fix: add namespace to build.gradle for gradle 8 compat (required for …

…0.73) (react-native-webview#3055)

* Update build.gradle

* improve fix

* Update build.gradle

* Update build.gradle

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Co-authored-by: Thibault Malbranche <malbranche.thibault@gmail.com>

android/build.gradle

@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ def isNewArchitectureEnabled() {
     return project.hasProperty("newArchEnabled") && project.newArchEnabled == "true"
 }
 
+def supportsNamespace() {
+  def parsed = com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.tokenize('.')
+  def major = parsed[0].toInteger()
+  def minor = parsed[1].toInteger()
+
+  // Namespace support was added in 7.3.0
+  if (major == 7 && minor >= 3) {
+    return true
+  }
+
+  return major >= 8
+}
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
@@ -44,6 +56,16 @@ if (isNewArchitectureEnabled()) {
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
 android {
+    if (supportsNamespace()) {
+        namespace "com.reactnativecommunity.webview"
+
+        sourceSets {
+            main {
+                manifest.srcFile "src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     compileSdkVersion getExtOrIntegerDefault('compileSdkVersion')
 
     defaultConfig {

android/src/main/AndroidManifestNew.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+  <application>
+    <provider
+      android:name=".RNCWebViewFileProvider"
+      android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
+      android:exported="false"
+      android:grantUriPermissions="true">
+      <meta-data
+        android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
+        android:resource="@xml/file_provider_paths" />
+    </provider>
+  </application>
+</manifest>