Merge pull request #357 from hossain-khan/copilot/optimize-ci-build-time

Optimize Gradle build performance with advanced configuration

Author: hossain-khan

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -238,12 +238,9 @@ metro {
 }
 
 
-// Helper function to get the current Git commit hash
+// Helper function to get the current Git commit hash (configuration cache compatible)
 fun getGitCommitHash(): String {
-    val processBuilder = ProcessBuilder("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
-    val output = File.createTempFile("git-short-commit-hash", "")
-    processBuilder.redirectOutput(output)
-    val process = processBuilder.start()
-    process.waitFor()
-    return output.readText().trim()
+    return providers.exec {
+        commandLine("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
+    }.standardOutput.asText.get().trim()
 }

gradle.properties

@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/build_environment.html
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+# Reference: https://github.com/android/nowinandroid/blob/main/gradle.properties
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=1 -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xmx4g
 
-# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
-# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. For more details, visit
+# Kotlin Daemon arguments with optimized GC settings
+kotlin.daemon.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=1 -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=320m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xmx4g
+
+# Enable parallel execution
 # https://developer.android.com/r/tools/gradle-multi-project-decoupled-projects
-# org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+
 # AndroidX package structure to make it clearer which packages are bundled with the
 # Android operating system, and which are packaged with your app's APK
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/androidx-rn
@@ -30,6 +34,15 @@ android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 # https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:configuration_on_demand
 org.gradle.caching=true
 
+# Enable configuration caching
+# https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/configuration_cache.html
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.parallel=true
+
 # Enable Gradle's daemon mode, which is faster and more stable than the current
 # https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/gradle_daemon.html
-org.gradle.daemon=true
+org.gradle.daemon=true
+
+# Disable unused build features
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.resvalues=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.shaders=false