Remove translations for non-existent languages "fb" and "cb"

[pandaninjas]

Summary:

This PR resolves #42024
Values directories for language codes "fb" and "cb" are added incorrectly, causing Google Play Console to reject the app due to unrecognized languages.

Changelog:

[Android] [Fixed] - Removed translations for non-existent languages "fb" and "cb", fixing bug where Google Play Console refuses to accept the AAB.

Test Plan:

Under current React Native:

npx react-native@latest init AwesomeProject
cd AwesomeProject
npx react-native build-android --mode=release

Uploading AAB to Google Play Console (recommended to create a new app for this, it can be deleted later)

Under this contribution:
Apply this patch to the react-native in AwesomeProject
npx react-native build-android --mode=release

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Platform	Engine	Arch	Size (bytes)	Diff
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android	hermes	x86	n/a	--
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android	jsc	arm64-v8a	19,947,117	-3,083
android	jsc	armeabi-v7a	n/a	--
android	jsc	x86	n/a	--
android	jsc	x86_64	n/a	--

Base commit: 1f89a1c
Branch: main

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[ecreeth]

@cortinico

[pandaninjas]

This PR still doesn't work because generateReleaseResValues still adds values-fb and values-cb even when the directories are deleted.

[NickGerleman]

I think a bot will go add these back if they are removed. I can change some settings so that they aren't projected into OSS though.

In the meantime, could you follow the recommendation of excluding in Gradle config?

[pandaninjas]

I think a bot will go add these back if they are removed. I can change some settings so that they aren't projected into OSS though.

In the meantime, could you follow the recommendation of excluding in Gradle config?

We can't use Android Gradle Plugin's resConfigs to specifically exclude languages because resConfigs is a list of languages to be included in the result AAB.

It could be possible if we specified every single language allowed by Google Play Console.

[NickGerleman]

We removed these from 0.73 branch.

In main branch, we now filter to the list of languages published by Google as supported for Play Store distribution.

[EricB84300]

Hi when this problem will be solve it's still present on 0.73.4

[pandaninjas]

Hi when this problem will be solve it's still present on 0.73.4

Have you tried .\gradlew clean before rebuilding it with npx react-native build-android --mode=release? It should be fixed (and it was for me)

[EricB84300]

Hi when this problem will be solve it's still present on 0.73.4

Have you tried .\gradlew clean before rebuilding it with npx react-native build-android --mode=release? It should be fixed (and it was for me)

Hi
Great! Thx It for me too.
Thx for your answer @pandaninjas