[BUG] + in the name of an app causes a build issue

[doublezze]

Link to the report card page

https://www.pwabuilder.com/reportcard?site=https://mbyapps.com/mbyappsportal.php

What Store were you trying to package for?

Android Google Play

What is the error message you received?

Internal Server Error

Status code: 500. Error generating app package: Command failed: ./gradlew assembleRelease

Paste your stack trace below

The site I was testing is: https://mbyapps.com/mbyappsportal.php undefined

What environment were you using?

Windows 10

Additional context

None

[maiconcarraro]

It seems related to the "+" plus sign in your app name, I found a workaround that you can try:

Expand all settings:

Find the Signing key section and remove the plus sign:

After this change it worked for me to download your package. I kept app and short names w/ plus sign. Still a bug to fix, but sharing the workaround.

[jgw96]

@maiconcarraro do you think this is a bug in PWABuilder or in the android build tools? Hard to tell where this bug is coming from.

[maiconcarraro]

@jgw96 well, its more related to UX/DX, either PWABuilder or bubblewrap could sanitise/automatically escape these special characters when generating the key, I dont think its a bug because it will happen anyway if you try keytool directly w/ same args https://stackoverflow.com/a/11809689/3257568

I'd say that would be better to PWABuilder validate/escape since it automatically prefill the inputs for a new key, and especially validate user inputs to prevent the fail, but its up to you to decide on this behavior. The main issue is the unfriendly exception, if it correctly gives feedback to the user that is an invalid input, should be good.

[maiconcarraro]

@jgw96 actually, we can say it's a bug because the options are kinda "hidden" inside of the settings

so for new users they will have no idea what is the problem, so the correct approach is to escape/remove the characters when prefilling.

[jgw96]

I agree with this, we should update our form validation to warn about the + character.

[maiconcarraro]

@jgw96 another person had the same issue but with "&", source: https://discord.com/channels/930156205542883409/930871438666235964/1275537693899620394 just to add more context

[doublezze]

Maicon's workaround worked!! Thanks. I'll proceed to test the Android Google Play package. The Windows package though successfully downloaded has an incorrect app name mbyapps+ - mbyappsportal instead of just mbyapps+

[doublezze]

Both Windows and Android packages have incorrect app names. Windows show the name as mbyapps+ - mbyappsportal while Android has name as mbyapps.com. Is this a settings issue on my part or a bug?

[jgw96]

@doublezze can you send a screenshot of the settings you used for packaging either app?

[doublezze]