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: WindowsPackageType is set to None, but GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild is set to true.

See original GitHub issue

Description

when I try to publish the following solution

https://github.com/nicolgit/Open.Padlock/

I receive the following error:

error : Improper project configuration: WindowsPackageType is set to None, but GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild is set to true. [C:\myprojects\github\Open.Padlock\code\Blast.Model\Blast.Model.csproj::TargetFramework=net7.0-windows1 0.0.19041.0]

Steps to Reproduce

clone https://github.com/nicolgit/Open.Padlock/

execute the following

dotnet publish code/Blast/Blast.sln -c Release -f:net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0 /p:GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild=true /p:AppxPackageSigningEnabled=true /p:PackageCertificateThumbprint="<your thumbprint"

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/nicolgit/Open.Padlock/

Version with bug

7.0.92

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Not sure, did not test other versions

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

No response

Did you find any workaround?

Relevant log output

No response

Issue Analytics

State:
Created a month ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

mattleibowcommented, Aug 11, 2023

I think this issue is happening because you are passing the GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild=true on a solution build - which is instructing all projects (including libraries) to produce .appX packages. I understand this does not make sense, but the WinUI targets maybe are not able to decide what you are trying to do.

I would open an issue over there: https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/issues

A workaround/alternate solution would be to either set this property directly in your app csproj - or - instead of building the solution, you would build the project. If you publish a solution, it will try publish every project in it. If you publish a project, it just publishes the single.

Also, a publish does not need the GenerateAppxPackageOnBuild property as that is now implicit with a publish of an app project.

Let me know if this helps.

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mattleibowcommented, Aug 16, 2023

Glad to hear the building of the project worked. I am going to close this issue because publishing a project is the correct way to publish apps.