[jira] [Created] (CB-7231) Provide more control two treat as to different concerns CordovaProjectName CordovaAppName

["Carlos Santana (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Carlos Santana created CB-7231:
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             Summary: Provide more control two treat as to different concerns CordovaProjectName CordovaAppName
                 Key: CB-7231
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-7231
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: CordovaLib
    Affects Versions: Master
            Reporter: Carlos Santana


Discussion in mailing  list
http://callback.markmail.org/thread/lsk6vewllowofxf3
and here:
http://callback.markmail.org/thread/qk7eztl46rmvklch

When user wants to have the App name show on the screen of the they might characters that are incompatible with file and directory names.
Today when a user sets a custom name via cli create, it's use for app name but also for native files and directory names (depends on platform) 
 cordova create 'שלום'
the value 'שלום' will be use for the cordova project path, app name, and native files.
Or another use case is config.xml, if user sets a new name  like
<name>שלום</name>
then runs a cordova build
then the app name and native files will refactor with new name.

The enhancement is to allow the developer to specify an app name without affecting the native platform files.

One proposal for config.xml is to keep backward compatibility is to use attribute in 'project' in name tag like
if attribute not specify (i.e. default) or not different from previous build then do not change native plafform files or directory names.
Use will be able to control both values like:
<name project="HelloCordova">שלום</name>

For the cli or platform shell script then allow to pass optional parameter for projectname, if not pass then appname is use to keep backwards compatibility
CLI:
cordova create MyCordovaFolder com.example.mycordova שלום --project="HelloCordova"
or Shell script 
like in cordova-ios/bin/create
Usage: $0 [--shared] [--arc] [--cli] <path_to_new_project> <package_name> <project_name> [<project_template_dir>]
project_name only affects app name, and not project files, default value HelloCordova will be use unless specify like --project
cordova-ios/bin/create projectpath com.example.myapp שלום --project="myxcodeprojectname"

Cordova CLI (metadata platform parsers) and all platforms create scripts will need to be updated




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