key removed from gradle properties

app/build.gradle

@@ -19,23 +19,11 @@ android {
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
     }
-//    testOptions {
-//        unitTests.returnDefaultValues = true
-//    }
     dataBinding {
         enabled = true
     }
 
     viewBinding.enabled = true
-
-    buildTypes.each {
-        Properties properties = new Properties()
-        properties.load(project.rootProject.file("local.properties").newDataInputStream())
-        def ccApiKey = properties.getProperty("cc_api_key", "")
-
-        it.buildConfigField 'String', "CC_API_KEY", ccApiKey
-        it.resValue 'string', "api_key", ccApiKey
-    }
 }
 
 dependencies {

app/src/main/java/com/appttude/h_mal/easycc/data/network/interceptors/QueryInterceptor.kt

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class QueryInterceptor() : Interceptor {
         val originalHttpUrl: HttpUrl = original.url()
 
         val url = originalHttpUrl.newBuilder()
-                .addQueryParameter("apiKey", BuildConfig.CC_API_KEY)
+                .addQueryParameter("apiKey", "a4f93cc2ff05dd772321")
                 .build()
 
         // Add amended Url back to request

app/src/main/java/com/appttude/h_mal/easycc/ui/main/MainViewModel.kt

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ class MainViewModel(
             val bottomVal1 = (fromValDouble * conversionRate)
             bottomVal1.toTwoDpString()
         }catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "no numbers inserted")
             null
         }
     }
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ class MainViewModel(
             val newTopVal = toDoubleVal.times((1/conversionRate))
             newTopVal.toTwoDpString()
         } catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
-            Log.e(TAG, "no numbers inserted")
             null
         }
     }