[CB-12402] Apps with ampersand (&) in the name throw build error in cordova-ios@4.3.0+

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.3.0, 4.3.1
• Fix Version/s: cordova-ios@4.4.0
• Component/s: cordova-ios
• Assignee: Shazron Abdullah
• Reporter: Sven Tobback
• Created: 26/Jan/17 15:04
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:49
• Resolved: 14/Feb/17 21:44

Description

Cordova apps with an ampersand in the name give a build error since cordova-ios 4.3.0:

"xcodebuild: error: Unable to load workspace 'Tom & Jerry.xcworkspace'.
Reason: Could not open workspace file at ~/git/Tom & Jerry/platforms/ios/Tom & Jerry.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata"

I found that the problem is with the .xcworkspace file. The ampersand doesn't get encoded in the XML files that are generated.

PR that created the problem: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/pull/247

Reproduce:

1. run cordova create HelloCordova
2. edit config.xml <name> tag inside to "Tom & Jerry"
3. run cordova platform add ios@4.3.1
4. run cordova build ios
--> ERROR

Issue Links

• is related to: CB-12206 Builds fails if app name contains preserved XML characters like &<>
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #288