RN Upgrade: Android fixes

details: (these are purely my logs of what issues I faced and the fixes I tried, not necessarily included in the commit)
- [x] AOS: [refer: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup]
    - [x] Issue: “> Task :app:installDebug FAILED” ; Solution: worked only on real device and not on the simulator after doing this: adb kill-server && adb start-server && adb devices && rpm run android [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28211161/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “More than one file was found with OS independent path 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libfbjni.so'” ; Solution: [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/74526307/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “Duplicate class com.facebook.imagepipeline.cache.CountingMemoryCacheInspector$DumpInfoEntry found in modules jetified-imagepipeline-base-2.5.0-runtime.jar (com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-base:2.5.0) and jetified-stetho-2.0.0-runtime.jar (com.facebook.fresco:stetho:2.0.0)” ; Solution: [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/72838513/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “android:attr/lStar not found” [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/72838513/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “> Task :react-native-community_slider:generateDebugRFile FAILED” ; Solution: “changed `compileSdkVersion` to 30” [refer: callstack/react-native-slider#325 (comment)] & another solution: [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66673453/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “> Task :react-native-sound:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED” ; Solution: cd android && ./gradlew clean && cd .. && npx jetify [refer: https://www.appsloveworld.com/react-native/100/171/react-native-execution-failed-for-task-react-native-audiocompilereleasejavaw]
    - [x] Issue: “> java heap space” ; Solution: [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69239438/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "node" (in directory "): error=2, No such file or directory” ; Solution: [refer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69681064/1374730]
    - [x] Issue: “> Cannot get property 'supportLibVersion' on extra properties extension as it does not exist” ; Solution: [refer: software-mansion/react-native-reanimated#280 (comment)]

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -167,10 +167,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     packagingOptions {
-        pickFirst "lib/armeabi-v7a/libc++_shared.so"
-        pickFirst "lib/arm64-v8a/libc++_shared.so"
-        pickFirst "lib/x86/libc++_shared.so"
-        pickFirst "lib/x86_64/libc++_shared.so"
+        pickFirst '**/*.so'
     }
 
     // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release

android/build.gradle

@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
-        minSdkVersion = 16
-        compileSdkVersion = 28
-        targetSdkVersion = 28
+        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.3"
+        minSdkVersion = 21
+        compileSdkVersion = 31
+        targetSdkVersion = 31
+        supportLibVersion = "30.0.0"
     }
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.2")
+        classpath('com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.4')
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
@@ -34,4 +35,9 @@ allprojects {
         jcenter()
         maven { url 'https://www.jitpack.io' }   
     }
+    configurations.all {
+        resolutionStrategy {
+            force 'com.facebook.react:react-native:0.62.2' //select Version you used
+        }
+    }
 }

android/gradle.properties

@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 # Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
 android.enableJetifier=true
 # Version of flipper SDK to use with React Native
-FLIPPER_VERSION=0.33.1
+FLIPPER_VERSION=0.99.0
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX\:MaxHeapSize\=4g
+org.gradle.java.home=/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home

android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Tue Nov 28 23:45:05 IST 2017
+#Sun Jan 29 21:07:39 IST 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9-rc-1-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

package.json

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint ."
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native-community/slider": "^4.4.1",
+    "@react-native-community/slider": "^3.0.3",
+    "jetifier": "^2.0.0",
     "react": "16.11.0",
     "react-native": "0.62.2",
     "react-native-sound": "^0.11.0"