Fix: gradle upgrade to fix release apk creation issue

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
 
 def flutterRoot = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.sdk')
 if (flutterRoot == null) {
-    throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
+    // throw new GradleException("Flutter SDK not found. Define location with flutter.sdk in the local.properties file.")
 }
 
 def flutterVersionCode = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionCode')

android/build.gradle

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.10'
     }

android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-all.zip