HTML-escaped strings are shown as HTML

[theimpulson]

Describe the issue

Weblate shows HTML-escaped strings as HTML when translating them. This leads to translators applying/writing HTML tags instead of HTML-escaped tags.

Reference for HTML-escaped strings:

• https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource#StylingWithHTML ("Notice that the opening bracket is HTML-escaped, using the < notation.")

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

Actual String

<string name="existing_work_profile_help">To manage the existing work profile, navigate to the &lt;b&gt;Work&lt;/b&gt; tab in the launcher</string>

Source: https://github.com/CalyxOS/platform_packages_apps_Bellis/blob/android14/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml#L18

Weblate

Source: https://hosted.weblate.org/translate/calyxos/platform_packages_apps_Bellis/en/?checksum=017818400dc6c297

Expected behavior

These strings should be shown as it is and/or users should be warned about it.

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How do you run Weblate?

weblate.org service

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[theimpulson]

An alternative would be to show them like that in the UI and when saved keep them escaped like the original string.

[nijel]

I don't think translators should be dealing with this kind of mess, so saving of XML should be turned on only for strings which have XML in the source. Presently, there is independent logic deciding whether to use XML or escape in https://github.com/translate/translate/blob/ae6abd4c8935c0675933eea49eaed7255dca7981/translate/storage/aresource.py#L381-L420

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