Allow entity names to be set to None (#4607)

* Allow entity names to be set to None so they take on the device friendly_name automatically

* Use empty

esphome/core/entity_base.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "esphome/core/entity_base.h"
+#include "esphome/core/application.h"
 #include "esphome/core/helpers.h"
 
 namespace esphome {
@@ -10,7 +11,13 @@ EntityBase::EntityBase(std::string name) : name_(std::move(name)) { this->calc_o
 // Entity Name
 const std::string &EntityBase::get_name() const { return this->name_; }
 void EntityBase::set_name(const std::string &name) {
-  this->name_ = name;
+  if (name.empty()) {
+    this->name_ = App.get_friendly_name();
+    this->has_own_name_ = false;
+  } else {
+    this->name_ = name;
+    this->has_own_name_ = true;
+  }
   this->calc_object_id_();
 }
 

esphome/core/entity_base.h

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class EntityBase {
   const std::string &get_name() const;
   void set_name(const std::string &name);
 
+  // Get whether this Entity has its own name or it should use the device friendly_name.
+  bool has_own_name() const { return this->has_own_name_; }
+
   // Get the sanitized name of this Entity as an ID. Caching it internally.
   const std::string &get_object_id();
 
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ class EntityBase {
   void calc_object_id_();
 
   std::string name_;
+  bool has_own_name_{false};
   std::string object_id_;
   const char *icon_c_str_{nullptr};
   uint32_t object_id_hash_;