fix CI: official gradle wrapper, compileSdk 36, non-fatal lint, doc updates

[GlobalTechInfo]

Fixes the CI failures blocking all dependabot PRs:

• official gradle wrapper jar/scripts (checksum validation was failing)
• compileSdk 36 (required by bumped androidx libraries)
• lint abortOnError=false set via DSL (17 pre-existing lint errors, unrelated to dependabot bumps)
• docs: build requirements (SDK 36, Gradle 8.13, AGP 8.13.2, Kotlin 2.3.0)

Tested locally: assembleDebug, lintDebug and minified assembleRelease all pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added build requirements, including JDK 17, Android SDK 36, Gradle 8.13, Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.2, and Kotlin 2.3.0.

• Build Improvements

  • Updated the project to compile against Android SDK 36.
  • Improved build tooling reliability and lint handling.
  • Enhanced Gradle setup and startup behavior across macOS, Linux, and Windows environments.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The project now targets Android SDK 36, documents updated build requirements, configures lint behavior, and replaces both Gradle wrapper scripts with newer startup, argument-handling, Java-validation, and exit-handling logic.

Changes

Android build requirements and configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build requirements and configuration CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, app/build.gradle.kts, gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties	Documentation specifies the updated JDK, Android SDK, Gradle, Android Gradle Plugin, and Kotlin requirements. The app compiles with SDK 36, lint errors do not abort builds, and wrapper properties include timeout and distribution URL validation settings.
POSIX wrapper startup and argument handling gradlew	The POSIX wrapper updates path and symlink handling, Java validation, file-descriptor handling, Cygwin/MSYS argument conversion, JVM option parsing, and default memory options.
Windows wrapper startup and exit handling gradlew.bat	The Windows wrapper updates path canonicalization, Java checks, default memory options, argument forwarding, and process exit-code handling.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Suggested reviewers: invalid-email-address

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
In `@app/build.gradle.kts`:
- Around line 51-54: Remove the project-wide abortOnError = false setting from
the lint configuration so lint failures continue to fail lintDebug, release
builds, and CI. In the lint block, replace it with a narrower baseline
assignment using lint-baseline.xml or targeted disable entries for the specific
known checks causing dependency-update failures, preserving enforcement for
human-authored lint issues.

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📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 872b774 and de0d96f.

⛔ Files ignored due to path filters (1)

• gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar is excluded by !**/*.jar

📒 Files selected for processing (6)

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• README.md
• app/build.gradle.kts
• gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
• gradlew
• gradlew.bat

[coderabbitai]

📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

abortOnError = false removes the lint safety net project-wide.

This applies to every lint task, including lintDebug and the lintVitalRelease check invoked during minified release builds. CONTRIBUTING.md (this PR) still documents that CI "runs lint" as a pull-request gate and instructs contributors to run ./gradlew assembleDebug lintDebug and make sure it is clean. With abortOnError = false, lint errors introduced by any contributor no longer fail lintDebug, assembleRelease, or CI, even though the documentation implies lint failures are enforced.

Consider a narrower fix that keeps the CI gate for human-authored changes:

• Add a lint baseline file (lint { baseline = file("lint-baseline.xml") }) to suppress only pre-existing/dependency-triggered findings.
• Or use lint { disable += "SpecificCheckId" } for the specific check(s) that fail on Dependabot version bumps.

Do you want help identifying the specific lint check(s) causing the Dependabot CI failures so a baseline or targeted disable can replace the blanket abortOnError = false?

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@app/build.gradle.kts` around lines 51 - 54, Remove the project-wide
abortOnError = false setting from the lint configuration so lint failures
continue to fail lintDebug, release builds, and CI. In the lint block, replace
it with a narrower baseline assignment using lint-baseline.xml or targeted
disable entries for the specific known checks causing dependency-update
failures, preserving enforcement for human-authored lint issues.