Changes per PR feedback

Added Android Desugaring library for lower Android compatibility

Band-it solution for now - will be removed when minimal version requirements bumped to Android 8

Author: TranceLove

app/build.gradle

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
+        // Flag to enable support for the new language APIs
+        coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     ksp libs.room.compiler
     ksp libs.androidX.annotation
+    coreLibraryDesugaring libs.android.desugaring
 
     //For tests
     testImplementation libs.junit//tests the app logic

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ androidXTestRunner = "1.6.2"
 androidXTestExt = "1.2.1"
 androidXArchCoreTest = "2.2.0"
 androidXMultidex = "2.0.1"
+androidDesugaring = "2.1.5"
 autoService = "1.1.1"
 kotlinxCoroutines = "1.7.3"
 kotlinStdlibJdk8 = "1.9.20"
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ androidX-vectordrawable-animated = { module = "androidx.vectordrawable:vectordra
 androidX-biometric = { module = "androidx.biometric:biometric", version.ref = "androidXBiometric" }
 androidX-lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx = { module = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx", version.ref = "androidXLifecycle" }
 androidX-lifecycle-livedata-ktx = { module = "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx", version.ref = "androidXLifecycle" }
+android-desugaring = { module = "com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs", version.ref = "androidDesugaring" }
 
 androidX-test-core = { module = "androidx.test:core", version.ref = "androidXTest" }
 androidX-test-runner = { module = "androidx.test:runner", version.ref = "androidXTestRunner" }