Merge pull request LFDT-web3j#31 from AlexandrouR/bumpPlugin

Bumped plugin version for the generated projects.

Merge pull request LFDT-web3j#27 from josh-richardson/fix-updater

Fixes updater serializer

Merge pull request LFDT-web3j#25 from AlexandrouR/bumpGradleTemplate

Bumped gradle.build template version.

Merge pull request LFDT-web3j#23 from AlexandrouR/fixedDot

Fixed issue with passing . as a path

build: update build tools

fix application name

build: ensure version before deployment

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into release/4.5.5

build: use a version to release