Try UseDotNet@2 instead

Context: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/use-dotnet-v2

Author: jonathanpeppers

build-tools/automation/azure-pipelines-oss.yaml

@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ stages:
       submodules: recursive
 
     - template: yaml-templates/use-dot-net.yaml
-      parameters:
-        remove_dotnet: true
 
     - bash: |
         keychains=`security list-keychains`

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/build-windows.yaml

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ stages:
       displayName: set JI_JAVA_HOME
 
     - template: use-dot-net.yaml
-      parameters:
-        remove_dotnet: true
 
     # Downgrade the XA .vsix installed into the instance of VS that we are building with so that we don't restore/build against a test version.
     # The VS installer will attempt to resume any failed or partial installation before trying to downgrade Xamarin.Android.

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/commercial-build.yaml

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ steps:
   displayName: set JI_JAVA_HOME
 
 - template: use-dot-net.yaml
-  parameters:
-    remove_dotnet: true
 
 - task: NuGetAuthenticate@0
   displayName: authenticate with azure artifacts

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/setup-test-environment.yaml

@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ steps:
 - ${{ if eq(parameters.installLegacyDotNet, true) }}:
   - template: use-dot-net.yaml
     parameters:
-      version: 6.0
-      quality: GA
-      remove_dotnet: ${{ parameters.remove_dotnet }}
+      version: $(DotNet6SdkVersion)
 
 # Install latest .NET
 - template: use-dot-net.yaml

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/setup-ubuntu.yaml

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ steps:
   displayName: update packages
 
 - template: use-dot-net.yaml
-  parameters:
-    remove_dotnet: true
 
 - task: NuGetToolInstaller@1
   displayName: Use NuGet 5.x

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/use-dot-net.yaml

@@ -3,59 +3,14 @@
 
 parameters:
   version: $(DotNetSdkVersion)
-  quality: $(DotNetSdkQuality)
-  remove_dotnet: false
-  retryCountOnTaskFailure: 3
+  includePreviewVersions: false
 
 steps:
 
-  - pwsh: |
-      $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-      $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-      $DotNetRoot = "$env:ProgramFiles\dotnet\"
-      if ("${{ parameters.remove_dotnet }}" -eq $true) {
-          Remove-Item -Recurse $DotNetRoot -Verbose
-      }
-      $currentAttempt = 1
-      $totalAttempts = 5
-      $sleepTime = 5
-      $completed = $false
-      while (-not $completed -and $currentAttempt -le $totalAttempts) {
-          try {
-              $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1" -OutFile dotnet-install.ps1 -PassThru
-              if ($response.StatusCode -ne 200) {
-                  throw
-              }
-              $completed = $true
-          } catch {
-              if ($currentAttempt -eq $totalAttempts) {
-                  Write-Host "Unable to download 'dotnet-install.ps1' after $currentAttempt attempts."
-                  throw
-              }
-              Write-Host $_.Exception
-              Write-Host "Retrying after $sleepTime seconds..."
-              Start-Sleep $sleepTime
-              $currentAttempt++
-              $sleepTime = $sleepTime * 2
-          }
-      }
-      & .\dotnet-install.ps1 -Channel ${{ parameters.version }} -Quality ${{ parameters.quality }} -InstallDir $DotNetRoot -SkipNonVersionedFiles -Verbose
-    displayName: install .NET Core ${{ parameters.version }}
-    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Windows_NT'))
-    retryCountOnTaskFailure: ${{ parameters.retryCountOnTaskFailure }}
-
-  - bash: >
-      DOTNET_ROOT=~/.dotnet/ &&
-      (if [[ "${{ parameters.remove_dotnet }}" == "true" ]] ; then rm -rfv $DOTNET_ROOT; fi) &&
-      curl -L https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh --retry 5 --retry-max-time 300 > dotnet-install.sh &&
-      chmod +x dotnet-install.sh &&
-      ./dotnet-install.sh --channel ${{ parameters.version }} --quality ${{ parameters.quality }} --install-dir $DOTNET_ROOT --skip-non-versioned-files --verbose &&
-      PATH="$DOTNET_ROOT:$PATH" &&
-      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=DOTNET_ROOT]$DOTNET_ROOT" &&
-      echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PATH]$PATH"
-    displayName: install .NET Core ${{ parameters.version }}
-    condition: and(succeeded(), ne(variables['agent.os'], 'Windows_NT'))
-    retryCountOnTaskFailure: ${{ parameters.retryCountOnTaskFailure }}
+  - task: UseDotNet@2
+    inputs:
+      version: ${{ parameters.version }}
+      includePreviewVersions: ${{ parameters.includePreviewVersions }}
 
   - script: dotnet --info
     displayName: display dotnet --info

build-tools/automation/yaml-templates/variables.yaml

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ variables:
 - name: NUnit.NumberOfTestWorkers
   value: 4
 - name: DotNetSdkVersion
-  value: 7.0
-- name: DotNetSdkQuality
-  value: GA
+  value: 7.0.306
+- name: DotNet6SdkVersion
+  value: 6.0.412
 - name: GitHub.Token
   value: $(github--pat--vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2)
 - name: HostedMacImage