Elijah Okoroh 1eab8e1d13
Deprecate Objective-C plugin template (#174003)
This PR marks the `--ios-language objc` flag as deprecated for plugin
creation. It introduces a warning message in the `flutter create` tool
when the flag is used, but **does not** remove the functionality at this
time. This is the first step towards its eventual removal.

## Context

As discussed in the issue, usage metrics show that Objective-C is used
in less than 4% of newly created plugins. To streamline the tool and
align with modern iOS development practices (i.e., Swift), we are
beginning the process of phasing out this option

**Changes:**
-   Adds a deprecation warning to the CLI when the `objc` flag is used.
-   Updates the `--help` text to reflect the deprecation.
- Removes obsolete tests for Objective-C plugin creation and usage
tracking.

## Testing

I have validated these changes by:

1. Manually running `flutter-dev create` with the `objc` flag to confirm
the new deprecation warning appears.
2. Verifying that creating a plugin without the --ios-language flag does
**not** trigger the warning.
3. Running the tests in the `test/commands.shard` to ensure no
regressions were introduced.
4.  CI will validate the changes to the devicelab tests.

Fixes #169683 

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