diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc177705e..1140eb43a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -221,3 +221,4 @@ spine-godot/build/version.txt
 spine-godot/vc140.pdb
 spine-godot/example-v4-extension/bin
 spine-godot/example-v4-extension/MoltenVK.xcframework
+spine-flutter/example/android/app/.cxx
diff --git a/spine-flutter/android/build.gradle b/spine-flutter/android/build.gradle
index 5e618a3be..6aac6715a 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/android/build.gradle
+++ b/spine-flutter/android/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         // The Android Gradle Plugin knows how to build native code with the NDK.
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.1.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.1'
     }
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
 
     // Bumping the plugin ndkVersion requires all clients of this plugin to bump
     // the version in their app and to download a newer version of the NDK.
-    ndkVersion "21.1.6352462"
+    ndkVersion "28.1.13356709"
 
     // Invoke the shared CMake build with the Android Gradle Plugin.
     externalNativeBuild {
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ android {
     }
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion 16
+        minSdkVersion 21
     }
 }
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/.gitignore b/spine-flutter/example/.gitignore
index 1eab1a228..13f41015a 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/.gitignore
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/.gitignore
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 *.swp
 .DS_Store
 .atom/
+.build/
 .buildlog/
 .history
 .svn/
+.swiftpm/
 migrate_working_dir/
 
 # IntelliJ related
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle
index 672a97c81..5da267aea 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/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'
@@ -21,13 +22,11 @@ if (flutterVersionName == null) {
     flutterVersionName = '1.0'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
-apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
-apply from: "$flutterRoot/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle"
-
 android {
     compileSdkVersion flutter.compileSdkVersion
-    ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion
+    // ndkVersion flutter.ndkVersion
+    ndkVersion "28.1.13356709"
+    namespace "com.esotericsoftware.spine.android"
 
     compileOptions {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
-        applicationId "com.example.spine_flutter_example"
+        applicationId "com.esotericsoftware.spine.android"
         // You can update the following values to match your application needs.
         // For more information, see: https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
         minSdkVersion flutter.minSdkVersion
@@ -65,7 +64,3 @@ android {
 flutter {
     source '../..'
 }
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
-}
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
index cf5d5093b..399f6981d 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="com.example.spine_flutter_example">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <!-- The INTERNET permission is required for development. Specifically,
          the Flutter tool needs it to communicate with the running application
          to allow setting breakpoints, to provide hot reload, etc.
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index fd9393573..80b61329a 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="com.example.spine_flutter_example">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <application
         android:label="spine_flutter_example"
         android:name="${applicationName}"
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/example/MainActivity.kt b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/esotericsoftware/spine/android/MainActivity.kt
similarity index 69%
rename from spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/example/MainActivity.kt
rename to spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/esotericsoftware/spine/android/MainActivity.kt
index e793a000d..2ab45288b 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/example/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/esotericsoftware/spine/android/MainActivity.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.example.example
+package com.esotericsoftware.spine.android
 
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
 
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/spine_flutter_example/MainActivity.kt b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/spine_flutter_example/MainActivity.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f87d6d4f0..000000000
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/example/spine_flutter_example/MainActivity.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package com.example.spine_flutter_example
-
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity
-
-class MainActivity: FlutterActivity() {
-}
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
index cf5d5093b..399f6981d 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/app/src/profile/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="com.example.spine_flutter_example">
+<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.
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/build.gradle b/spine-flutter/example/android/build.gradle
index 3cdaac958..bc157bd1a 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/build.gradle
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.6.10'
-    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()
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/spine-flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cc5527d78..7aeeb11c6 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ 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-8.7-all.zip
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/android/settings.gradle b/spine-flutter/example/android/settings.gradle
index 44e62bcf0..b77f40b2d 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
-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
+    }()
 
-def localPropertiesFile = new File(rootProject.projectDir, "local.properties")
-def properties = new Properties()
+    includeBuild("$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" // apply true
+    id "com.android.application" version "8.5.1" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android" version "2.1.0" apply false
+}
+
+include ":app"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.lock b/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.lock
index 92e911f25..2a84dd491 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: characters
-      sha256: "04a925763edad70e8443c99234dc3328f442e811f1d8fd1a72f1c8ad0f69a605"
+      sha256: f71061c654a3380576a52b451dd5532377954cf9dbd272a78fc8479606670803
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.3.0"
+    version: "1.4.0"
   collection:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: collection
-      sha256: ee67cb0715911d28db6bf4af1026078bd6f0128b07a5f66fb2ed94ec6783c09a
+      sha256: "2f5709ae4d3d59dd8f7cd309b4e023046b57d8a6c82130785d2b0e5868084e76"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.18.0"
+    version: "1.19.1"
   crypto:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
       name: flame
-      sha256: "2a2352741500ce47823dcf212f06b23e9bdb622454eab90244ee6da58e23b488"
+      sha256: f9e7a100c25f8d6bfd143bf325a9689c509216cd1c8133ce4684955c56770de7
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.15.0"
+    version: "1.28.1"
   flutter:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description: flutter
@@ -114,26 +114,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: material_color_utilities
-      sha256: "0e0a020085b65b6083975e499759762399b4475f766c21668c4ecca34ea74e5a"
+      sha256: f7142bb1154231d7ea5f96bc7bde4bda2a0945d2806bb11670e30b850d56bdec
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.8.0"
+    version: "0.11.1"
   meta:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: "7687075e408b093f36e6bbf6c91878cc0d4cd10f409506f7bc996f68220b9136"
+      sha256: e3641ec5d63ebf0d9b41bd43201a66e3fc79a65db5f61fc181f04cd27aab950c
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.12.0"
+    version: "1.16.0"
   ordered_set:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: ordered_set
-      sha256: "3fedcc9121b3ba24c0a84f32da2989c42e36c159b73feadbc2f402dc55966b81"
+      sha256: dc68b8f1abc7115b81cf890bf7d2ece4ed1d95e0f3e486ab4b64ab3d16d2ea42
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "5.0.1"
+    version: "7.0.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description: flutter
     source: sdk
-    version: "0.0.99"
+    version: "0.0.0"
   source_span:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "4.2.34"
+    version: "4.2.35"
   string_scanner:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -211,5 +211,5 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "0.7.5"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.3.0-0 <4.0.0"
-  flutter: ">=3.16.0"
+  dart: ">=3.7.0-0 <4.0.0"
+  flutter: ">=3.27.1"
diff --git a/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.yaml b/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.yaml
index 6a1071f17..d75e4de07 100644
--- a/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/spine-flutter/example/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
   spine_flutter:
     path: ../
   cupertino_icons: ^1.0.6
-  flame: ^1.10.1
+  flame: ^1.28.1
   raw_image_provider: ^0.2.0
 
 dev_dependencies: