[#1334] WIP / Proposal Allow SDKSynchronizer to user arbitrary checkp…

[pacu]

…oints instead of bundled ones

This is a draft PR intended to show the implementation I'd like to propose. It does not compile for many reasons, like visibility of checkpoint

would eventually close #1334

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[pacu]

I'm having a weird message on Android Studio.

Settings file '...../zcash-android-wallet-sdk/build-conventions/settings.gradle.kts' line: 11

An exception occurred applying plugin request [id: 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention', version: '0.5.0']
> Failed to apply plugin class 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay.FoojayToolchainsPlugin'.
   > FoojayToolchainsPlugin needs Gradle version 7.6 or higher

[HonzaR]

I'm having a weird message on Android Studio.

Hi Pacu, Thank you for the proposed changes. I'll proceed to review it soon.

Until then, what is blocking you while building the SDK in the Android Studio does not happen to me, although it seems like a problem with the dependency locking mechanism. Let's try to turn it off. From our documentation:

Note that some versions of Android Studio on Intel machines have trouble with dependency locks. If you experience this issue, the workaround is to add the following line to `~/.gradle/gradle.properties` `ZCASH_IS_DEPENDENCY_LOCKING_ENABLED=false`

Another thing I'd try is to switch to an alternative version of the Android Studio. I use the Preview Beta one. But building the SDK also works for me from the stable one.

[pacu]

Thanks @HonzaR I'll try that out and report back!