iOS: the Link metadata on automatically included items is incorrect

[rolfbjarne]

Description

The default item inclusion adds a Link metadata on the included items:

maui/.nuspec/AutoImport.InTree.props

Line 54 in f746414

Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)"

maui/.nuspec/AutoImport.InTree.props

Line 61 in f746414

Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)"

maui/.nuspec/AutoImport.InTree.props

Line 67 in f746414

Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)"

The Link metadata specifies the path inside the app bundle for these items, with one caveat: if the value starts with IPhoneResourcePrefix:

maui/.nuspec/Microsoft.Maui.Controls.SingleProject.targets

Line 46 in 3a1dcdc

<IPhoneResourcePrefix>$(iOSProjectFolder)Resources</IPhoneResourcePrefix>

then we strip that off the final location.

Example:

• IPhoneResourcePrefix=Resources
• There's a BundleResource resource with Link metadata Resources/myResource.txt
• The final location in the app bundle would be MyApp.app/myResource.txt, because we removed IPhoneResourcePrefix from the start of the path.

In MAUI's case, this is what happens:

• IPhoneResourcePrefix=Platform/iOS/Resources
• There's a SceneTest.scn file in Platform/iOS/Resources/art.scnasset/SceneTest.scn
• This file is automatically included using the glob $(iOSProjectFolder)**/*.scnassets/*, and the Link metadata is %(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension) which resolves to Resources/art.scnasset/SceneTest.scn.
• Notice how the Link metadata does not start with IPhoneResourcePrefix, which means the final location in the app bundle is MyApp.app/Resources/art.scnasset/SceneTest.scn, which is incorrect.

maui/.nuspec/AutoImport.InTree.props

Lines 58 to 63 in f746414

	<SceneKitAsset
	Include="$(iOSProjectFolder)**/*.scnassets/*"
	Exclude="$(_SingleProjectiOSExcludes)"
	Link="%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)"
	IsDefaultItem="true"
	/>

Steps to Reproduce

Test project is available here: xamarin/xamarin-macios#15104

Version with bug

6.0 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

iOS 15.4

Did you find any workaround?

Yes: xamarin/xamarin-macios#15104 (comment)

Relevant log output

No response

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