MissingTranslation for default language ( "..." is not translated in "en")

Issue

I want to generate a signed apk and get following error:

Error:(65) Error: "..." is not translated in "en" (English) [MissingTranslation]

My projects ONLY contain default folders (no addon for an language) like values folder for example and ONE language, which is german (meaning, I have an values-de folder)

My default language is english, so all resources that do not belong to a special language should be the english ones.

QUESTIONS

Why is android studio telling me, it's missing the en language, although I don't have a single en-folder? Maybe an en-folder is part of a gradle import? Can I somehow exclude them? Actually, I don't know where the en comes from as I don't use it anywhere...

EXAMPLE

I only have values and values-defolder!

In values I have following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="pause_alarms">
        <item>Silent</item>
        <item>Vibrate</item>
        <item>Sound</item>
        <item>Vibrate + Sound</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

In values-de I have following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="pause_alarms">
        <item>Leise</item>
        <item>Vibrieren</item>
        <item>Ton</item>
        <item>Vibrieren + Ton</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

Solution

I don't know where the en comes from, but if I define the language of my default resources in the xml file like following

<resources
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:locale="en">

the error disappears...

Probably, I just guess, some gradle imports have the en folder...

Answered By - prom85