fix: Remove Gradle configureondemand

[barbeau]

This is Option 1 to fix #800 as mentioned in #800 (comment).

Option 2 is presented in PR #894.

@arriolac What are your thoughts on this vs. Option 2?

This is certainly a simpler fix that keeps the old configuration, but the potential downside is reduced performance. I don't know what the real-world impact on this project is.

Only one of these two PRs should be merged.

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Fixes #800 🦕

[arriolac]

I'd prefer this fix given its simplicity. But for thoroughness, I'm curious how much this affects performance. Perhaps it might be good to run the following and compare execution speeds ./gradlew library:assembleDebug? Given that this project is fairly small already I imagine the deltas would be small.

[barbeau]

Perhaps it might be good to run the following and compare execution speeds ./gradlew library:assembleDebug? Given that this project is fairly small already I imagine the deltas would be small.

I ran ./gradlew clean, then closed the terminal, re-opened it, and ran ./gradlew library:assembleDebug three times for each configuration.

You're right, the difference in build time looks negligible:

Before (s)	After (s)
5	7
6	6
5	6

[barbeau]

@arriolac This is ready for review when you have a chance

[arriolac]

LGTM!

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