[CB-12206] Builds fails if app name contains preserved XML characters like &<>

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.3.0
• Fix Version/s: cordova-ios@4.4.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios

Environment

ios, xcode8.1, nodejs 6.9.1

• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Felix Schauerte
• Created: 01/Dec/16 20:01
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:51
• Resolved: 14/Feb/17 21:44

Description

How to reproduce

• Create new cordova app with name "You&Me"
• add platform ios
• start release build

Effect

The build fails due to corrupted xml files at platforms/ios/<APPNAME>.xcworkspace/**

How to fix

The app name seems to be inserted with illegal escaping:
Wrong: <FileRef location = "group:You\&Me.xcodeproj">
Correct: <FileRef location = "group:You&amp;Me.xcodeproj">

I guess shell escaping () is used instead of proper xml quoting (entity) for attributes.

Fix should be trivial as in prior versions of cordova-ios this worked well.

Issue Links

• relates to: CB-12402 Apps with ampersand (&) in the name throw build error in cordova-ios@4.3.0+