chore: remove unused react-native-config-reader

[diegolmello]

Proposed changes

Removes the unused react-native-config-reader dependency.

Its only ever consumer was isOfficial = RNConfigReader.IS_OFFICIAL, deleted in #7322 (remove Experimental code paths) along with the official product flavor that produced the IS_OFFICIAL BuildConfig field (#7325). Since then the package has had zero JS imports — it remained only as an autolinked native module reading BuildConfig values that nothing consumes.

While here, this also removes:

• the orphaned patches/react-native-config-reader+4.1.1.patch — patch-package was erroring on it (patch-package finished with 1 error(s)) on a clean install
• the rn_config_reader_custom_package resValue in android/app/build.gradle, read only by the now-removed native module (and one of only two remaining references to the legacy chat.rocket.reactnative namespace)
• the RNConfigReader pod from ios/Podfile.lock (regenerated via pod install)

Surfaced while investigating the pnpm android launch fix (#7375).

Issue(s)

https://rocketchat.atlassian.net/browse/NATIVE-1223

How to test or reproduce

1. pnpm install — completes with no patch-package errors (previously errored on the orphaned react-native-config-reader patch).
2. pnpm pod-install — regenerates ios/Podfile.lock with RNConfigReader removed (already committed here; re-running is a no-op).
3. tsc passes (verified locally).
4. Build & launch Android and iOS to confirm no regression — the removed native module had no JS consumers, so runtime behavior is unchanged.

Screenshots

N/A

Types of changes

• Improvement (non-breaking change which improves a current function)

Checklist

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING doc
• I have signed the CLA
• Lint and unit tests pass locally with my changes
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (if applicable)
• I have added necessary documentation (if applicable)
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

Further comments

Dead-code removal only; no runtime behavior change since the module had no JS consumers after #7322 / #7325. Independent of the run-script fix (#7375) and the larger Android namespace-rename discussion. Touches native build inputs (Android build.gradle, iOS Podfile.lock), so an Android + iOS build/launch smoke check is warranted before merge.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Removed obsolete dependency and cleaned up associated Android build configurations and TypeScript module declarations.
  • Added support for additional modules to enhance library compatibility.

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Walkthrough

This PR removes the react-native-config-reader dependency and its Android and TypeScript configuration, and adds TypeScript ambient module declarations for remove-markdown and @rocket.chat/sdk.

Changes

Dependency Migration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remove react-native-config-reader dependency and configuration package.json, app/externalModules.d.ts, android/app/build.gradle	Removes react-native-config-reader from dependencies and @types/react-native-config-reader from devDependencies; removes the ambient react-native-config-reader declaration; and deletes the Android resValue rn_config_reader_custom_package.
Add new module type declarations app/externalModules.d.ts	Adds ambient module declarations for remove-markdown and @rocket.chat/sdk.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Suggested labels

type: chore

Suggested reviewers

• OtavioStasiak
• Rohit3523

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