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Windows: Escape ampersand in keystore password

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Hi all. Has anybody managed to put & into keystorePassword or keyPassword capability on Windows?

I’m getting build errors when building Espresso server with password like START&END:

Error: Unable to build Espresso server - Process ended with exitcode 1 (cmd: 'gradlew.bat -PappiumKeyPassword\=START&END')
Gradle error message:
END is not recognized as an internal or external command,

I tried to escape the password like "START&END" or START\&END or START^&END with no success. It’s unfortunate the password includes an ampersand but I cannot change it.

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:13 (8 by maintainers)

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KazuCocoacommented, Feb 28, 2022

okay, thanks for the confirmation!

Yes, another issue helps me to handle issues. Probably I need to add the same flag in similar places.

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KazuCocoacommented, Feb 22, 2022

mm, what env did you run? I checked some commands as https://github.com/appium/appium-espresso-driver/pull/753 (e.g. ./gradlew.bat -PappiumKeyPassword\='START\"&\"END' did not show recognized error etc) on Win 10 powershell. (not via appium at this time)

Appium drivers are going to https://appiumpro.com/editions/122-installing-appium-20-and-the-driver-and-plugins-cli base, so you can install an arbitrary espresso driver as appium driver install espresso@version.