[WIP] Fix Xcode project and artifacts folder path issue

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<issue_title><XcodeProject> and artifacts folder fails</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Apple platform

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Framework version

net9.0-*

Affected platform version

All

Description

When using xcode project and artifacts, the xcode is put inside the project directory.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add <XcodeProject
2. Enable artifacts
3. Build
4. Observe the files in <reporoot>src/AI/src/Essentials.AI/Users/matthew/Documents/GitHub/maui/artifacts/obj/Essentials.AI/Debug/net10.0-ios26.0

I see the

macios/dotnet/targets/Microsoft.MaciOS.Sdk.Xcode.targets

Line 16 in 2dc2c3d

<_XcodeProjectDefaultOutputPathRoot>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/$(IntermediateOutputPath)xcode/</_XcodeProjectDefaultOutputPathRoot>

<_XcodeProjectDefaultOutputPathRoot>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/$(IntermediateOutputPath)xcode/</_XcodeProjectDefaultOutputPathRoot>

This should probably not have the $(MSBuildProjectDirectory) at the start.

Did you find any workaround?

No

Build logs

No response</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes <XcodeProject> and artifacts folder fails #24222

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