fixes#18291
## Summary
Changes worth mentioning are :
- More hacks/patches
- Force app to use `Java 17` everywhere to compile `kotlin,java`
- `gems` were upgraded after a long time
- `aapt2` was bumped to `8.1.1`
- `metro` is now at `0.80.4`
- `xcbeautify` was bumped to `1.4.0`
- `@react-native-community/clipboard` lib was replaced with `@react-native-clipboard/clipboard`
- `react-native-dialogs` lib was upgraded to `1.1.2`
- `react-native-gesture-handler` lib was upgraded to `2.14.1`
- `react-native-navigation` was upgraded to `7.37.2`
## Platforms
- Android
- iOS
This commit does many things :
- Upgrade `react-native ` to `0.72.5`
- Upgrade `react-native-reanimated` to `3.5.4`
- Upgrade `react-native-navigation` to `7.37.0`
- `ndkVersion` has been bumped to `25.2.9519653`
- `cmakeVersion` has been bumped to `3.22.1`
- `kotlinVersion` has been bumped to `1.7.22`
- `AGP` has been bumped to `7.4.2`
- `Gradle` has been upgraded to `8.0.1`
- Android `CompileSDK` and `TargetSDK` have been bumped to 33
- `@react-native-async-storage/async-storage` has been upgraded to `1.19.3`
- `@walletconnect/client` has been nuked
- some of the old `react-native-reanimated` code has been nuked
- `react-native-keychain` fork has been replaced with `8.1.2`
- On Android we are currently relying on `Hermes` Engine.
- On iOS we are currently relying on `JSC`
- We are not enabling new architecture for now (I have plans for that in the future) ref: https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/issues/18138
IOS only PR : https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/pull/16721
Android only PR : https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/pull/17062
- `make run-metro` now has a target of `android` which was `clojure` earlier, this will increase the time it takes to start metro terminal but this is needed otherwise you will get a nasty error while developing for android locally.
Siddarth Kumar
Andrea Maria Piana
Rahul Pratap
Jamie Caprani