Archiving apk using .net 7.0+ for android includes wrong platforms

[mosammo]

Description

[severity:I’m unable to use this version]
Archiving apk using .net 7.0 for android with “Target platform” “ARM64” produces large apk that includes assemblies of other platforms “X86” and “x64” which increases apk size considerably.

Expected behavior is to only include assemblies of the selected target platform. For example if we select “ARM32” it should not include other platforms like “ARM64”, “X86” and “x64”.

Latest visual studio 2022 17.6.2

Steps to Reproduce

simple steps:

1. Create a maui project.
2. Right click the project to select the properties change Target platform to “ARM64” under Build->General
3. Build the project then archive apk.

To check it simply rename the apk as .zip file then open it and check folders “assemblies” and “bin” inside the apk. (please check attached screenshots)

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/mosammo/DotNetIssues

Version with bug

7.0.49

Last version that worked well

6.0

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

.net 7 for android

Did you find any workaround?

no

Relevant log output

No response

[mosammo]

Example apk for platform "ARM64" including unselected platforms assemblies

[jsuarezruiz]

cc @jonathanpeppers

[ghost]

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[jfversluis]

The reproduction is not using .NET MAUI at all, while this probably would apply to .NET MAUI too, the core is in .NET for Android. Moving it to the right repo.

[jfversluis]

This issue was moved to dotnet/android#8165