use jdk 17 as required by android sdk tools and configure gradle properties

Author: noneedofit

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: '11'
+        java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
 
-    - name: Set JAVA_HOME
+    - name: Set JAVA_HOME and validate
       run: |
         echo "JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        java -version
+        echo "Java home: $JAVA_HOME"
         
     - name: Setup Android SDK
       uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3
@@ -49,6 +51,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
       run: chmod +x gradlew
 
+    - name: Create gradle.properties
+      run: |
+        echo "org.gradle.java.home=$JAVA_HOME" >> gradle.properties
+        echo "org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8" >> gradle.properties
+      
     - name: Build Debug APK
       run: ./gradlew assembleDebug