Android Hello World app requires `android.useAndroidX=true`

[haluzpav]

What version of gRPC-Java are you using?

1.69.0

What is your environment?

MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1
javac 23.0.1
Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2

What did you expect to see?

Working hello world project on Android

What did you see instead?

Building client app fails with

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:extractIncludeDebugProto'.
> Configuration `:app:debugRuntimeClasspath` contains AndroidX dependencies, but the `android.useAndroidX` property is not enabled, which may cause runtime issues.
  Set `android.useAndroidX=true` in the `gradle.properties` file and retry.
  The following AndroidX dependencies are detected:
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.core:core:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.collection:collection:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.0.0 -> androidx.arch.core:core-common:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.core:core:1.0.0 -> androidx.versionedparcelable:versionedparcelable:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 -> androidx.documentfile:documentfile:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0 -> androidx.arch.core:core-runtime:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.loader:loader:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata:2.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-core:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 -> androidx.localbroadcastmanager:localbroadcastmanager:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-utils:1.0.0 -> androidx.print:print:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.customview:customview:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.viewpager:viewpager:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.slidingpanelayout:slidingpanelayout:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.interpolator:interpolator:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.fragment:fragment:1.0.0 -> androidx.legacy:legacy-support-core-ui:1.0.0 -> androidx.asynclayoutinflater:asynclayoutinflater:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.0.0
  :app:debugRuntimeClasspath -> androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0 -> androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

https://grpc.io/docs/platforms/android/java/quickstart/#run-the-example

[shivaspeaks]

I'm marking this as duplicate to the newer issue and we shall follow there.