The older versions of the plugin caused problems building with newer
NDK versions due to a lack of MIPS support.
This also required upgrading to a version of Gradle that knows about
the Google Maven repository.
On the latest version of android (currently Q) for applications that
are designed to run on older versions of android, an additional
screen asking to confirm the required permissions can popup.
Enable confirming of the granted permissions.
Some devices print non standard characters to logcat. If an error
occurs when parsing the output, replace the offending character instead
of raising an error.
On devices running android 9 with google play services, PlayProtect
blocks the installation of our automation apks due to targeting a lower
SDK version. Update all apk builds to target SDK version 28 (Android 9)
however do not change the minimum version to maintain backwards
compatibility.
