How does string translation (localization) work for a specific language and locale?

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The default language for my android app is English and the respective strings are stored in the default /res/values/strings/strings.xml

Now I wanted to support the french language so I opened the Translation Editor and added the translations for French (fr) locale.

But there seems to be multiple locale variants of french language(i.e. French in Algeria, French in Belgium ... etc) and I didn't added the translations for all these.

I just wanted to know, what language is shown to the users who has French as the default language on their devices but with a specific locale for which I don't have the specific translations.

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They'll get the default fr folder(s) contents - Phantômaxx

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When a user has a more specific locale specified than the app does, then the localization should "fall back" to basic language definition, in your case, "fr."

You can test these things in a simulator.

As you know, this already happens with English, your default language... and you weren't worried about what happens if someone is set to en-GB, or en-AU.