diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 5a74ab16..6806a5f5 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ plugins {
 
 
 android {
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.draco.ladb"
         minSdk 26
-        targetSdk 33
+        targetSdk 34
         versionCode 43
         versionName "2.3.1"
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ android {
 
     buildFeatures {
         viewBinding true
+        android.buildFeatures.buildConfig true
     }
     namespace 'com.draco.ladb'
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0cad275e..85b1ea7a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
     <application
         android:banner="@drawable/banner"
-        android:extractNativeLibs="true"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
         android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/draco/ladb/services/QSTile.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/draco/ladb/services/QSTile.kt
index 4c687471..8e2780b7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/draco/ladb/services/QSTile.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/draco/ladb/services/QSTile.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,37 @@
 package com.draco.ladb.services
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint
+import android.app.PendingIntent
 import android.content.Intent
+import android.os.Build
 import android.service.quicksettings.TileService
 import com.draco.ladb.views.MainActivity
 
 class QSTile : TileService() {
+    @SuppressLint("StartActivityAndCollapseDeprecated")
     override fun onClick() {
         super.onClick()
-        val intent = Intent(applicationContext, MainActivity::class.java)
-            .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
-        startActivityAndCollapse(intent)
+        val intent = Intent(
+            applicationContext,
+            MainActivity::class.java
+        ).addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
+        
+        // code added to not cause avoid deprecated method for newer android
+        // and to avoid UnsupportedOperationException
+        
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) {
+            // ---------------------------------REVIEW NEEDED-----------------------------
+            // pretty sure it should be getService call otherwise it should be getActivity
+            PendingIntent.getService(
+                applicationContext,
+                0,
+                intent,
+                PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT or PendingIntent.FLAG_ONE_SHOT
+                )
+        }else{
+            // if sdk_int is less than UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE
+            startActivityAndCollapse(intent)
+        }
+        
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a76c5391..4e362a52 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.4.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.google.android.gms:oss-licenses-plugin:0.10.6'
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5fae978e..06316435 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
 DEBUG_ANTIPIRACY=false
 RELEASE_ANTIPIRACY=true
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
+android.nonFinalResIds=false
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 6264c143..9b002469 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Fri Jun 03 20:49:13 PDT 2022
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME