Can't set the PackageVersion via target

[SongOfYouth]

Current behavior

When i set the package version of uno project vith <PackageVersion>0.1.0</PackageVersion> via a target which before Build target, it doesn't work, but other properties work such as FileVersion and AssemblyVersion.

Expected behavior

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How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)

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Workaround

Add this target to your csproject:

	<Target Name="SetPackageVersion" BeforeTargets="Build">
		<PropertyGroup>
			<PackageVersion>0.1.0</PackageVersion>
		</PropertyGroup>
	</Target>

Works on UWP/WinUI

No

Environment

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NuGet package version(s)

<PackageReference Include="Uno.WinUI" Version="4.10.26" />

Affected platforms

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IDE

Visual Studio 2022

IDE version

17.6.6

Relevant plugins

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Anything else we need to know?

it only works by adding the <PackageVersion>0.1.0</PackageVersion> property into PropertyGroup which in the project root node

[jeromelaban]

Thanks for the report. This is a behavior is expected and out of the control from Uno Platform, and comes from the .NET SDK. It is very likely that the PackageVersion property is copied by a conditional set of ItemsGroup in a targets file, executed as constants before Build happens.

You can analyze what's happening in msbuild using the binlog viewer.