Update dependencies (Gradle, Kotlin, Android Gradle Plugin etc.)

[mustafaberkaymutlu]

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Description

Added

• Changelog.md file

Changed

• Increased minimum supported SDK from 15 to 21
• Increased compile and target SDK from 32 to 34
• Updated Kotlin from 1.7.20 to 2.0.0
• Updated Gradle from 7.6.1 to 8.8
• Updated Android Gradle Plugin from 7.4.1 to 8.5.0
• Updated Robolectric from 4.9.2 to 4.12.2
• Updated Truth from 1.1.3 to 1.4.2
• Updated Fragment testing from 1.5.5 to 1.8.0
• Updated arch. core testing from 2.1.0 to 2.2.0
• Updated Gradle Publish plugin from 1.1.0 to 2.0.0

Motivation and Context

I realised the project dependencies are quite old which makes it difficult to work in this project.

How Has This Been Tested?

I run "./gradlew check" task which passes.

Screenshots (if appropriate):

N/A

Checklist:

• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.