[7_1_X][TIMOB-25913] Android: Update gradle for Java 9 compatibility

[garymathews]

• Cherry-pick of [TIMOB-25913] Android: Update gradle for Java 9 compatibility #9971

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[lokeshchdhry]

NOTE: #9965 needs to be merged first as it has the CLI detection fix for JDK 9 & 10 included inside node-appc@0.2.45.

[lokeshchdhry]

FR Passes.

No java.time.DateTimeException seen with java 9.0.4 & crittercism. Build works fine.

@jquick-axway , Thanks for the suggestion. Tried test case in https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-25597 & it worked fine with android 4.X.

Studio Ver: 5.1.0
SDK Ver: 7.1.1 local build
OS Ver: 10.13.2
Xcode Ver: Xcode 9.3
Appc NPM: 4.2.12
Appc CLI: 7.0.3-master.24
Daemon Ver: 1.0.1
Ti CLI Ver: 5.1.0
Alloy Ver: 1.11.0
Node Ver: 8.9.1
NPM Ver: 5.5.1
Java Ver: 9.0.4
Devices: ⇨ google Nexus 6P --- Android 8.0.0
⇨ google Nexus 5 --- Android 6.0.1
Emulator: Android 4.1