ci(windows): manually restore NuGet packages before building

Author: tido64

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -570,6 +570,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine whether the Windows app needs to be built
         id: affected
         uses: ./.github/actions/affected
+      - name: Restore NuGet packages
+        if: ${{ steps.affected.outputs.windows != '' }}
+        run: |
+          MSBuild -property:Configuration=${{ matrix.configuration }} -property:Platform=${{ matrix.platform }} -target:Restore
+        working-directory: packages/example-windows/windows
       - name: Build
         id: build
         if: ${{ steps.affected.outputs.windows != '' }}

packages/app/windows/Win32/ReactApp.vcxproj

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
-    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="Exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
   </ImportGroup>
   <ImportGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsPropertySheets">
     <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props" />
@@ -143,14 +143,7 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ReactNativeWindowsTargets">
     <Import Project="$(ReactAppSharedDir)\EmbedManifest.targets" />
-    <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets" Condition="Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets')" />
+    <Import Project="$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets" />
     <!-- ReactTestApp additional targets -->
   </ImportGroup>
-  <Target Name="EnsureReactNativeWindowsTargets" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <ErrorText>This project references targets in your node_modules\react-native-windows folder. The missing file is {0}.</ErrorText>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.props'))" />
-    <Error Condition="!Exists('$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets')" Text="$([System.String]::Format('$(ErrorText)', '$(ReactNativeWindowsDir)\PropertySheets\External\Microsoft.ReactNative.Composition.CppApp.targets'))" />
-  </Target>
 </Project>

packages/example-windows/package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "build:android": "rnx-cli bundle --platform android",
     "build:ios": "rnx-cli bundle --platform ios",
     "build:windows": "rnx-cli bundle --platform windows",
-    "ci:windows": "rnx-cli run-windows --logging --no-packager --no-launch --no-deploy --msbuildprops UseBundle=false --no-telemetry",
+    "ci:windows": "rnx-cli run-windows --logging --no-packager --no-launch --no-deploy --msbuildprops RestorePackages=false,RestorePackagesConfig=false,UseBundle=false --no-telemetry",
     "clean": "yarn workspace react-native-test-app clean",
     "ios": "rnx-cli run --platform ios",
     "set-react-version": "yarn workspace react-native-test-app set-react-version",