Request to upgrade Kotlin compiler

[mcorner]

Description

The current Kotlin compiler version in RN is 2.1.20. The newest Kotlin compiler is 2.3.20.

The general rule is that the Kotlin compiler is forwards compatible one minor version:

"Preferably (but we can't guarantee it), the binary format is mostly forwards compatible with the next language release, but not later ones (in the cases when new features are not used, for example, 1.9 can understand most binaries from 2.0, but not 2.1)."

Many Google SDKs, including one I maintain, (and others) use the latest release of the Kotlin compiler and are now incompatible with RN.

Thanks.

Steps to reproduce

Add a newer dependency such as: implementation("com.google.android.gms:play-services-media-effect-enhancement:16.0.0-beta03")

React Native Version

0.85.2

Affected Platforms

Runtime - Android

Output of npx @react-native-community/cli info

N/A

Stacktrace or Logs

file:///Users/markcorner/.gradle/caches/9.3.1/transforms/2ac25d4a7fa5e5be514882f5862f1fe4/transformed/play-services-media-effect-enhancement-16.0.0-beta03-api.jar!/META-INF/third_party.kotlin.protobuf.src.commonMain.kotlin.com.google.protobuf.kotlin_shared_runtime.kotlin_module Module was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The binary version of its metadata is 2.3.0, expected version is 2.1.0.

MANDATORY Reproducer

https://github.com/mcorner/kotlinrepro

Screenshots and Videos

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[mcorner]

Added a proper reproducer

[feihua]

### build fail

Execution failed for task ':gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:compileKotlin'.

Could not isolate parameters org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.transforms.BuildToolsApiClasspathEntrySnapshotTransform$Parameters_Decorated@569e6180 of artifact transform BuildToolsApiClasspathEntrySnapshotTransform
Could not isolate value org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.transforms.BuildToolsApiClasspathEntrySnapshotTransform$Parameters_Decorated@569e6180 of type BuildToolsApiClasspathEntrySnapshotTransform.Parameters
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':gradle-plugin:settings-plugin:kotlinBuildToolsApiClasspath'.
> Could not resolve org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-build-tools-impl:2.1.20.
Required by:
project ':gradle-plugin:settings-plugin'
> Could not resolve org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-build-tools-impl:2.1.20.
> Could not get resource 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-build-tools-impl/2.1.20/kotlin-build-tools-impl-2.1.20.pom'.
> Could not HEAD 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-build-tools-impl/2.1.20/kotlin-build-tools-impl-2.1.20.pom'.