Punctuation allowed in Briefcase but not with Gradle

[ProgrammAbel]

Describe the bug
When creating an application, you are allowed to use punctuation for project names. However, when building for Android, the usage of /, \, :, <, >, ", ?, *, | are prohibited with Gradle.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create an application with the name containing any one of the above characters.
2. Build for Android.

Expected behavior
For the application to build successfully.

Screenshots

Environment:

• Operating System: Linux 5.7.10-arch1-1
• Python version: Python 3.8.4
• Software versions:
  • Briefcase: 0.3.3

Additional context
This is somewhat related to #460.

[freakboy3742]

Which "name" are you referring to - the "app name" or the "formal name"? The app name should be the only one that has restrictions; briefcase new and briefcase create both validates that your app name is PEP508 compliant (which rejects most 'special' characters). The Formal name should only be used for display purposes, and shouldn't be anywhere that is "special character sensitive".

So - what names were you using? Can you share your pyproject.toml?

[ProgrammAbel]

Hi, thank you for your time. I'm not referring to either - I'm talking about the "project name", which allows punctuation and defaults to your formal name unless you set it as otherwise with briefcase new. I've created a new project (which still has the same issue) and I've attached it's pyproject.toml.

[freakboy3742]

This was fixed in #697.