Updating

AboutMeDataBinding-Starter/app/build.gradle

@@ -1,31 +1,46 @@
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.application'
+    id 'kotlin-android'
 
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
+}
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 28
+    compileSdkVersion 30
+    buildToolsVersion "30.0.3"
+
     defaultConfig {
-        applicationId "com.example.android.aboutme"
+        applicationId "com.example.aboutme"
         minSdkVersion 19
-        targetSdkVersion 28
+        targetSdkVersion 30
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
+
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
+
     buildTypes {
         release {
             minifyEnabled false
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
-    // Enable data binding here.
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.3.2'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.2.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.1'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2'
+    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0'
 }

AboutMeDataBinding-Starter/build.gradle

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.72'
+    ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.21"
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.0.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong