fix: fix configuration for fabric view templates (#801)

fixes #788

**fabric view**

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**turbo module**

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Author: satya164

docs/pages/faq.md

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ If you have a reason to not ship Codegen generated scaffold code with your libra
     ]
    ```
 
-3. Add `package.json` to the `exports` field in your `package.json`:
+3. If you have an `exports` field in your `package.json`, ensure that it contains `./package.json`:
 
    ```diff
    "exports": {

packages/create-react-native-library/src/index.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 import { getDependencyVersionsFromExampleApp } from './exampleApp/dependencies';
 import { printErrorHelp, printNextSteps, printUsedRNVersion } from './inform';
 
-const FALLBACK_BOB_VERSION = '0.36.0';
+const FALLBACK_BOB_VERSION = '0.38.3';
 const FALLBACK_NITRO_MODULES_VERSION = '0.22.1';
 
 yargs

packages/create-react-native-library/src/input.ts

@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ const TYPE_CHOICES: {
     value: 'turbo-module',
     description: 'integration for native APIs to JS',
   },
+  {
+    title: 'Fabric view',
+    value: 'fabric-view',
+    description: 'integration for native views to JS',
+  },
   {
     title: 'Nitro module',
     value: 'nitro-module',
     description:
       'type-safe, fast integration for native APIs to JS (experimental)',
   },
-  {
-    title: 'Fabric view',
-    value: 'fabric-view',
-    description: 'integration for native views to JS',
-  },
   {
     title: 'Legacy Native module',
     value: 'legacy-module',

packages/create-react-native-library/templates/common/$package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         "types": "./lib/typescript/commonjs/src/index.d.ts",
         "default": "./lib/commonjs/index.js"
       }
-    }
+    },
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "files": [
     "src",
@@ -234,6 +235,13 @@
     "android": {
       "javaPackageName": "com.<%- project.package %>"
     <% if (example === 'vanilla') { -%>
+    <% if (project.viewConfig === 'fabric-view') { -%>
+    },
+    "ios": {
+      "componentProvider": {
+        "<%- project.name -%>View": "<%- project.name -%>View"
+      }
+    <% } -%>
     },
     "includesGeneratedCode": true
     <% } else { -%>

packages/react-native-builder-bob/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/init.test.ts.snap

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ exports[`initializes the configuration 1`] = `
         "types": "./lib/typescript/commonjs/src/index.d.ts",
         "default": "./lib/commonjs/index.js"
       }
-    }
+    },
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "source": "./src/index.ts",
   "main": "./lib/commonjs/index.js",

packages/react-native-builder-bob/src/init.ts

@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ export async function init() {
 
     const exportsField = {
       '.': {},
+      './package.json': './package.json',
     };
 
     const importField = {
@@ -265,11 +266,6 @@ export async function init() {
       exportsField['.'] = importField;
     }
 
-    if (pkg.codegenConfig && !pkg.codegenConfig.includesGeneratedCode) {
-      // @ts-expect-error The exports is not strictly types therefore it doesn't know about the package.json property
-      exportsField['./package.json'] = './package.json';
-    }
-
     if (
       pkg.exports &&
       JSON.stringify(pkg.exports) !== JSON.stringify(exportsField)