How to create an MSIX pckage from source with self-contained=false

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The project (netcore3.1) is being packaged with a Windows Application Packaging Project (.wapproj + .appxmanifest) and published for sideloading using:

right click packaging project->Publish->Create App Packages

The error is: "It is not supported to build or publish a self-contained application without specifying a RuntimeIdentifier, Please either specify a RuntimeIdentifier or set SelfContained to false."

Other answers describe workarounds and methods to get the publishing system to recognise a RuntimeIdentifier, but none explains how to disable self-contained packaging. Surely there is a flag or property that can be set to create a package without the runtime libraries.

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Did you made any progress on this issue? – juwens

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Try to play with SelfContained=True or DesktopBridgeSelfContained params of your *.wapproj

<ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\WpfApp1\WpfApp.csproj">
      <DesktopBridgeSelfContained>False</DesktopBridgeSelfContained>
      <DesktopBridgeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86</DesktopBridgeIdentifiers>
      <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
      <Properties>SelfContained=True;RuntimeIdentifier=win-x64;PublishReadyToRun=true</Properties>
      <SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>True</SkipGetTargetFrameworkProperties>
    </ProjectReference>
  </ItemGroup>