From b99a4304b306f14c31e1d7752ec47ffe2505d3b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ionut Stoica <stoica.ionut@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:06:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: support completely custom AppxManifest.xml

---
 packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json                | 7 +++++++
 packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/AppXOptions.ts | 5 +++++
 packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppxTarget.ts  | 9 +++++++--
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
index 6c70de56c35..9afaa63c350 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@
           "description": "Relative path to custom extensions xml to be included in an `appmanifest.xml`.",
           "type": "string"
         },
+        "customManifestPath": {
+          "description": "Path to custom AppxManifest.xml",
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        },
         "displayName": {
           "description": "A friendly name that can be displayed to users. Corresponds to [Properties.DisplayName](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211432.aspx).\nDefaults to the application product name.",
           "type": [
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/AppXOptions.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/AppXOptions.ts
index 30de2277a08..7b01a214665 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/AppXOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/AppXOptions.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ export interface AppXOptions extends TargetSpecificOptions {
    */
   readonly customExtensionsPath?: string
 
+    /**
+   * Path to custom `AppxManifest.xml`.
+   */
+  readonly customManifestPath?: string
+
   /**
    * Whether to overlay the app's name on top of tile images on the Start screen. Defaults to `false`. (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/schemas/appxpackage/uapmanifestschema/element-uap-shownameontiles) in the dependencies.
    * @default false
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppxTarget.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppxTarget.ts
index 2ffee2b7e4e..607cc2c7d13 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppxTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/AppxTarget.ts
@@ -98,8 +98,13 @@ export default class AppXTarget extends Target {
     const assetInfo = await AppXTarget.computeUserAssets(vm, vendorPath, userAssetDir)
     const userAssets = assetInfo.userAssets
 
-    const manifestFile = stageDir.getTempFile("AppxManifest.xml")
-    await this.writeManifest(manifestFile, arch, await this.computePublisherName(), userAssets)
+    const manifestFile = this.options.customManifestPath || stageDir.getTempFile("AppxManifest.xml")
+    if (this.options.customManifestPath) {
+      log.info({ reason: "Custom manifest path provided" }, "Manifest writing skipped")
+    } else {
+      await this.writeManifest(manifestFile, arch, await this.computePublisherName(), userAssets)
+    }
+
     await packager.info.callAppxManifestCreated(manifestFile)
     mappingList.push(assetInfo.mappings)
     mappingList.push([`"${vm.toVmFile(manifestFile)}" "AppxManifest.xml"`])