[BUG]: Missing App Language Options when app is built with Gradle.

[ayush290104]

Describe the bug

On going to options tab, when selecting App language there is nothing visible in app language fragment.
There should be a list of languages to choose from, but the list is empty.

Steps To Reproduce

Select Options and then click on App Language.

Expected Behavior

It should show list of languages to the user.

Screenshots/Videos

No response

What device/emulator are you using?

Iqoo Z3 5g

Which Android version is your device/emulator running?

Android 13

Which version of the Oppia Android app are you using?

1.0

Additional Context

[adhiamboperes]

Hi @ayush290104, thanks for reporting this.

By design, this language functionality is not available on Gradle, but you can see it if you build the app with Bazel.

[adhiamboperes]

That said, I think we can improve the developer UX by either disabling the menu or showing a message when languages are unavailable.

I'm adding this to the developer workflow team since it's a dev specific issue.

[ayush290104]

@adhiamboperes Sir actually I am an android developer and I want to contribute to open source can you tell me how to start contributing.
It will be great if you could guide me or assign an issue

[dev-divyansh]

Hey , @adhiamboperes ,
I would like to work on this issue

[adhiamboperes]

Hi @dev-divyansh, this issue requires a bit of context with the codebase. How would you go about solving it?

[dev-divyansh]

Hi @dev-divyansh, this issue requires a bit of context with the codebase. How would you go about solving it?

the associated files with the language screen is : org/oppia/android/app/options/AppLanguageActivityPresenter.kt and the xml file layout/app_language_activity.xml,

I think i can fix it

PS : I am too facing the issue , when running the App on my local device the language screen is blank its not showing any available language options to select

Any suggestions @adhiamboperes

[adhiamboperes]

Hi @dev-divyansh, this issue requires a bit of context with the codebase. How would you go about solving it?

the associated files with the language screen is : org/oppia/android/app/options/AppLanguageActivityPresenter.kt and the xml file layout/app_language_activity.xml,

I think i can fix it

PS : I am too facing the issue , when running the App on my local device the language screen is blank its not showing any available language options to select

Any suggestions @adhiamboperes

Please refer to my comment above on why this is happening. This issue is a bit complex, and I would suggest that you pick one of our starter issues in order to farmiliarize with the codebase. I would suggest looking at either #3843 or #3841. Please look at the two issues I have proposed and leave a comment on the one you would like to be assigned, describing how you would solve it.

[manas-yu]

That said, I think we can improve the developer UX by either disabling the menu or showing a message when languages are unavailable.

We could disable the "Options" tab by adding a custom flag in build.gradle or gradle.properties and using it to conditionally disable the tab whenever the app is built via Gradle.