GRPC 1.44.1

[ccjernigan]

For a Gradle dependency:

1. Update the dependency version in the root gradle.properties
2. Update the dependency locks
   1. For Gradle plugins: ./gradlew dependencies --write-locks
   2. For Gradle dependencies: ./gradlew resolveAll --write-locks
3. Verify no unexpected entries appear in the lockfiles. A supply chain attack could occur during this stage. The lockfile narrows the supply chain attack window to this very moment (as opposed to every time a build occurs)
4. Are there any new APIs or possible migrations for this dependency?
   1. This appears to have an Android-specific bug fix for apps that have been backgrounded and then brought to foreground again AndroidChannel fails to reconnect after block grpc/grpc-java#8850