Architecture

TODO This is a placeholder for describing the app architecture.

Gradle

Versions are declared in gradle.properties. There's still enough inconsistency in how versions are handled in Gradle, that this is as close as we can get to a universal system. A version catalog is used for dependencies and is configured in settings.gradle.kts, but other versions like Gradle Plug-ins, the NDK version, Java version, and Android SDK versions don't fit into the version catalog model and are read directly from the properties
Much of the Gradle configuration lives in build-conventions to prevent repetitive configuration as additional modules are added to the project
Build scripts are written in Kotlin, so that a single language is used across build and the app code bases
Only Gradle, Google, and JetBrains plug-ins are included in the critical path. Third party plug-ins can be used, but they're outside the critical path. For example, the Gradle Versions Plugin could be removed and wouldn't negative impact building, testing, or deploying the app