Error : Invalid character in entity name when &amp; is in the <name>

Bug Report

Problem

Can not include & in the cordova app name without causing a build failure to occur when strings.xml is created.

What is expected to happen?

If I have properly escaped the & in the config.xml, it should also apply to the strings.xml.

What does actually happen?

It seems the & is converted back to & when strings xml is created, perhaps in prepare.js. This causes the cordova add command to fail.

Information

Given the following config.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<widget id="xxx.xxx.xxxx" version="6.2.2" android-versionCode="622000062" versionCode="62" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:gap="http://phonegap.com/ns/1.0">

    <name>TIMING &amp; TRACKING</name>
    <description>
        Timing APP
    </description>

Command or Code

Run the command to create the cordova project

cordova platform add android@10.1.1
Using cordova-fetch for cordova-android@10.1.1
Adding android project...
Creating Cordova project for the Android platform:
	Path: platforms/android
	Package: me.rtrt.app.tsa
	Name: TIMING & TRACKING
	Activity: MainActivity
	Android target: android-30
Subproject Path: CordovaLib
Subproject Path: app
Android project created with cordova-android@10.1.1
Invalid character in entity name
Line: 3
Column: 37
Char:

Then, checking the strings.xml that was created, you can find there is a non-escaped &

/platforms/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <!-- App label shown within list of installed apps, battery & network usage screens. -->
    <string name="app_name">TIMING & TRACKING</string>
    <!-- App label shown on the launcher. -->
    <string name="launcher_name">@string/app_name</string>
    <!-- App label shown on the task switcher. -->
    <string name="activity_name">@string/launcher_name</string>
</resources>

Environment, Platform, Device

N/A

Version information

Android Cordova 10.1.1 MacOs 10.15.7 (catalina)

Checklist

• I searched for existing GitHub issues
• I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• I included all the necessary information above

[pkwiatkowski0]

Also looking forward for this one

[saggio89]

Same, I need this fix in – is there plans to merge this pull request?