.arch.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:1.0.0"
-
-// Download and parse data
-implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi:1.8.0"
-implementation "com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:1.8.0"
-implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.6.2"
-implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-moshi:2.5.0"
-implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-scalars:2.5.0'
-
-// Kotlin coroutines
-implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.3.0"
-implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.3.0"
-implementation "com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter:0.9.2"
-
-implementation "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0"
-
-// Image downloader
-implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
-
-implementation "androidx.room:room-runtime:2.2.3"
-kapt "androidx.room:room-compiler:2.2.3"
-
-implementation "android.arch.work:work-runtime-ktx:1.0.1"
-
-testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.1'
-androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
-```
-
 ### Installation
 
 To get the project running on your local machine, you need to follow these steps:

starter/README.md

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ This folder should contain the scaffolded project files to get a student started
 ## Note: Android Kotlin Gradle Update
 Use the updated Gradle version in the `~/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties` file:
 ```
-distributionUrl = https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl = https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-all.zip
 ```

starter/app/build.gradle

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ plugins {
 
 android {
     namespace 'com.udacity.asteroidradar'
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.udacity.asteroidradar"
         minSdkVersion 24
-        targetSdkVersion 33
+        targetSdkVersion 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@ android {
         dataBinding true
     }
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    }
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
     }
 }
 

starter/build.gradle

@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        version_core = "1.10.1"
+        version_core = "1.13.1"
         version_constraint_layout = "2.1.4"
-        version_gradle = '7.3.1'
-        version_kotlin = "1.8.0"
-        version_lifecycle = "2.6.1"
-        version_navigation = '2.5.3'
-        version_glide = "4.14.2"
-        version_moshi = "1.9.3"
+        version_gradle = '8.4.2'
+        version_kotlin = "1.9.24"
+        version_lifecycle = "2.8.2"
+        version_navigation = '2.7.7'
+        version_glide = "4.16.0"
+        version_moshi = "1.15.1"
         version_retrofit = "2.9.0"
-        version_recyclerview = "1.3.0-rc01"
-        version_work = "2.8.1"
-        version_room = "2.5.1"
-        version_appcompat = "1.6.1"
-        version_moshi = "1.9.3"
-        version_glide = "4.14.2"
+        version_recyclerview = "1.3.2"
+        version_work = "2.9.0"
+        version_room = "2.6.1"
+        version_appcompat = "1.7.0"
     }
 
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.8.0"
-        classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:2.5.3"
+        classpath "com.android.tools.build:gradle:$version_gradle"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$version_kotlin"
+        classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:$version_navigation"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files