diff --git a/auth/android/app/build.gradle b/auth/android/app/build.gradle
index 5621b08b6..a0179af5b 100644
--- a/auth/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/auth/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+plugins {
+    id "com.android.application"
+    id "kotlin-android"
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-gradle-plugin"
+}
+
 def localProperties = new Properties()
 def localPropertiesFile = rootProject.file('local.properties')
 if (localPropertiesFile.exists()) {
@@ -6,11 +12,6 @@ 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.")
-}
-
 def flutterVersionCode = localProperties.getProperty('flutter.versionCode')
 if (flutterVersionCode == null) {
     flutterVersionCode = '1'
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ if (flutterVersionName == null) {
     flutterVersionName = '1.0'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
-
 def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
 def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file('key.properties')
 if (keystorePropertiesFile.exists()) {
@@ -32,7 +29,18 @@ if (keystorePropertiesFile.exists()) {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 34
+    namespace "io.ente.auth"
+    compileSdk 34
+    ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion
+
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
+    }
 
     sourceSets {
         main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
@@ -46,6 +54,8 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "io.ente.auth"
+        // You can update the following values to match your application needs.
+        // For more information, see: https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-gradle-build-configuration.
         minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 33
         versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
@@ -105,13 +115,4 @@ flutter {
     source '../..'
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    implementation 'io.sentry:sentry-android:2.0.0'
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
-    implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
-    implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:28.2-android'
-    implementation 'com.google.guava:listenablefuture:9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
-    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
-}
+dependencies {}
diff --git a/auth/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/auth/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index 68e4e89c4..399f6981d 100644
--- a/auth/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/auth/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="io.ente.auth">
-    <!-- Flutter needs it to communicate with the running application
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <!-- The INTERNET permission is required for development. Specifically,
+         the Flutter tool needs it to communicate with the running application
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
diff --git a/auth/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/auth/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index abe72b565..5c5afac74 100644
--- a/auth/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/auth/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,71 +1,62 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-          xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-          package="io.ente.auth">
-    <application android:name="${applicationName}"
-                 android:label="auth"
-                 android:icon="@mipmap/launcher_icon"
-                 android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
-                 android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
-                 android:allowBackup="false"
-                 android:fullBackupContent="false"
-                 android:largeHeap="true">
-
-        <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:launchMode="singleTop"
-                  android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
-                  android:exported="true"
-                  android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
-                  android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
-                  android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <application
+        android:label="auth"
+        android:name="${applicationName}"
+        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        <activity
+            android:name=".MainActivity"
+            android:exported="true"
+            android:launchMode="singleTop"
+            android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
+            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
+            android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
+            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
+            <!-- Specifies an Android theme to apply to this Activity as soon as
+                 the Android process has started. This theme is visible to the user
+                 while the Flutter UI initializes. After that, this theme continues
+                 to determine the Window background behind the Flutter UI. -->
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.NormalTheme"
+                android:resource="@style/NormalTheme"
+            />
             <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
-
             <intent-filter>
-                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
-                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
-                <data android:scheme="ente-auth"/>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="ente-auth" />
             </intent-filter>
-
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
                 <data android:scheme="otpauth" />
             </intent-filter>
-
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
                 <data android:scheme="enteauth" />
             </intent-filter>
-
         </activity>
-
         <!-- Don't delete the meta-data below.
              This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java -->
-        <meta-data android:name="flutterEmbedding" android:value="2"/>
-
-        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.dsn"
-                   android:value="https://ed4ddd6309b847ba8849935e26e9b648@sentry.ente.io/9"/>
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="flutterEmbedding"
+            android:value="2" />
     </application>
+    <!-- Required to query activities that can process text, see:
+         https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility?hl=en and
+         https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT.
 
+         In particular, this is used by the Flutter engine in io.flutter.plugin.text.ProcessTextPlugin. -->
     <queries>
         <intent>
-            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO"/>
-            <data android:scheme="mailto"/>
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" />
+            <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
         </intent>
     </queries>
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
-    <uses-permission
-            android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
-            android:maxSdkVersion="32"/>
-    <uses-permission
-            android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
-            android:maxSdkVersion="29"
-            tools:ignore="ScopedStorage"/>
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC"/>
-
-</manifest>
+</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/auth/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml b/auth/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
index 68e4e89c4..399f6981d 100644
--- a/auth/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/auth/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="io.ente.auth">
-    <!-- Flutter needs it to communicate with the running application
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <!-- The INTERNET permission is required for development. Specifically,
+         the Flutter tool needs it to communicate with the running application
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
diff --git a/auth/android/build.gradle b/auth/android/build.gradle
index 47890036d..bc157bd1a 100644
--- a/auth/android/build.gradle
+++ b/auth/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.22'
-    repositories {
-        google()
-        mavenCentral()
-    }
-
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-    }
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -21,6 +8,8 @@ allprojects {
 rootProject.buildDir = '../build'
 subprojects {
     project.buildDir = "${rootProject.buildDir}/${project.name}"
+}
+subprojects {
     project.evaluationDependsOn(':app')
 }
 
diff --git a/auth/android/gradle.properties b/auth/android/gradle.properties
index 94adc3a3f..598d13fee 100644
--- a/auth/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/auth/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4G
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
diff --git a/auth/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/auth/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cc5527d78..e1ca574ef 100644
--- a/auth/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/auth/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Fri Jun 23 08:50:38 CEST 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.3-all.zip
diff --git a/auth/android/settings.gradle b/auth/android/settings.gradle
index 44e62bcf0..748caceba 100644
--- a/auth/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/auth/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
-include ':app'
+pluginManagement {
+    def flutterSdkPath = {
+        def properties = new Properties()
+        file("local.properties").withInputStream { properties.load(it) }
+        def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
+        assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
+        return flutterSdkPath
+    }
+    settings.ext.flutterSdkPath = flutterSdkPath()
 
-def localPropertiesFile = new File(rootProject.projectDir, "local.properties")
-def properties = new Properties()
+    includeBuild("${settings.ext.flutterSdkPath}/packages/flutter_tools/gradle")
 
-assert localPropertiesFile.exists()
-localPropertiesFile.withReader("UTF-8") { reader -> properties.load(reader) }
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
 
-def flutterSdkPath = properties.getProperty("flutter.sdk")
-assert flutterSdkPath != null, "flutter.sdk not set in local.properties"
-apply from: "$flutterSdkPath/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/app_plugin_loader.gradle"
+plugins {
+    id "dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader" version "1.0.0"
+    id "com.android.application" version "7.3.0" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "1.8.22" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"