feat(android): allow to force gradle version throught nativescript-config (android.gradleVersion).

Also we now replace `{{pluginNamespace}}` for plugins as requirement for gradle 8
Same `__PACKAGE__` is replaced in app build.gradle (for namespace or app id)

Author: farfromrefug

lib/definitions/project.d.ts

@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ interface INsConfigAndroid extends INsConfigPlaform {
 	enableLineBreakpoints?: boolean;
 
 	enableMultithreadedJavascript?: boolean;
+
+	gradleVersion?: string;
 }
 
 interface INsConfigHooks {

lib/services/android-plugin-build-service.ts

@@ -361,7 +361,18 @@ export class AndroidPluginBuildService implements IAndroidPluginBuildService {
 			this.$fs.copyFile(path.join(dir, "*"), destination);
 		}
 	}
-
+	private extractNamespaceFromManifest(manifestPath:string): string {
+		const fileContent = this.$fs.readText(manifestPath);
+		const contentRegex = new RegExp('package="(.*)"');
+		const match = fileContent.match(contentRegex);
+		let namespace: string;
+		if (match) {
+			namespace = match[1];
+			const replacedFileContent = fileContent.replace(contentRegex, "");
+			this.$fs.writeFile(manifestPath, replacedFileContent);
+		}
+		return namespace;
+	}
 	private async setupGradle(
 		pluginTempDir: string,
 		platformsAndroidDirPath: string,
@@ -379,10 +390,25 @@ export class AndroidPluginBuildService implements IAndroidPluginBuildService {
 		const runtimeGradleVersions = await this.getRuntimeGradleVersions(
 			projectDir
 		);
+		let gradleVersion = runtimeGradleVersions.gradleVersion;
+		if (this.$projectData.nsConfig.android.gradleVersion) {
+			gradleVersion = this.$projectData.nsConfig.android.gradleVersion;
+		}
 		this.replaceGradleVersion(
 			pluginTempDir,
-			runtimeGradleVersions.gradleVersion
+			gradleVersion
 		);
+
+		// In gradle 8 every android project must have a namespace in "android"
+		// and the package property in manifest is now forbidden
+		// let s replace it
+		const manifestFilePath = this.getManifest(path.join(pluginTempDir, 'src', 'main'));
+		let pluginNamespace = this.extractNamespaceFromManifest(manifestFilePath);
+		if (!pluginNamespace) {
+			pluginNamespace = pluginName.replace(/@/g, '').replace(/[/-]/g, '.')
+		}
+
+		this.replaceFileContent(buildGradlePath, "{{pluginNamespace}}", pluginNamespace);
 		this.replaceFileContent(buildGradlePath, "{{pluginName}}", pluginName);
 		this.replaceFileContent(settingsGradlePath, "{{pluginName}}", pluginName);
 	}

lib/services/android-project-service.ts

@@ -459,6 +459,24 @@ export class AndroidProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProject
 			gradleSettingsFilePath
 		);
 
+
+		const gradleVersion  = projectData.nsConfig.android.gradleVersion;
+		if (gradleVersion) {
+			// user defined a custom gradle version, let's apply it
+			const gradleWrapperFilePath = path.join(
+				this.getPlatformData(projectData).projectRoot,
+				"gradle",
+				"wrapper",
+				"gradle-wrapper.properties"
+			);
+			shell.sed(
+				"-i",
+				/gradle-([0-9.]+)-bin.zip/,
+				`gradle-${gradleVersion}-bin.zip`,
+				gradleWrapperFilePath
+			);
+		}
+
 		try {
 			// will replace applicationId in app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle if it has not been edited by the user
 			const appGradleContent = this.$fs.readText(projectData.appGradlePath);
@@ -487,6 +505,17 @@ export class AndroidProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProject
 			projectData.projectIdentifiers.android,
 			manifestPath
 		);
+		const buildGradlePath = path.join(
+			this.getPlatformData(projectData).projectRoot,
+			"app",
+			"build.gradle"
+		);
+		shell.sed(
+			"-i",
+			/__PACKAGE__/,
+			projectData.projectIdentifiers.android,
+			buildGradlePath
+		);
 	}
 
 	private getProjectNameFromId(projectData: IProjectData): string {