diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index a083225b7..7a1e7c030 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          distribution: "temurin"
-          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
 
       - name: Cache packages
         id: cache-packages
diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
index f277755ba..f6ced2b5c 100644
--- a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
@@ -39,21 +39,18 @@
       <option name="ALIGN_INIT_LIST_IN_COLUMNS" value="false" />
       <option name="SPACE_BEFORE_SUPERCLASS_COLON" value="false" />
     </Objective-C>
-    <Objective-C-extensions>
-      <extensions>
-        <pair source="cc" header="h" fileNamingConvention="NONE" />
-        <pair source="c" header="h" fileNamingConvention="NONE" />
-      </extensions>
-    </Objective-C-extensions>
     <Python>
       <option name="USE_CONTINUATION_INDENT_FOR_ARGUMENTS" value="true" />
     </Python>
     <TypeScriptCodeStyleSettings>
       <option name="INDENT_CHAINED_CALLS" value="false" />
     </TypeScriptCodeStyleSettings>
-    <XML>
-      <option name="XML_LEGACY_SETTINGS_IMPORTED" value="true" />
-    </XML>
+    <files>
+      <extensions>
+        <pair source="cc" header="h" fileNamingConvention="NONE" />
+        <pair source="c" header="h" fileNamingConvention="NONE" />
+      </extensions>
+    </files>
     <codeStyleSettings language="CSS">
       <indentOptions>
         <option name="INDENT_SIZE" value="2" />
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index fa856390d..8333c026e 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ dependencies {
     // Utils
     implementation 'in.yuvi:http.fluent:1.3'
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
-    implementation ("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$OKHTTP_VERSION"){
-        force = true //API 19 support
+    implementation ("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:$OKHTTP_VERSION!!"){
+        //force = true //API 19 support
     }
     implementation 'com.squareup.okio:okio:2.2.2'
     implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.1.0'
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface:1.3.2"
     implementation "androidx.core:core-ktx:$CORE_KTX_VERSION"
     implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"
-    compile 'com.simplecityapps:recyclerview-fastscroll:2.0.1'
+    implementation 'com.simplecityapps:recyclerview-fastscroll:2.0.1'
 
     //swipe_layout
     implementation 'com.daimajia.swipelayout:library:1.2.0@aar'
@@ -188,12 +188,16 @@ android {
 
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
     }
-
     packagingOptions {
-        exclude 'META-INF/androidx.*'
-        exclude 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro'
+        jniLibs {
+            excludes += ['META-INF/androidx.*']
+        }
+        resources {
+            excludes += ['META-INF/androidx.*', 'META-INF/proguard/androidx-annotations.pro']
+        }
     }
 
+
     testOptions {
         animationsDisabled true
 
@@ -326,11 +330,6 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
-    lintOptions {
-        disable 'MissingTranslation'
-        disable 'ExtraTranslation'
-        abortOnError false
-    }
 
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -342,7 +341,11 @@ android {
     buildFeatures {
         viewBinding true
     }
-
+    namespace 'fr.free.nrw.commons'
+    lint {
+        abortOnError false
+        disable 'MissingTranslation', 'ExtraTranslation'
+    }
 }
 
 String getTestUserName() {
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f564bb661..cee5fb81a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    package="fr.free.nrw.commons">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/contributions/ContributionsListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/contributions/ContributionsListFragment.java
index aa12816cc..ec4d0377a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/contributions/ContributionsListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/contributions/ContributionsListFragment.java
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.Utils;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.auth.SessionManager;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.di.CommonsDaggerSupportFragment;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.DialogUtil;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.media.MediaClient;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.profile.ProfileActivity;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.DialogUtil;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.SystemThemeUtils;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.ViewUtil;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.wikipedia.dataclient.WikiSite;
-import fr.free.nrw.commons.profile.ProfileActivity;
 
 
 /**
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public class ContributionsListFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment impl
 
     private ContributionsListAdapter adapter;
 
-    @Nullable private Callback callback;
+    @Nullable
+    private Callback callback;
 
     private final int SPAN_COUNT_LANDSCAPE = 3;
     private final int SPAN_COUNT_PORTRAIT = 1;
@@ -142,7 +143,8 @@ public class ContributionsListFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment impl
 
 
     @Override
-    public void onCreate(@Nullable @org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    public void onCreate(
+        @Nullable @org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         //Now that we are allowing this fragment to be started for
         // any userName- we expect it to be passed as an argument
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ public class ContributionsListFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment impl
      * Launch Custom Selector.
      */
     @OnClick(R.id.fab_custom_gallery)
-    void launchCustomSelector(){
+    void launchCustomSelector() {
         controller.initiateCustomGalleryPickWithPermission(getActivity());
         animateFAB(isFabOpen);
     }
@@ -348,24 +350,24 @@ public class ContributionsListFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment impl
     private void animateFAB(final boolean isFabOpen) {
         this.isFabOpen = !isFabOpen;
         if (fabPlus.isShown()) {
-        if (isFabOpen) {
-            fabPlus.startAnimation(rotate_backward);
-            fabCamera.startAnimation(fab_close);
-            fabGallery.startAnimation(fab_close);
-            fabCustomGallery.startAnimation(fab_close);
-            fabCamera.hide();
-            fabGallery.hide();
-            fabCustomGallery.hide();
-        } else {
-            fabPlus.startAnimation(rotate_forward);
-            fabCamera.startAnimation(fab_open);
-            fabGallery.startAnimation(fab_open);
-            fabCustomGallery.startAnimation(fab_open);
-            fabCamera.show();
-            fabGallery.show();
-            fabCustomGallery.show();
-        }
-        this.isFabOpen = !isFabOpen;
+            if (isFabOpen) {
+                fabPlus.startAnimation(rotate_backward);
+                fabCamera.startAnimation(fab_close);
+                fabGallery.startAnimation(fab_close);
+                fabCustomGallery.startAnimation(fab_close);
+                fabCamera.hide();
+                fabGallery.hide();
+                fabCustomGallery.hide();
+            } else {
+                fabPlus.startAnimation(rotate_forward);
+                fabCamera.startAnimation(fab_open);
+                fabGallery.startAnimation(fab_open);
+                fabCustomGallery.startAnimation(fab_open);
+                fabCamera.show();
+                fabGallery.show();
+                fabCustomGallery.show();
+            }
+            this.isFabOpen = !isFabOpen;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/filepicker/FilePicker.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/filepicker/FilePicker.java
index 31ea06e0d..201aacb86 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/filepicker/FilePicker.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/filepicker/FilePicker.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.filepicker;
 
+import static fr.free.nrw.commons.filepicker.PickedFiles.singleFileList;
+
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ClipData;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -8,13 +10,11 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
 import android.net.Uri;
-import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.provider.MediaStore;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
-
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-
+import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.customselector.model.Image;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.customselector.ui.selector.CustomSelectorActivity;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static fr.free.nrw.commons.filepicker.PickedFiles.singleFileList;
-
 public class FilePicker implements Constants {
 
     private static final String KEY_PHOTO_URI = "photo_uri";
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/PermissionUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/PermissionUtils.java
index 9cacf7461..bb35b2f67 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/PermissionUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/PermissionUtils.java
@@ -7,16 +7,13 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.provider.Settings;
-
 import androidx.annotation.StringRes;
 import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;
-
 import com.karumi.dexter.Dexter;
 import com.karumi.dexter.MultiplePermissionsReport;
 import com.karumi.dexter.PermissionToken;
 import com.karumi.dexter.listener.PermissionRequest;
 import com.karumi.dexter.listener.multi.MultiplePermissionsListener;
-
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.CommonsApplication;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-b+be+tarask/error.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-b+be+x+old/error.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from app/src/main/res/values-b+be+tarask/error.xml
rename to app/src/main/res/values-b+be+x+old/error.xml
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 25bb5ee0d..cff974b3e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         google()
-        jcenter()
         mavenCentral()
         maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.2'
         classpath 'com.getkeepsafe.dexcount:dexcount-gradle-plugin:0.8.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$KOTLIN_VERSION"
         classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.15'
@@ -15,10 +14,11 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 allprojects {
-  repositories {
-    google()
-    jcenter()
-    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
-    maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
-  }
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal() // potential jcenter() replacement
+        maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
+        maven { url "https://maven.google.com" }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/data-client/build.gradle b/data-client/build.gradle
index 184480bd1..e8c732dc5 100644
--- a/data-client/build.gradle
+++ b/data-client/build.gradle
@@ -1,31 +1,38 @@
+// NOTE: This library is outdated, discontinued & will be replaced eventually.
+// Please refrain from altering the library contents unless necessary
+
+// Repository
+// url - 'https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-android-data-client'
+// description - 'Android library for accessing the Wikimedia APIs.'
+
+// Licenses
+// name - 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
+// url - 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+
+// Author
+// name - Dmitry Brant
+// email - me@dmitrybrant.com
+
 buildscript {
     ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.20'
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
         google()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.6.3'
-        classpath "com.github.dcendents:android-maven-gradle-plugin:2.1"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
-plugins {
-    id "com.jfrog.bintray" version "1.7.3"
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
-        jcenter()
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
     apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
     apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
-
-    apply plugin: 'com.github.dcendents.android-maven'
-    apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 }
 
 version = "${VERSION_NAME}"
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ android {
         sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
         targetCompatibility = '1.8'
     }
+    namespace 'org.wikipedia.dataclient'
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -82,67 +90,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.6"
 }
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-    from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-    classifier = 'sources'
-}
-artifacts {
-    archives sourcesJar
-}
-
-Properties properties = new Properties()
-if ( project.rootProject.file('local.properties').isFile() ) {
-    properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
-}
-
-bintray {
-    user = properties.getProperty("bintray.user")
-    key = properties.getProperty("bintray.apikey")
-	println 'Bintray user: ' + user
-    configurations = ['archives']
-    pkg {
-        repo = 'maven'
-        name = "${ARTIFACT_ID}"
-        vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-android-data-client.git'
-        licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
-        version {
-            name = "${VERSION_NAME}"
-        }
-        publish = true
-    }
-}
-
-install {
-    repositories.mavenInstaller {
-        // This generates POM.xml with proper parameters
-        pom {
-            project {
-                packaging 'aar'
-
-                name "${ARTIFACT_ID}"
-                artifactId "${ARTIFACT_ID}"
-                description 'Android library for accessing the Wikimedia APIs.'
-                url 'https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimedia-android-data-client'
-                inceptionYear '2019'
-
-                licenses {
-                    license {
-                        name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-                        url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                    }
-                }
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id 'dmitrybrant'
-                        name 'Dmitry Brant'
-                        email 'me@dmitrybrant.com'
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data-client/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/data-client/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2fe5b7b7b..2d9f959ad 100644
--- a/data-client/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/data-client/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Fri Jun 07 09:14:55 EDT 2019
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-all.zip
diff --git a/data-client/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/data-client/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 327f221a1..057c28478 100644
--- a/data-client/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/data-client/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="org.wikipedia.dataclient">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <application android:allowBackup="true" android:label="@string/app_name" android:supportsRtl="true">
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3ae0531d4..2e66784c6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 #Thu Mar 01 15:28:48 IST 2018
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
-android.enableBuildCache=true
+org.gradle.caching=true
 
 KOTLIN_VERSION=1.7.20
 BUTTERKNIFE_VERSION=10.1.0
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ systemProp.http.proxyPort=0
 systemProp.http.proxyHost=
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
-android.enableR8=false
-android.jetifier.blacklist=bcprov-jdk15on
\ No newline at end of file
+android.jetifier.ignorelist=bcprov-jdk15on
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
+android.nonFinalResIds=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 0a47110a4..d2e417be9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Thu Dec 26 14:27:31 IST 2019
+#Sun Apr 23 18:22:54 IST 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9-all.zip
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jacoco.gradle b/jacoco.gradle
index 74adf0578..0998843b1 100644
--- a/jacoco.gradle
+++ b/jacoco.gradle
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
                     description = "Generate Jacoco unified coverage reports for the ${variantName.capitalize()} build"
 
                     reports {
-                        html.enabled = true
-                        xml.enabled = true
+                        html {
+                            enabled true
+                        }
+                        xml {
+                            enabled true
+                        }
                     }
 
                     def javaClasses = fileTree(dir: variant.javaCompileProvider.get().destinationDir,
@@ -127,8 +131,12 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
                     description = "Generate Jacoco coverage reports for the ${variantName.capitalize()} build"
 
                     reports {
-                        html.enabled = true
-                        xml.enabled = true
+                        html {
+                            enabled true
+                        }
+                        xml {
+                            enabled true
+                        }
                     }
 
                     def javaClasses = fileTree(dir: variant.javaCompileProvider.get().destinationDir,