Instance name changed on copying to another device

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Forms filled in one device with unique instance names selected from the instance_name as ${name} on being copied to another device appear with the default form name.

2.What steps can we take to reproduce this issue?
Save form with with unique names and copy the project folder to another device containing the odk collect and the blank form. The forms appear with form name not the saved names

3. What have you tried to fix the issue?
Workaround : On editing the files and going to the last step, the instance name gets written as per the calculation provided in the xlsform

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Hi @AparnaK
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Thanks for reporting the issue!

This happens because scanning and importing forms moved to the app folder is not that smart to handle dynamically generated instance names. I reported the issue in our repository so that we do not forget about it: https://github.com/getodk/collect/issues/5406 but copying forms like that is not one of the most important features in the app so I can't tell if or when we might take a look at it.