downgrade AGP and Gradle versions, update Ticker icon, and upgrade dependencies

android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME

android/settings.gradle

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pluginManagement {
 
 plugins {
     id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
-    id "com.android.application" version '9.2.1' apply false
-    id "com.android.library" version '9.2.1' apply false
+    id "com.android.application" version '8.13.2' apply false
+    id "com.android.library" version '8.13.2' apply false
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "2.2.20" apply false
     id 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention' version '0.10.0'
 }

lib/state/app/modules/app_modules.dart

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ class AppModule {
         Modules.ticker,
         name: 'Ticker',
         // Icons.newspaper is already taken by the "Marianum Message" module;
-        // use feed to keep the two visually distinct.
-        icon: () => Icon(Icons.feed),
+        // use campaign to keep the two visually distinct.
+        icon: () => Icon(Icons.campaign),
         breakerArea: BreakerArea.ticker,
         create: TickerView.new,
       ),

pubspec.yaml

@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ dependencies:
   flutter_app_badge: ^2.0.2
   flutter_bloc: ^9.0.0
   flutter_secure_storage: ^10.0.0
-  home_widget: ^0.7.0
+  home_widget: ^0.9.3
   workmanager: ^0.9.0+3
   intl: ^0.20.2
   flutter_linkify: ^6.0.0
   linkify: ^5.0.0
-  flutter_local_notifications: ^21.0.0
+  flutter_local_notifications: ^22.0.1
   # Cancels FCM-rendered notifications by their server-set tag
   # (Android NotificationManager.cancel, iOS removeDeliveredNotifications via
   # apns-collapse-id). Used to dismiss a chat's notification when the user
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ dependencies:
   photo_view: ^0.15.0
   qr_flutter: ^4.1.0
   rrule: ^0.2.17
-  rrule_generator: ^0.9.0
+  rrule_generator: ^0.10.1
   screen_brightness: ^2.1.7
   share_plus: ^12.0.2
   shared_preferences: ^2.3.5
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dependencies:
   background_downloader: ^9.5.5
   # Opens the OS notification settings for this app (iOS + Android) when the
   # user declined the permission and wants to enable it later.
-  app_settings: ^5.1.1
+  app_settings: ^7.0.0
   flutter_layout_grid: ^2.0.8
 
 dev_dependencies: