Update AppCompat

Author: Isira-Seneviratne

app/build.gradle

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlin_version}"
 
 /** AndroidX **/
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.1'
     implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0'