Publish by Using the Portal OSSRH Staging API

[AdamVe]

See https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-ossrh-staging-api/ for details.

To publish with the new service one needs:

1. obtain a new token from central.sonatype.com and update local sonatype.username
2. run ./gradlew publish finalizeCentralPublication
3. Publish the publication from https://central.sonatype.com/publishing

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the project to use Sonatype's new OSSRH Staging API for publishing artifacts to Maven Central, replacing the legacy staging repository URL. The changes include updating repository URLs, adding a new Gradle task for finalizing publications, and updating documentation to reflect the new workflow.

Key changes:

• Updated repository URLs from the legacy oss.sonatype.org to the new ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com
• Added a new finalizeCentralPublication Gradle task to notify Sonatype Central when manual uploads are complete
• Updated publishing documentation with new workflow instructions and credential requirements

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
publish.gradle	Updated Sonatype repository URL to use the new OSSRH Staging API endpoint
doc/publish.adoc	Updated publishing instructions with new workflow steps and credential generation
buildSrc/src/main/groovy/project-convention-publishing.gradle	Added new Gradle task for finalizing publications via API call
android/publish.gradle	Updated Android-specific Sonatype repository URL to use the new endpoint

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/project-convention-publishing.gradle:28

• The variable name 'sonatypeBearerToken' is misleading. This is creating Basic authentication credentials, not a Bearer token. Consider renaming to 'basicAuthToken' or 'authCredentials'.

        def sonatypeBearerToken = "${sonatypeUserName}:${sonatypePassword}".bytes.encodeBase64().toString()