Could not find file AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist in "WriteAssetPackManifest" task when run in DevOps

[rlasker-b2w]

In a .Net Maui project that was migrated from Xamarin, I can run the exact same dotnet publish command on my local Mac and the command completes successfully but when I run the same publish command in Azure DevOps using the DotNetCLI@2 task then I get an error that it cannot find the AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist file during the execution of the WriteAssetPackManifest task.

Steps to Reproduce

1. create an .Net Maui app
2. create a Azure DevOps build using the DotNetCoreCLI@2
3. command: "publish"
4. arguments: -c "$(BuildConfiguration)" -f "net7.0-ios" -o $(build.artifactstagingdirectory) -r ios-arm64 --self-contained
5. vmImage: macos-13
6. DotNetVersion: 7.0.403
7. xcode version 15.0.1

Expected Behavior

UseDotNet@2 task completes successfully

Actual Behavior

error MSB4018: The "WriteAssetPackManifest" task failed unexpectedly.
error MSB4018: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/obj/Test/net7.0-ios/ios-arm64/ipa/Payload/Inform.Forms.app/AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist'.

Environment

Pool: Azure Pipelines
Image: macos-13
Agent: Hosted Agent

Starting: Build iOS App

Task : .NET Core
Description : Build, test, package, or publish a dotnet application, or run a custom dotnet command
Version : 2.221.0
Author : Microsoft Corporation
Help : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/build/dotnet-core-cli

/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/dotnet publish /Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj -c Test -f net7.0-ios -o /Users/runner/work/1/a -r ios-arm64 --self-contained
MSBuild version 17.7.3+4fca21998 for .NET

/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: The "WriteAssetPackManifest" task failed unexpectedly. [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/obj/Test/net7.0-ios/ios-arm64/ipa/Payload/Inform.Forms.app/AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist'. [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: File name: '/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/obj/Test/net7.0-ios/ios-arm64/ipa/Payload/Inform.Forms.app/AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist' [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirError) [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, UnixFileMode openPermissions, Int64& fileLength, UnixFileMode& filePermissions, Func4 createOpenException) [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios] /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable1 unixCreateMode) [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access) [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Xamarin.MacDev.PObject.FromFile(String fileName, Boolean& isBinary) in /Users/builder/azdo/_work/1/s/xamarin-macios/external/Xamarin.MacDev/Xamarin.MacDev/PListObject.cs:line 336 [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Xamarin.MacDev.PDictionary.FromFile(String fileName, Boolean& isBinary) in /Users/builder/azdo/_work/1/s/xamarin-macios/external/Xamarin.MacDev/Xamarin.MacDev/PListObject.cs:line 751 [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Xamarin.MacDev.PDictionary.FromFile(String fileName) in /Users/builder/azdo/_work/1/s/xamarin-macios/external/Xamarin.MacDev/Xamarin.MacDev/PListObject.cs:line 739 [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.WriteAssetPackManifestTaskBase.Execute() in /Users/builder/azdo/_work/1/s/xamarin-macios/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks/Tasks/WriteAssetPackManifestTaskBase.cs:line 28 [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.WriteAssetPackManifest.Execute() in /Users/builder/azdo/_work/1/s/xamarin-macios/msbuild/Xamarin.iOS.Tasks/Tasks/WriteAssetPackManifest.cs:line 11 [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]
/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.iOS.Sdk/16.4.7129/tools/msbuild/iOS/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets(534,3): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask(ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, TaskHost taskHost, ItemBucket bucket, TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-ios]

[rolfbjarne]

Can you get a binlog from the failing build in Azure DevOps?

You can get a binlog by adding -bl:msbuild.binlog to the build command, like this:

-c "$(BuildConfiguration)" -f "net7.0-ios" ... -bl:msbuild:binlog

and then attach the resulting msbuild.binlog here.

[rlasker-b2w]

@rolfbjarne thank you for the response on this issue. I have attached the bin log.
msbuild.binlog.txt

[rlasker-b2w]

I thought perhaps using the output parameter in the publish command ("-o $(build.artifactstagingdirectory)") could have resulted in why the missing file could not be found since the task was looking in the source ("work/1/s") directory and the output parameter was sending it to the artifacts directory ("work/1/a").

Could not find file '/Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/obj/Test/net7.0-ios/ios-arm64/ipa/Payload/Inform.Forms.app/AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist'.

I realized, though, that even when I had removed that parameter in order to do the binlog I still got the same error.

/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/dotnet publish /Users/runner/work/1/s/Inform.Forms/Inform.Forms.csproj -c Test -f net7.0-ios -r ios-arm64 --self-contained -bl:msbuild.binlog

[rolfbjarne]

The difference is that the codesigning profile is an AdHoc profile, and that enters a different codepath during the build, which ends up failing.

[rlasker-b2w]

If I am following you, it is the "Codesign" task that was skipped due to the following false condition?

Task "Codesign" skipped, due to false condition;
('$(IsMacEnabled)' == 'true' And '@(_AssetPack)' != '' And '$(_DistributionType)' == 'AppStore')
was evaluated as
('true' == 'true' And 'obj/Test/net7.0-ios/ios-arm64/ipa/Payload/Inform.Forms.app/OnDemandResources/com.b2wsoftware.inform.ICON_TOOLBAR__MENU_ALERT.assetpack/' != '' And 'AdHoc' == 'AppStore').

I'm curious why it would work in my local environment then since it would be using the same AdHoc profile? The Xamarin iOS version on my environment is 16.4.0.23.

[rolfbjarne]

No, this is executed when it fails (and normally isn't executed):

xamarin-macios/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.iOS.Common.targets

Lines 534 to 541 in 2eccd88

	<WriteAssetPackManifest
	SessionId="$(BuildSessionId)"
	Condition="'$(IsMacEnabled)' == 'true' And '$(_DistributionType)' == 'AdHoc' And Exists('$(_IntermediateODRDir)')"
	TemplatePath="$(_IpaAppBundleDir)AssetPackManifestTemplate.plist"
	OutputFile="$(_IpaAppBundleDir)AssetPackManifest.plist"
	OnDemandResourceUrl="$(OnDemandResourcesUrl)"
	IsStreamable="$(IsStreamable)"
	/>

Can you try adding this to your csproj to see if it works around the problem?

<Target Name="InvokeTarget_CreateAssetPackManifest" DependsOnTargets="_CreateAssetPackManifest" AfterTargets="_CopyResourcesToBundle" />

if it doesn't, please attach an updated binlog.

[rolfbjarne]

Note to self: I can reproduce using the iTravel submission sample with an AdHoc profile.